I'm dumb tell me why people are mad as F

[Cappuccino]

I know nothing about America and I would like to know why people are MAD as F. My facebook is covered with 'OMG US IS DOOMED' 'Rip America' 'It was fixed' and 98% of my freinds are not even Americans and I want to punch them because they are just following the hype train. IMO Trump deserved to win because the people who voted for him truly believes he will do something good, he got the most votes so OBVIOUSLY people loves him. I too would voted for Trump. He speaks the truth and honest.

What I don't understand is why people are mad and sad? What will happen to America now? Is everyone going to be skinny and healthy now since the Mexicans are getting deported? No serious what will happen now what are Trump plans? What is this tax cut thing? I want to know more, I ask you guys since AT is full of Muricans.

This thread is serious I seriously don't know nothing about America. I want to know what will happen to America now and what kind if objectives is Trump planning to do? I know he is building a wall that is good imp but what else is he planning to do?

Anyone care to explain to me? I really appreciate the help

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[SMOGZINN]

No serious what will happen now what are Trump plans?

According to his platform he plans to use the military for trade negotiations. He plans to use goon squads to deport people he doesn't like, and that is just the start.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I know nothing about America and I would like to know why people are MAD as F.

Because most Americans know as little about America as you do.

 

[Matthiasa]

His actual, non pandering to the republican base, plan is anyone's guess. He wasn't exactly a candidate with substantiated ideas behind the said rhetoric. He said what one sides base wanted to hear but little more.

 

[KeithP]

This thread is serious I seriously don't know nothing about America.

…or about how this forum is suppose to work.

-KeithP

 

[gorcorps]

Elections are very polarizing, this one the worst I've seen. People who didn't want Trump absolutely HATE him.

So it's an overreaction to something they didn't expect. It'll pass

 

[UncleWai]

People who has little knowledge on how the democratic system works tend to be most vocal about this election.
They think they can prove the democratic system is a failure with this election win by Trump.
Trump won fair and square and the people chose him. If he turns out to be a POS president, there's a system in place to impeach him or get rid of him after four years.
Our commie buddies on the other hand are stuck with their beloved Chairman Xi, Putin until they are overthrown.

This is just a moment in history.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I know nothing about America and I would like to know why people are MAD as F. My facebook is covered with 'OMG US IS DOOMED' 'Rip America' 'It was fixed' and 98% of my freinds are not even Americans and I want to punch them because they are just following the hype train. IMO Trump deserved to win because the people who voted for him truly believes he will do something good, he got the most votes so OBVIOUSLY people loves him. I too would voted for Trump. He speaks the truth and honest.

What I don't understand is why people are mad and sad? What will happen to America now? Is everyone going to be skinny and healthy now since the Mexicans are getting deported? No serious what will happen now what are Trump plans? What is this tax cut thing? I want to know more, I ask you guys since AT is full of Muricans.

This thread is serious I seriously don't know nothing about America. I want to know what will happen to America now and what kind if objectives is Trump planning to do? I know he is building a wall that is good imp but what else is he planning to do?
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I commend your levelheadedness. All that doom and gloom is unfounded, if Trump is truly conservative. The media is way out of touch with Americans, an echo chamber. Americans recognized the media's mock outrage & vilification as a bid to turn us against Trump, our only hope (since primaries). So we ignored their vitriolic condemnations and voted for him anyway. It helped that a lot of the racist simpletons who voted Obama, because he was black, stayed home out of apathy.
I know Trump wants to cut business tax from ~30% to 15%.

 

[blankslate]

Because most Americans know as little about America as you do.

Sad to say that the establishment of the Democratic party knew less than the average American this time around...



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[Udgnim]

I'm not mad but my viewpoint is that the population elected a candidate that talked his way to become the President of the United States while having no government record and experience.

 

[Commodus]

Quite a few reasons.

First: his attitudes and proposals play right into the hands of racists and religious bigots of all kinds. Remember, the KKK was practically giddy at the thought of a Trump presidency -- both the KKK and former leader David Duke endorsed Trump with enthusiasm. There are already reports of people painting swastikas and otherwise stepping up racist actions, much like you saw after the Brexit referendum in the UK. Basically: many who don't like dark-skinned people, or think all Muslims are evil, now believe they have free rein to hate in the open.

Also, this is terrible for women. Clinton was the first big shot at having a woman lead the US, and genuinely push hard on issues like equality and reproductive freedom. We just lost that chance for years, if not decades. And to make matters worse, Trump is a sexist asshole. There's virtually no way he'll be sympathetic to women's issues, and may even reverse progress.

Then there's the economy. Trump said a lot of what people wanted to hear, but analysis suggests that it could massively inflate the US' debt... and he's making a lot of assumptions about how markets will react. And you can forget about Trump standing up for necessary regulations like net neutrality. The best hope is that he's pro-antitrust, so he may crack down on AT&T/Time Warner, Amazon and others that have undue influence.

I'd add that Trump will be terrible for science. He denies the scientific reality of man-made climate change, protects the coal industry... and simply by virtue of being Republican, may facilitate creationists trying to force their myths into education. Thank goodness companies like Tesla are championing renewable energy, because a Trump administration certainly won't.

 

[ElFenix]

 

[Commodus]

To illustrate my point, this is one reason why non-whites are scared: a Swastika painted on a Philadelphia storefront.

Also: "black lives don't matter" graffiti in North Carolina.

Any political leader who emboldens neo-Nazis and other racists, even if indirectly, is a serious problem.

 

[Commodus]

Not going to make a regular habit of this, but another example: the 'casual' racist insults come out to play.

I suspect some of this is just an initial rush of "enthusiasm," but make no mistake: Trump's win was basically a validation for every racist who wanted to lash out at non-whites, but felt that culture wouldn't let them. Well, they now feel they have carte blanche.

 

[buckshot24]

Not going to make a regular habit of this, but another example: the 'casual' racist insults come out to play.

I suspect some of this is just an initial rush of "enthusiasm," but make no mistake: Trump's win was basically a validation for every racist who wanted to lash out at non-whites, but felt that culture wouldn't let them. Well, they now feel they have carte blanche.

Bold statement based on a third hand account of some walker by.

 

[Commodus]

Bold statement based on a third hand account of some walker by.

Ah, that's the spirit: pretend it isn't happening. Anything to avoid guilt and a sense of responsibility. Just put that head a little deeper in the sand.

Here's another graffiti example, since you clearly won't believe people unless they recorded it.

 

[buckshot24]

Ah, that's the spirit: pretend it isn't happening. Anything to avoid guilt and a sense of responsibility. Just put that head a little deeper in the sand.

Here's another graffiti example, since you clearly won't believe people unless they recorded it.

I'm not responsible for the actions of anybody but myself and my kids to a certain degree. I'm not guilty of this kind of thing so why should I need to avoid it? All I'm saying is you're making broad statements based on insufficient data.

 

[Commodus]

I'm not responsible for the actions of anybody but myself and my kids to a certain degree. I'm not guilty of this kind of thing so why should I need to avoid it? All I'm saying is you're making broad statements based on insufficient data.

It's hard to get statistical evidence, but I have several examples just from my own feed. And sorry, but while I certainly wouldn't say you had a direct hand in this, you do share some responsibility. You voted for a man you likely knew had racist policies; he had the full endorsement of the KKK, for goodness' sake. Vote for a person who treats whole demographics as criminals and you encourage the groups that always believed that way to act out.

Just to add to the pile: a San Francisco home flying a Nazi flag. (Update: turns out it was a protest... in poor taste.)

 

[buckshot24]

It's hard to get statistical evidence, but I have several examples just from my own feed. And sorry, but while I certainly wouldn't say you had a direct hand in this, you do share some responsibility. You voted for a man you likely knew had racist policies; he had the full endorsement of the KKK, for goodness' sake. Vote for a person who treats whole demographics as criminals and you encourage the groups that always believed that way to act out.

Just to add to the pile: a San Francisco home flying a Nazi flag. (Update: turns out it was a protest... in poor taste.)

You're all over the place. I don't share any responsibility in any behavior except my own. My whole issue is you posting anecdotal evidence as something more than useless. I'm also not aware of a "full endorsement of the KKK" either. Trump doesn't have the views of that newspaper you're probably referring to so why is it Trump's problem? He doesn't treat entire demographics as criminals either.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Elections are very polarizing, this one the worst I've seen. People who didn't want Trump absolutely HATE him.

So it's an overreaction to something they didn't expect. It'll pass

Trump got elected partly because there are a lot of people who hate Hillary even more. This entire Presidential election was about hate, from both sides.

 

[Commodus]

You're all over the place. I don't share any responsibility in any behavior except my own. My whole issue is you posting anecdotal evidence as something more than useless. I'm also not aware of a "full endorsement of the KKK" either. Trump doesn't have the views of that newspaper you're probably referring to so why is it Trump's problem? He doesn't treat entire demographics as criminals either.

Here's the KKK's endorsement, and here's David Duke cheering the win.

It boils down to something simple: if you vote for a candidate knowing that they espouse racist ideas, even if you don't endorse them (and I'm not saying you do), you bear some responsibility when racists come out of the woodwork as a result.

Trump's problem is that his ideas are much closer to what the KKK wants than... well, any moderate politician. Ban all Muslims from entering the US? Mass deportations of Mexican illegal immigrants, and a wall to keep any more from getting in? Just because Trump's not calling for a ban on all non-white immigrants doesn't mean he isn't feeding into racists' fantasies.

And yes, if you argue for a ban on all Muslim immigrants, you're treating an entire demographic as criminal: you're saying that just being Muslim makes someone a potential threat. That's 1.6 billion people deemed untrustworthy.

 

[buckshot24]

Here's the KKK's endorsement, and here's David Duke cheering the win.

It boils down to something simple: if you vote for a candidate knowing that they espouse racist ideas, even if you don't endorse them (and I'm not saying you do), you bear some responsibility when racists come out of the woodwork as a result.

Trump's problem is that his ideas are much closer to what the KKK wants than... well, any moderate politician. Ban all Muslims from entering the US? Mass deportations of Mexican illegal immigrants, and a wall to keep any more from getting in? Just because Trump's not calling for a ban on all non-white immigrants doesn't mean he isn't feeding into racists' fantasies.

And yes, if you argue for a ban on all Muslim immigrants, you're treating an entire demographic as criminal: you're saying that just being Muslim makes someone a potential threat. That's 1.6 billion people deemed untrustworthy.

You are nuts.

Trump doesn't have KKK beliefs. I can find morons supporting Hillary, so what? You're having a bad day, I understand that, but you sound like a left wing Alex Jones.

Islam has an inherent problem with terrorism, that is simply the truth. Placing your head in your PC hole in the ground if you like but we're dealing with reality. There isn't going to be a blanket ban on Muslims so you can rest your little worried head on that.

 

[brandonbull]

Here's the KKK's endorsement, and here's David Duke cheering the win.

It boils down to something simple: if you vote for a candidate knowing that they espouse racist ideas, even if you don't endorse them (and I'm not saying you do), you bear some responsibility when racists come out of the woodwork as a result.

Trump's problem is that his ideas are much closer to what the KKK wants than... well, any moderate politician. Ban all Muslims from entering the US? Mass deportations of Mexican illegal immigrants, and a wall to keep any more from getting in? Just because Trump's not calling for a ban on all non-white immigrants doesn't mean he isn't feeding into racists' fantasies.

And yes, if you argue for a ban on all Muslim immigrants, you're treating an entire demographic as criminal: you're saying that just being Muslim makes someone a potential threat. That's 1.6 billion people deemed untrustworthy.

Hillary in her famous bring those super-predators to heel speech or the black community should join a positive gang and not a negative one. I wonder if she does those speeches in her best minister voice. Can I get a witness?

It's not like she was supporting governments that came to power via coup in Central America or Egypt. I wonder what her thoughts are on unaccompanied illegals?

 

[SSSnail]

I'm not mad but my viewpoint is that the population elected a candidate that talked his way to become the President of the United States while having no government record and experience.

You mean like when they elected an actor?

And this is why a lot of people voted for Trump.
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trump-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days

 

[0roo0roo]

Because there is a level of dumb you can't wake people from.

The very same media which lied to them so aggressively that they were "shocked" by the election results continues to be their source of opinions. In their mind they now fear the "orange hitler"
and are "literally shaking" their way around social media.

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