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[Laughing Banana]

TV media? CNN basically pulled a strategy where they had Trump supporters on every segment to shout down Clinton supporters and take up all talking segments and was nothing but emails during g early voting. Fox News was all emails and Hillary is evil of course. MSNBC was trying to point things out, but nooone watches MSNBC.

They spent last week blasting an e-mail scandal with no substance and what ended up being, of course, nothing. They barely said shit about Trump. It was a trade by and disgrace.

I don't watch TV, so that's probably why I didn't realize.

I read newspapers though, and it seems like all the papers that I read such as the Guardian, the Atlantic, etc, all stood united in their efforts to make people vote for Hillary.

 

[barybll]

There is something very sad in protesting the results of an election.
Sure, sound your dissatisfaction with the results, but this is just throwing a tantrum.

The turnout for the election was low, blame the ones who thought a clinton victory was a guarantee.

This was brexit and colombia all over again.

 

[Raylan]

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

Time for "unity". And you know, stop being "intolerant".
Take the L and be a good person.

 

[Jintor]

I don't watch TV, so that's probably why I didn't realize.

I read newspapers though, and it seems like all the papers that I read such as the Guardian, the Atlantic, etc, all stood united in their efforts to make people vote for Hillary.

well yeah you were reading left-wing papers

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

not how it works. protests doesn't just mean 'fuck democracy'. it means a multitude of factors. mainly it just means two things: fear and rage

 

[Condom]

The people thinking politics is merely limited to voting every couple of years might want to run to the kid's section in the book store and grab a history book. You've got a lot to learn.

 

[Psychoward]

There is something very sad in protesting the results of an election.
Sure, sound your dissatisfaction with the results, but this is just throwing a tantrum.

The turnout for the election was low, blame the ones who thought a clinton victory was a guarantee.

This was brexit and colombia all over again.

This is an oxymoron. These people are sounding their dissatisfaction with the results by protesting.

Furthermore for your second point, yes more people should have voted. But what do people like me do who voted Dem all the way down the ballot? I did my best to ensure a Dem victory and people who hate me for how I was born prevailed.

 

[Spiral Insanity]

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

Hillary had more votes. Think about it.

 

[Isaac Otherworld]

Yeah, everyone has known that the Electoral College is shit. Any system where there's a failure rate of 7% where the loser is sometimes the winner is not a system worth keeping. Everyone talks about changing it. But it never gets done and never will get done unless people make a big stink about it.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

Enjoyed this post when imagined in Raylan's voice. He would probably say this...

 

[Psychoward]

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

Time for "unity". And you know, stop being "intolerant".
Take the L and be a good person.

Sarcasm?

Edit: oh fuck it wasn't was it?

 

[ShironRedshift]

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

1st Amendment. Right to protest over whatever the heck people want, including trying to make sure their rights are protected instead of simply keeling over dead and letting their rights be trampled over without so much as a fight which seems pretty damn protest worthy to me. Deal with it. Or are you conceding that the Constitution doesn't matter already? Like... this is the literal purpose the thing was made for and the exact type of protest the founders were envisioning when they wrote the fucking thing.

 

[ClosingADoor]

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

Time for "unity". And you know, stop being "intolerant".
Take the L and be a good person.

If something is decided in a democratic way and you disagree, you have every right to protest. Same reason you can protest against laws in place and such. That is also part of the democratic process.

 

[Raylan]

not how it works. protests doesn't just mean 'fuck democracy'. it means a multitude of factors. mainly it just means two things: fear and rage

Well, I saw and read some crazy shit on twitter and on the news. So yeah, I know what you mean, but believe me, some of them do have the 'fuck democray' mindset now. Which is hilarious.
If Clinton had won, you would hear 'America has spoken. We have voted. Democracy!!!! Hillary is your/our president' everywhere. But being on the losing side now, democracy sucks all of a sudden, for a certain group. Hilarious.

edit.
Oh, and I'm all FOR protesting. It's just HOW you do it. And I saw some shit yesterday.

 

[TBiddy]

Right to protest over whatever the heck people want, including trying to make sure their rights are protected instead of simply keeling over dead and letting their rights be trampled over without so much as a fight which seems pretty damn protest worthy to me. Deal with it.

Right now it looks like people are mostly protesting because Trump won, since he isn't even president yet, and thus can't make any decisions.

 

[CyclopsRock]

This happens in a lot of countries immediately after elections. It happened in small pockets sin the UK after the Tories won in 2015. Give it a few days, everyone will go home and get on with their lives.

 

[MUnited83]

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

Time for "unity". And you know, stop being "intolerant".
Take the L and be a good person.

Nope
Nope
Nope

Protesting is a fundamental para of democracy. Especially so if the factual majority of the voters wanted another outcome. Stop trying to be a fascist asshole and shut people up. It's not time for unity, it's time to push back.

 

[Jintor]

Well, I saw and read some crazy shit on twitter and on the news. So yeah, I know what you mean, but believe me, some of them do have the 'fuck democray' mindset now. Which is hilarious.
If Clinton had won, you would hear 'America has spoken. We have voted. Democracy!!!! Hillary is your/our president' everywhere. But being on the losing side now, democracy sucks all of a sudden, for a certain group. Hilarious.

edit.
Oh, and I'm all FOR protesting. It's just HOW you do it. And I saw some shit yesterday.

personally what i read the protests is is mainly: if you're frightened and scared and angry about what just happened, believe you are not alone

 

[Endorphineforeverybody]

Should be absolute numbers and i understand why people go on the streets. Sad days for the whole world.

 

[Hitman]

Bu...but you do realize that by protesting Trump's win you are marching AGAINST the concept of democratic elections?

Democracy is good. America has voted.
Trump is your president.
Deal with it!

Time for "unity". And you know, stop being "intolerant".
Take the L and be a good person.

Haha. WRONG.

Read the thread next time before you try espouse your views in it. Your concept of democracy has already been shown to be wrong so many times. BYE NOW.


Edit: Unless you were being sarcastic. In which case, COME BACK!

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

It's kinda hard to believe so many people are missing the point. No one reasonable is saying Trump's not actually the President. People are showing they don't like that we elected someone only because of fear and hatred, which is OK. It's not that hard to understand, especially since it's happening in big cities that overwhelmingly went for Hillary.

 

[Zaru]

Normally I would scoff at people basically going "DEMOCRACY DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE MY CANDIDATE DIDN'T WIN" but there are plenty of legitimate reasons to be unhappy with the state of "democracy" in the USA and the resulting social climate after Trump's election.
So protest away.

 

[Raylan]

Protesting is a fundamental para of democracy. Especially so if the factual majority of the voters wanted another outcome. Stop trying to be a fascist asshole and shut people up. It's not time for unity, it's time to push back.

Oh, so we're back to this again? Didn't you learn anything yesterday? Nothing? And you wonder why Hillary lost.

'YOU'RE NOT ON MY SIDE? RACIST! DUMB!'

Haha. WRONG.

Read the thread next time before you try espouse your views in it. Your concept of democracy has already been shown to be wrong so many times. BYE NOW.

Well, bye, I guess?!

Listen to Rick James, guys: UNITY!

 

[HariKari]

Oh, so we're back to this again? Didn't you learn anything yesterday? Nothing? And you wonder why Hillary lost.

'YOU'RE NOT ON MY SIDE? RACIST! DUMB!'

It's a relatively peaceful protest, which is something that doesn't go against the whole concept of democracy as you claimed. Don't hide from your own ignorance behind convenient cover.

 

[MUnited83]

Oh, so we're back to this again? Didn't you learn anything yesterday? Nothing? And you wonder why Hillary lost.

'YOU'RE NOT ON MY SIDE? RACIST! DUMB!'


Well, bye, I guess?!

You're literally telling people to shut up and accept the demise of their rights. You literally said that protesting, a fundamental part of democracy, is somehow "anti-democratic". Cut that shit out.

You're wrong, you're against democracy, and your "Unity" line is nothing more than a call to get people to shut up.

 

[Kebiinu]

Oh, so we're back to this again? Didn't you learn anything yesterday? Nothing? And you wonder why Hillary lost.

'YOU'RE NOT ON MY SIDE? RACIST! DUMB!'


Well, bye, I guess?!

Wow. I would hate to know somebody like you.

 

[Psychoward]

You're literally telling people to shut up and accept the demise of their rights. You literally said that protesting, a fundamental part of democracy, is somehow "anti-democratic". Cut that shit out.

^

I really did assume it was sarcasm.

 

[Abinash117]

Oh, so we're back to this again? Didn't you learn anything yesterday? Nothing? And you wonder why Hillary lost.

'YOU'RE NOT ON MY SIDE? RACIST! DUMB!'


Well, bye, I guess?!

Hillary lost and yesterday happened not going to change anything. This is going to continue( I'm not talking about the protest). That is something you going to have to deal with and I think the country will be pretty divided or more-so in the future.

 

[Raylan]

Wow. I would hate to know somebody like you.

People love me actually. I'm a peaceful soul. I know it's shocking to accept that, when the person in front of you doesn't agree with you.

^

I really did assume it was sarcasm.

Somehow, it actually was.

 

[B.O.O.M]

If Unity mattered, people shouldn't have voted for such a devisive fear mongering person to be the president

In the eyes of many, especially minorities, the outcomes essentially means Unity doesn't matter to a huge portion of America.

Absolutely nothing wrong with protests. People are upset and scared about the future, and for good reason. Somehow americans thought it was a good idea to elect a person who has confessed to sexual assault and has been openly racist. Good luck in the next 4 years if you want unity

I can't help but roll my eyes at people who oppose these protests. Chances are you are privileged enough to not truly understand the fear felt by those affected by a divisive america created by Trump

 

[Alienfan]

People love me actually. I'm a peaceful soul. I know it's shocking to accept that, when the person in front of you doesn't agree with you.


Somehow, it actually was.

People must feel great for potentially trading in the rights of the minorities in exchange for a loto ticket. People have every right to be angry at Trump voters

 

[Raylan]

If Unity mattered, people shouldn't have voted for such a devising fear mongering person to be the president

In the eyes of many, especially minorities, the outcomes essentially means Unity doesn't matter to a huge portion of America.

Absolutely nothing wrong with protests. People are upset and scared about the future, and for good reason. Somehow americans thought it was a good idea to elect a person who has confessed to sexual assault and has been openly racist. Good luck in the next 4 years if you want unity

I can't help but roll my eyes at people who oppose these protests. Chances are you are privileged enough to not truly understand the fear felt by those affected by a divisive america created by Trump

Let me guess? You're BOOM - PLATANG! ?

 

[Bollocks]

So they are protesting against democracy? What!?

 

[Alienfan]

So they are protesting against democracy? What!?

Protesting and democracy go hand in hand
People are just supposed to shut up and fear for their lives in silence?

 

[Psychoward]

So they are protesting against democracy? What!?

Democracy doesn't begin and end at the polls.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Let me guess? You're BOOM - PLATANG! ?

I'm not sure what this means. Is it some new meme or something?

So they are protesting against democracy? What!?

Peaceful protests should be embraced and encouraged in a democracy

 

[Raylan]

I'm not sure what this means. Is it some new meme or something?

Nah. It's some dude on twitter. I could have sworn I've already read your post on twitter yesterday.

 

[MUnited83]

So they are protesting against democracy? What!?

No. Learn to read. Pick up a book. Learn what the word democracy means.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

One side wants to opress, deport and electrocute people.

The other wants equal rights.

BOTH SIDES AND UNITY THO!

 

[B.O.O.M]

Nah. It's some dude on twitter. I could have sworn I've already read your post on twitter yesterday.

oh lol no. I very very rarely use twitter

 

[Raylan]

oh lol no. I very very rarely use twitter

My bad. Too much twitter for me last night. Shit was crazy.

 

[TBiddy]

One side wants to opress, deport and electrocute people.

The other wants equal rights.

BOTH SIDES AND UNITY THO!

Yes, about 50% of the population in US wants to opdress, deport and electrocute people. Every single one of them.

 

[Alienfan]

One side wants to opress, deport and electrocute people.

The other wants equal rights.

BOTH SIDES AND UNITY THO!

Right?! The fact it's a fight is ridiculous. We're literally fighting for a better and safer world where people are treated equally and our environment is protected for future generations. But fuck us right! But we're expected to "respect" and attempt to understand the other side more, not the other way around, that would be silly

 

[gogosox82]

So they are protesting against democracy? What!?

Democracy doesn't start and end with voting. Protesting is a fundamental part of democracy.

One side wants to opress, deport and electrocute people.

The other wants equal rights.

BOTH SIDES AND UNITY THO!

Sad but true.

 

[MUnited83]

Yes, about 50% of the population in US wants to opdress, deport and electrocute people. Every single one of them.

It's about 25% of the population. And yes, they want all of those things, or are completely fine with them, which is just as bad.

 

[Alienfan]

Yes, about 50% of the population in US wants to opdress, deport and electrocute people. Every single one of them.

Nope,but they're willing to potentially trade our rights for Donald Trump. I'd understand a bit more if Donald Trump was an actual solution to the job and poverty crisis. But he's not

 

[CyclopsRock]

Right?! The fact it's a fight is ridiculous. We're literally fighting for a better and safer world where people are treated equally and our environment is protected for future generations. But fuck us right! But we're expected to "respect" and attempt to understand the other side more, not the other way around, that would be silly

Well that - learning to understand the other side - tends to be the burden of the losers because, well, the other side is doing fine as they are.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Yes, about 50% of the population in US wants to opdress, deport and electrocute people. Every single one of them.

Of course not. They are fine with it though.

 

[Jintor]

Yes, about 50% of the population in US wants to opdress, deport and electrocute people. Every single one of them.

sounds like they sure as fuck voted for it

 

[Maztorre]

This happens in a lot of countries immediately after elections. It happened in small pockets sin the UK after the Tories won in 2015. Give it a few days, everyone will go home and get on with their lives.

Because that has worked out so well for the UK.

 

[gogosox82]

Yes, about 50% of the population in US wants to opdress, deport and electrocute people. Every single one of them.

They had no problem voting for a guy who said he would do all those things so as long as it doesn't happen to them I'm assuming that they are ok with it which is just as bad as actively wanting to do it.