Trump is a disgusting despicable human being. I can't believe he actually won. He is full of hatred for everyone aside from straight white men. Not even going to start on Pence wanting to torture those in the LGBT community. I'm just done.

The morning after. My candidate did not win. But I have hope.

He really might, unless he's been a ringer all along and isn't as fucking insane as he sounds, he just knows how to appeal to people. Or a few other options I can think of happen and it severely changes things. I know from their stances that things will be going in the toilet.

(psst can I come stay with you in Canada? Maybe bring a friend? >>)

Mine didn't either, but I'm fresh out of hope.

I'm scared as to what's going to happen. I couldn't sleep well last night because of this fear. I'm scared the rights that so many people have worked hard for to be taken away. However, I don't know how realistic it is to take away such rights.

What's also unknown is how many people voted for Trump because they're in favor of all the hate his platform promoted. It's possible that more of his votes went towards changing the government status quo or economic policies than anti-LGBT+ speak, anti-Muslim speak, etc. If this is the case (which I'm starting to think it is because of how many votes he got from minorities and females), then it'll be very hard for Trump, the Senate, and House to remain popular if they follow through with the hate policies... They'll just be replaced in a few years and the policies would be overturned.

I'm going to remain hopeful that something good will come out of this.

- I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he was playing the crowd. He's a TV personality after all.

I can't say I'm angry. I'm past angry. But I am bitterly, bitterly disappointed in this country and its people right now.

I bet the majority of the people who voted for him wanted him as-is, that they weren't banking on the expectation that 'he's just bluffing'.

Yeah, I'm not proud to be an American right now. I don't know if I ever will for the next 4 years. This is for real the first time I've ever wished I had the means and money to leave the US permanently. Fear and ignorance won (at least I know it did here in my area where everyone wishes it was still the 1950s and unless you are white you shut up and "know your place"). I really hope I don't get shit now because I'm half white. I had to unlike the local news stations on facebook because I couldn't take seeing yet another racist spewing their hatred in the comments. No sane conversations at all before you get them calling you names, snooping to find out where you work/live, then following you everywhere to harass you.

Trump was only in this for his ego. I only hope if he turns out exactly as he had been someone is there with a muzzle and tranquilizers. Also that someone won't let him put his sons into positions of power.

I'm so sorry to the rest of the sane parts of the world.

Shit, you guys. Fuck.

The news broke pretty early here, and I've been busy at work all day, and it's not really sunk in. This is insane. It feels like the Brexit vote all over again. You feel confidant that a position so grounded in hate and lies and empty bluster can't possibly stand a chance and then it goes and wins and you're left with nothing but confusion and a sense of isolation within your own country.

Stay strong, and look after each other.

I think a lot of US citizens might be moving to Canada.

What province are you from? I'm in Ontario.

I cried last night when they couldn't find my name on the sheet that says you're able to vote. I cried more when I got home and results started coming in. I cried when I heard Hilary conceded defeat. And I still feel like crying today.

I'm scared for everyone. I cannot believe that America elected such a hateful man into office...

At least Congress will block him from doing the craziest shit he wants to do. Sure, there's a republican majority, but the republicans hate him. Congress blocked Obama throughout his election, they'll block Trump even harder. They know he's an idiot. We're just going to have another Bush blundering around in office and humiliating us for the next four years. We survived that, we'll survive this. Bush only came to his full power after 9/11. Before then, he was just a bungler.

And for those wondering: gay marriage isn't going anywhere. The Supreme Court would have to do a complete reversal of their decision, and that just isn't going to happen, even with Pence. We had gay marriage even with Scalia. Gay marriage is here to stay.

My biggest concern is our future treatment of Latinos and Muslims. Trump's been fear mongering and dog whistling about them this entire election.

Look after the weak, guys. We have to take care of each other. But we will survive this. We've survived worse.

so many grief reactions, I think they should give out happy pills with future, impending Trumpcare because we will need it t__t

I know how it is to feel gutted. Brexit left me feeling unwanted and scared in the UK. I feel for my American bros. I'm sorry, y'all. I wish things were better. D:

I hate how he is easy validation for all forms of hatred. We saw what happened with Brexit regarding hate. I'm worried about the US. Stay vigilant and strong, y'all. T_T

/group hug

@ neverwhere I wouldn't be so certain of that. People flip so easily in politics. I can EASILY see Republicans as a majority side with Trump because they together will hold all the power. If you can't beat them, join them has been their motto since the primaries. We've even seen Ted Cruz give Trump support. I mean, come on, Ted Cruz, who said he wouldn't endorse him after Trump's treatment of his family. Come on, let's be real here. Republicans will flip on this. They only backed away to save face for election day and now they will slowly but surely endorse him.

edit just for everyone: the above is just my opinion, I don't want to debate this; I want to believe opposing opinions are actually right! :3 I just have zero hope, yep.

I have no hope today. I was unprepared for the unprecedented widespread legitimization of pure hatefulness.

The man has no policies and no coherent agenda. No one has any idea how he will govern, if he doesn't get bored of it all first.

I wish there was a way those who voted for him could get what they voted for without dragging the rest of us down with them.

Alberta. :)

As for the results of this election, well... there's something an appalling number of Americans would to well to think on for a while. A quote from Anna Julia Cooper - the US's first black, female PhD recipient, suffragette, and black feminist. She once said "the cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class – it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity."

Food for thought, Trump supporters.

I'm sure the majority of Mexicans feel for Americans right now. The fact that the race was as close as it was is a testament to how many Americans side with minorities over Trump's fascist and, frankly, bat crap crazy rhetoric. :)

Yeah, I'm trying to be optimistic. And you may be right. I just don't really see that happening. But we'll see, I guess...

What's going to happen, you guys? Seriously. I am absolutely terrified right now. I keep having to take deep breaths and put my head on my desk. I'm literally shaking.

The rest of the world is going to hate us now, even more so than they did already. I don't want them to hate us. I don't hate them. I don't hate anyone...well, just one someone. Please, rest of the world, please know that the popular vote went to Hillary - most of us are decent human beings and we didn't want this monster in office.

And the environment. How is the Earth going to fare with a man in charge who doesn't believe climate change is a thing? We just got the Ross Sea declared a wildlife refuge. Is that going to be overturned? Is the whole planet basically fucked?

Not to mention what this means to women, immigrants (which means ALL of us, because if you're not Native American, you have immigrant ancestors, and hell, if you look back far enough, even Native Americans came over from elsewhere!!), LGBTQ (I was considering the fact that I'm probably not straight, but now it's all fuck that, I don't want to even think about it), so many people are hated by Trump. He's a goddamn racist, mysoginistic, homophobic, xenophobic...Hitler. Remember Hitler, you guys? We are so fucked.

We are so, so fucked.

Yeah, I want to be optimistic as well, so I hope you are right! ;O; I just ran out of optimism so it's hard to be hopeful. D:

That's pretty much what I'm thinking, too. A few days ago I decided that if he won, I would still hope that he can change even a little to not be the candidate he portrayed. I would hope that some changes made to this country will be good. I hope he won't do anything to destroy what the minorities (ethnically/racially, sex, gender, and LGBTQ+ rights) have accomplished thus far.

Maybe it's too much to hope for, but you know what? We'll just have to wait and see. Sure I'll still worry and have nightmares and panic attacks but I'm used to them at least. For instance, someone called me a 'Muslim Bitch' and said that when Trump won, he'd find me and either shoot me or put a collar around my neck for monitoring and ship me back to my 'own country'. I do feel that people like that will become more vocal, and then more than vocal, if Trump really is the monster he portrayed during his campaign.

It's a very sad day indeed, when a "man" with absolutely NO experience in politics, who is a pure evil hate monger can be elected as a leader in the USA. I won't ever put the word "president" and his name together in a phrase (and I refuse to speak his name) same as I did when the shrub was in office. I am stunned and I am sick. If I had my health and/or even a small amout of money I would be fleeing this country as fast as I could. I would have left here 30 yrs ago if I'd had the means, but I never have.