Wow. Whoa. That is some group of people. Thousands. - US Election Day 2016

so ready to slam some aa motherfucker ass

go to hell

cool outburst, good use of yr anger, 8/10

thanks!!

fp'd u btw

I still can't believe this is real. It's sickening. What makes it worse is all the little fuckers I see here in Europe who are rejoicing and acting like this doesn't concern us, or is actually better for us (which would be a shitty thing to say even if it were true).

where do you live, bizarro shitty username

waiting

"Your email has been successfully sent"

oh cool i'm in an internet fight with ilx user 'brimstead'

where do you live?

"internet"

get some sleep buddy

you're all cranky

same to you buddy

i don't even know why i'm posting yelly things at you, lol, sorry

i feel terrified right now

where do you live?

I take it you're no longer in recovery? Don't fuck with people's shaky will; it's exactly the type of drunk look at me bullshit that'll spiral you further.

that matthew post was totally creepy aa shit though

aside to brimstead: there are agnostic AA groups in most big towns. That's were I went.

I KNOW

*shits*

THANK YOU, SANKRIT

where do you live, saltthigh?

can't hear you with all that shit in your mouth

i'm sorry for you guys and gals, i feel utterly depressed for all my american friends who are nothing but terrific

this is beyond depressing

100% what pato said. every wonderful american deserves better than this.

take it here Posts you had second thought about and decided not to post - put them here

sorry for attention whoring

xposts

Emotionally, this feels most like 2004, when I learned that not only were most of my Americans profoundly ignorant and hateful, they were willfully so.

My feelings towards half of my fellow Americans are sliding from desire to inform to pity to silent contempt.

Yep. It's felt like 2004 ever since 9:30pm EST.

More horrifying than Trump winning is that we have a country operating on the basis of two mutually exclusive realities. I'm already seeing people say "Not my President" just like the right did with Obama. and rightfully so. we are horrified, in the same way that the right was horrified by the black guy with an ethnic name winning twice. How do you reconcile two distinct realities? There's no ground to stand on. how do we communicate?

I was talking to my Costa Rican girlfriend, who was utterly devastated over this. Obviously this election will affect every part of the world (like Sanpaku, I fear most for what will happen to any attempts at stopping the climate change), but Costa Rica is way more dependent on US companies doing business there, so the outlook is not good.

Before I met her, she was planning on immigrating to the US and living in NJ, where here sister lives. But after this that plan seems impossible, most likely she'll move here to live with me. Which should nothing but great, but not under these circumstances.

Thank god her sister has become US citizen, so things should be okay in that regard. But I still feel so bad for her and her kids, living in a country lead by a man who despises them, and with so many people who think it's okay to vote for such a man.

important to note that Trump is basically beholden to no one - he could be a centrist. he could also bring about nuclear apocalypse. isn't that what scott adams said recently? dilbert guy? i'm going to try to go to bed.

oh fuck i'd forgotten about scott adams, this is going to make him even more smug and insufferable

His line to take is that he owes people nothing, and soon 'people' will include people who voted for him, too.

Trump is a cipher whose opinions are solely from the last bird whispering in his ear. He doesn't read, he doesn't reflect. The most obsequious advisors, and they'll all be shitturds, will define his agenda.

This is what happens when snobby aristocrats try to tell Americans what's best for them. I'm so glad we didn't elect our own Merkel.

hi! bye!

It's been a while, but I'm returning to ILX b/c tbh I need allies after this shit. we'll hopefully get through this together.

Gutted. Hugs to you all of youse.

what a world to wake up to

my sympathy to all of you ('cept punksishippies, who doesn't want any. have fun with that etc)

I guess my consolatory take is that at least this way, the real and indelible horror of the new bigotry (same as the old!) can't be ignored under a tide of clintonian relief. It's here and it's got to be fought

^ real talk.

I think the odds of Michelle Obama ever running for office went from 0% yesterday to 110% today.

I'm frankly envious of those of you in NY, LA, where this is the sort of thing may unite people in opposition. Here in Carville country, I've not seen a many H stickers/signs/shirts outside of Orleans Parish.

My "H->" shirt is going to go into the drawer with all the Ts for obscure bands, too fragile for to go through the wash cycle except for special occassions. Here, maybe it will offer a similar shortcut to connecting with strangers.

I guess brimstead will have Melania Trump to reckon with now

ts: 9/11 vs 11/9

australia got its trump in 2013, and things got even worse than anyone ever expected. i'm only saying this to warn y'all not to console yourselves with comforting sentiments like "surely it won't be bad". fight. start today. get out there. unify, protest, be heard. don't ever let the bigots win.

I live in Michigan. Considering our history, I'm shellshocked at what happened here tonight - that said, even though I frequent decidedly liberal enclaves here, the pro-Trump 'antiestablishment' populism has been such that I can see how it's swerve was underestimated.

can we have some thread/space where we can just express love and comfort one another?

b/c that's all i need or want at the moment.

I guess my consolatory take is that at least this way, the real and indelible horror of the new bigotry (same as the old!) can't be ignored under a tide of clintonian relief. It's here and it's got to be fought

Yeah I was just having the same discussion with someone earlier this morning. The hatred from whites to everyone who isn't one of them is now official, no more being naive and nice.