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Something Far Worse Than A President

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

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It's more than just the man who received the most electoral votes. It's not just about the background of Donald Trump, it's the atmosphere. For most, this election is their worst nightmare. There are millions of people out there scared to see what the next day will bring. However, aside from any personal opinions of Donald Trump, the problem lies far beyond just him.

It is something far worse than a president. It's children scared to go to school, Americans terrified to wake up the next morning, LGBTQ+ afraid for their rights, females afraid for their rights, and the list could go on. It is not just the new face of America, it is now the new atmosphere of America. What once was a nation that stood together, that was the home of the free, that was a strong willed nation; is now a nation that cannot even so much as have an election without attacking opposing sides.

We cannot solely blame a man for the actions of others. Surely he may or may not have influenced those actions to arise, but that's not the point. The point is, there are children refusing to go to school because they are being told they are going to get deported, or are now not treated as equal because of their skin color. The point is, there are women who are terrified to speak up for themselves because they now get told that they have no room to speak. The point is, there are people who are uncomfortable in their own skin, but finally reached a point of acceptance with themselves to then be told that they will be undergoing shock therapy in the future to make them "straight". These are people we have seen at least once on a daily basis, and never once thought anything of it until this election.

Now, we have a nation that cannot even come together to protect one another. We are not anywhere close to being the nation we once were. How are we suppose to grow as a nation if we cannot even so much as move past stereotypes? It is not just the new President of the United States, but perhaps the people of the United States.


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