I have tried very hard not to express opinions on my blog about politics. It was a mean nasty campaign and by speaking to it on here, I felt like I would be feeding into it.
Wednesday I spent the majority of the day trying to understand what happened and how anyone could find that person capable of running a country. I admit that I cried a lot and felt like I was mourning a death.
Since then I have been reading statements from many people in all walks of life. They are saying we must unite together and go on with our lives and hope for the best. That is all well and good for them. For me, I am mourning...I am grieving....I am angry. I am not ready to unite together and go on. I love this country and everything it stands for. Making America great again was never a slogan I prescribed to because, in my opinion, America has always been the greatest country on earth. I am not ashamed of being an American, I am ashamed of some of its people.
So to all of you who, just 5 days after the election, can put aside your feelings of disappointment, anger and grief and hope for the best, I commend you. For me, it's going to take a lot longer and if that makes me less of an American than you, than so be it.
It hurts so much to know of your depth of suffering, Ellen. Yet, I'm far from surprised. If I could collapse from my own grief last week over this earthquake of a news, how much more severe it is for the sons and daughters of American soil. We all live on hope. Even if it has been eclipsed for a time, when our tears and anger has been spent, hope will find you again, dear Ellen. Meanwhile, I will do what I can to help get you and others through this time of grief.
ReplyDeleteYou are not alone. I can't comprehend that anyone could think he was the better choice. I really think it boils down to personal ethics and the ability to sacrifice for the greater good
ReplyDeleteWe have a group of people here in Canada that we call Maple MAGA. They keep saying we have to make Canada Great Again, or that Canada is broken (this thanks to an opposition leader much like you know who). Like you I already think both our countries are great, and Canada is not broken.
ReplyDeleteLike you I am shocked over what happened. I am grieving right along with you and really preparing for the worse. Our countries are so close what causes trouble in one usually flows over the border to the other.
God bless.