This is not the answer any of us wants to hear. I know. Bear with me.

If this election has taught us one thing, it is that it does not matter how qualified a candidate is if half the country is alienated by their supporters. It is abundantly clear from the election results that policy is not driving support in 2024, acceptance into community is. Uneducated voters were conned into voting against their own interests by a man who is an expert on grifting because they saw what they wanted to see: They saw a left wing that called them idiots and a right wing that welcomed them and said "trust me".

The last ten years have been rampant with falsehoods, propaganda, double standards and lawlessness on behalf of Trump, and we are likely to see this escalate in the next 4. These things need to be acknowledged, they need to be called out, and reacted to appropriately. What we absolutely CANNOT do going forward is continue to demonize the voters who put him in power.

As much as they are going to be hurt by his policies, we must fight the urge to say "I told you so". People are going to be confused and angry at why their problems haven't gone away. Many are just hearing about Project 2025 and tariffs, and are leaving their social media bubble that their algorithm has expertly crafted for them. They will question their choices and come to us for help. As much as we will want to gain satisfaction from them reaping the consequences of their own actions, I beg you, RESIST. Do not take pleasure in their suffering. They were deceived and lacked the critical thinking to recognize the lie they were sold. You have every right not to forgive them for putting their selfishness over your human rights, but I am asking you to do it anyway. This is not acceptance of right wing ideology. This is not acceptance of racism, sexism or prejudice. This is a desperate plea for us to go against our baser instincts, to understand why we lost this election, and to extend an olive branch to our neighbors when the time comes.

The country has become too partisan and reactionary to function and we cannot rely on facts to eventually sway people in our favor. "Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it." We have been reliant for far too long on the idea that being correct is more important than being popular. This is the attitude that lost us the elections in 2016, 2024, and almost lost us 2020. We cannot affect change if we don't win elections. I cannot ask you to sacrifice your values, I only ask that you sacrifice the vitriol. Show the empathy for those that have yet to find their own. Fight ignorance with compassion instead of animosity. 75 million Americans voted for Trump, we cannot just write them off, we have to win them over. The next 4 years are an opportunity. We need a rebrand, and it starts with every single one of us.

everyone point and laugh at the dude who’s never felt the touch of a woman 🫵😂

I live in a blue area. I voted for Harris.Nobody understands why trump won. They kept regurgitating that the unemployment hit record lows. But when you explain to them from 2021-2024 a home price jumped from 350k to 600k you get the conservative bootstrap talk. These are government workers who make well over 6 figures.

They can’t relate to being so poor. Two bags of groceries was $70. They don’t care. The identity politics goes out the window when you can’t afford the minimum necessities. I’m not saying trump is going to be better because he’s not but at least he acknowledged them.

Edit:I voted for Harris so I don’t know why everyone is so upset. I’m talking about NIMBY liberals not leftists.