It’s been my own anecdotal observation and thinking which I think will soon be validated by real data that the real tragedy of Donald Trumps run has been to many, lets call them “Deplorables” he has validated their latent racism, sexism, anti-semitism, homophobia, and xenophobia okay and somehow in their publicly acceptable.
Perhaps the upside to this mess is we can now see how deep and widespread this infection is in our American society and maybe in the years ahead good people will actively start to do something about it rather than sitting on the sidelines watching in denial.
I do think it true we all need to “Buckle [our] seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”
Even in Losing, Trump Is Making America Hate Again | VICE | United States
Donald Trump in Florida on October 12. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Barring the act of a mischief god, Donald Trump isn’t going to be President. Even when he has drawn even with Hillary Clinton in the polls, he appeared to have a ceiling of well under 50 percent.