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Be Careful Not to Normalize the Trump Presidency

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Chandler Simone

Jan 04, 2017

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Be Careful Not to Normalize the Trump Presidency

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STOP NORMALIZING HATE

I would’ve voted for Trump too…

if I believed that the sanctity of marriage and so many other institutions are perverse and being demoralized by homosexuality
If I was able to ignore the offensive things he’s said because, at the end of the day, none of it was towards people like me
If I didn’t believe that our planet needs to be nurtured and taken care of
If I believed that the way to address Latinx and African American Communities was to criminalize their environments
If I had no other concerns except those that are economic
If my reproductive rights weren’t at risk
If the KKK and Neo-Nazis that so fervently support Trump, pose no threat to me and my family
If I believed that his comments against women were just locker room talk
If I wasn’t an ally for LGBTQ+ humans
If I was so privileged to look at bigotry as a small character flaw...

But as soon as he won, everyone stopped talking about these things...

So, how do we save America from getting sucked into the normalization of Neo-Nazis, racism, xenophobia, Anti-Semitism, Alt-right movements, threats to women's rights....?

Because all of a sudden everyone stopped talking about it.... and it's beginning before our eyes...

#StayWoke

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