How in the world did Trump win?
I know many of you are asking that question. It seems to
come more from both coasts than anywhere else and maybe that explains a part of
it. The wealthy, the celebrities, the media, the powerful all can’t understand
how it happened and they vocalize that on a daily basis since the results of
the election. What they don’t understand is that when you contain yourself in a
bubble the only people you come into contact with are those contained with you.
You don’t realize that there are others out there who may
not think like you do. That’s even more the case when you live such an elitist
life that you have nothing in common with the common man. You consider anyone
without a college degree ignorant and stupid while at the same time depending
on things like your groceries being brought into the city by truck drivers,
your electricity being given to you by men and women willing to lay electrical
cable, the dish tech who installs your satellite dish, the internet provider
who hooked up your internet or the farmer who grows crops that feed you. To you
everything is just there without ever considering who makes it happen.
Or perhaps you’re a teen depending on your mom and dad to
provide you with everything while thinking it is below you to work part time at
McDonalds. Maybe you’re a college student going on loans, your parent’s money,
grants or scholarships rather than having to work and save money to go. You
feel like everything should be handed to you like a free education rather than
having to earn it. Because you have little vested interest in your education
financially it doesn’t matter to you if you show to class or don’t bother so
you can be part of that mass of students protesting the results of the election
because your person didn’t win or heading off to counseling because you were
traumatized by the whole thing.
But those other people are why Trump won. Those workers who
are tired of being called stupid, ignorant or deplorable. Those parents who
have sacrificed to ensure your education only to see you squander it by
skipping class. The people who were told they could keep their doctor and would
see the cost of health care lower only to see the exact opposite happen. The
ones who were happy because racial equality was finally here only to see that
slapped down by race baiters who would portray someone as racists for simply
disagreeing with a black President. The mothers who worked hard every day to
take care of the house, the clothes, the meals and more only to be called
losers by feminists because they didn’t toss it all aside for a career outside
of the home. The people who had their rights trampled on in the cause of social
justice to placate the few over the many. The people who have become sick and
tired of political correctness that’s gotten so overused that you can barely
breathe without it offending someone. Those were the people that voted for
Trump. The silent majority that let their voices be heard.
In response what has happened? The powers that be that
preached tolerance, inclusion and equality have suddenly changed. They refuse
to include anyone that disagrees with them. They want anyone who doesn’t see
things the way they do to not be tolerated or heard. They find that anyone who
disagrees with them is not near their equal because they are superior, at least
they tell us that. And while the majority of people who voted for Trump consider
the election over and have gone on with their lives, a large number of those
who didn’t feel the need to carry on about it a week after the election. They
want a new election because the one we had didn’t end the way they wanted it
to. They claim he will destroy this country while they are burning things and tearing
things down.
They say that Trump should tell any of his supporters who
have resorted to violence to stop. And he has done just that. Sadly CBS which
had him saying that on Friday held off showing it until Sunday evening in spite
of all the violence. And while they were screaming at him to call for an end to
the violence…we heard nothing from our President to do the same. We heard
nothing from his competitor to do the same. The end result is those that voted
from him shaking their heads, knowing as they did before they voted that those
protesters still don’t get it and then going on about their lives.
You want peace and no violence? Start with yourself. You
want compassion and understanding? Start with yourself. You want to be included
in what is happening and what is to come? Then be reasonable and act like an
adult rather than a petulant child. Open your eyes to possibilities rather than
mire yourself so deeply in your beliefs that you can’t understand how anyone
could possibly think different than you. Once you make the decision to have an
open and meaningful dialogue, a back and forth of ideas and concepts, rather
than simply clinging tightly to your own, then you might begin to understand
just how it was that Donald Trump became President.
