Reactions.

The way people are reacting is what scares me. From the beginning, I never really liked either candidate. Towards the end, I was still pretty neutral. I assumed either would do a good job in office. While I am neutral to this election, the only thing that scares me is how people have reacted so far. Clinton won the popular vote, therefore Trump only won because of the Electoral College.

A few days ago while I was on the phone with my dad, we started talking about all of the protests. I couldn’t believe how people were reacting. Burning American flags, walking out of classes, showing hatred. To me, anyone who was anti-Trump was anti-hate, which is part of why I am scared. I am more scared of the way people are reacting than I am of Trump’s presidency. My dad told me that his first thought when he heard of all the protests was a Billy Joel song.

“And there's always a place for the angry young man,

With his fist in the air and his head in the sand.”

That was when I wasn’t so scared anymore. I started to think about not all the hate that is starting to spread, but all the posts about #lovetrumpshate that showed up on my newsfeed. I started to see acceptance of what happened. I started to see peaceful protesting.

And now I’m no longer scared, but I’m hopeful. Hopeful that peace will come out of this.