Following the election, I have found myself extremely disappointed with our country—and no, my disappointment doesn’t stem from the candidate that we chose to elect. Those who know my political views are aware that the results of this election did not disappoint me, but the reactions of many of the American people did.
Our country is plagued by exaggeration and oversensitivity. Our president is not going to take away women’s rights, promote rape, or eliminate the rights of minorities. However, a large portion of people, especially millennials, seem to believe otherwise. These thoughts are backed by nothing other than ignorance, and are the force promoting the violence that their believers claim to be fighting. While I am able to acknowledge that our new president has made inappropriate comments from time to time, and although I do not condone them in any way, his comments are in no way a threat to the safety of the American people.
By supporting Trump, I am in no way supporting sexism or racism as many claim I am promoting, I had instead unbiasedly compared the candidate’s stances on issues relevant to American society and found myself to believe Trump’s stances were the best fit for our country. Claiming Trump supporters are racist, sexist, and homophobic is extremely hateful, and demonstrates far more hate than voters did by casting a vote for the candidate they believed was best fit to serve our country. America didn't vote for hate in this election, America voted for the political and economic stances they believe are best for our country. We need to stop turning this election into something it wasn't, and accept that the results had nothing to do with racism, sexism, or discrimination in any form.
Using hashtags on Twitter such as #NotMyPresident and continuing to make hateful comments about our country is extremely disrespectful and is encouraging violence rather than fighting it. What’s happened has happened, and we need to focus on accepting the results and coming together as a united country rather than continuing to divide ourselves over an election that has already ended. We are one country, and it is time we stop allowing oversensitivity and exaggerated fears from preventing us from acting as one. I am aware that issues of discrimination and equality persist in some areas of our society; however, the presidential election was in no way a demonstration of these social flaws. It’s time Americans stop fighting problems that don’t exist due to their oversensitive and fragile nature and instead focus on coming together and addressing the issues that actually matter with strength, logic, dignity, and unity.
