As I sat in my chair, deep into meditation and pondering thoughts, a swirling reality came across me. Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Elections to become the 45th President of the United States of America. A triumphant feat for Republicans — who also retained control of the Senate — also steered a nation into chaos. First, I was afraid and distraught like most of my peers. I didn’t use social media for more than 12 hours before and during the period of vote counting.

Dread, confusion and a search for answers predominated the next day. I formed more opinions, and always keep an open mind. I pride myself for thinking differently than others on such issues, and no election was going to change my ways.

It’s all I’ve talked about. My thoughts, studies, and contemplations all revolve around the state America is in right now. Some consider this counter-intuitive, but I look at it in a different way. These types of exercises help me to better understand what has been happening.

It’s been three days now. I’ve written and contemplated enough. Some were coherent, some were rambling nonsense I expected to pop out at least the first day. When all became clearer, everything began to make better sense than before, and not in a way I thought it would. Late in the afternoon on a chilly Thursday evening, I sat down once again to jot down in bullet points a polished outline of everything slipping through my mind. Here, in the rawest of terms, is a list of what came to be.

- People from the far left — e.i. liberals — have greatly exaggerated this decision. The moment I realized just how much it was exaggerated, every view I held forth began to change.

- Both sides have painted the opposing candidate as a monster, when in reality they are both monsters. Clinton says all the right things, but is a corrupt liar with a compelling conviction to war. Trump is a douchebag who treats everyone else indifferently and inferior — even among peers — that probably won’t do 80% of what he has promised. Sure, Trump has a lot of flaws, but this election was a lose-lose scenario the moment Hillary was nominated instead of Bernie. Hillary gave the left-wing an emotional comfort, but reality dully noted this was not based on credible evidence. The public support’s inabilities to accept this has caused much confusion and pandemonium. The losing end of this election regardless of who it was had no one to blame but themselves.

- I don’t know if Trump will be a good President. I reject the notion that earlier indicators relating to his behavior will be a reflection of his performance. There are mutually exclusive arguments. What I do believe in, however, is that folks who voted for him will see a big mistake dwindling down their path.

- I exclude and single out the individuals who genuinely thought this man could save America. Politics is a fool’s game. Anyone who took this man seriously is a disgrace to intelligent thought. Which brings me to my next point.

- Trump is not as racist, sexist, or homophobic as they portrait him to be. He mostly just believes he’s better than everyone. DO NOT confuse this with outright racism, sexism, and homophobia. He’s a douchebag. A fair amount of his supporters on the other hand are racist, sexist and homophobic; despicable, lowlife scumbags who probably deserve their current situation of despair which they’ve claimed to have all throughout the campaign trail. Most who follow this path of flawed critical thinking did so for the promise of a better life, a promise most will see fail in under two years. It is up to their consciousness to see how frigidly they were duped by a man who does this for a living.

- My latter sentiment also goes for his detractors, who vehemently oppose him and went out of their way to label a large majority of his supporters as racist, sexist and homophobic scumbags without looking at their own misgivings. Liberals hold themselves to higher standards than most, and that is their biggest flaw.

- The liberal’s techniques of exaggeration and scare tactics to sadden the soul only commute more resentment from those who see the act. Yes, racism, homophobia and sexism do exist and have created a deep divide. Yes, some of Trump’s words do feed them. But no, protesting a democratic election is not the answer. They mention all the hate and violence coming from the other side, but never once utter those committed by them. In the process, they show their true colors. They’re no better than those they criticize, both on a moral and educational standpoint.

- This goes to underline the dark truth no one seems to accept about the human condition. No one is entirely good, no one is entirely bad. I’ve talked about this before, but few understand what I mean. They both have hate in their hearts for different reasons, pushing farther to the path of cognitive dissonance. This is who we are, creatures of hypocrisy.

- This is not the end of democracy. An eloquent mouth and a room full of ears ready to listen is the path to comradery. These issues are solvable, but only if a true discussion occurs. Both need to accept a lot of blame for many issues. A lot of problems in the U.S. educational system exists. Ground together as one and for once do the right fucking thing and talk this shit out America. It’s getting on my nerves as an outsider to see the audacity.

The thoughts are still convoluted. I’ve tried to make it more coherent, but I can’t. This issue isn’t supposed to be coherent. There are layers and layers thick enough to hold a boat together once we get to the nitty-gritty, and the more you dig the more you see the separation of other issues. In essence, both sides are wrong, but one side is currently unleashing too much fury over something they created by not voting when it mattered. It is not healthy nor productive. I salute the idea of patience and future discussions which won’t turn into a barrage of name calling by both sides. We’re still a long way from it, but the only way to endure as a country is to sooner or later have one.

As it’s quite clear, this is far from over. The most important takeaway I can see from this election is how the system will now be govern by someone from outside the spectrum of villainy and deception that reeks out of Washington DC. Liberals should be re-examining their strategy of convincing the right wing their intolerance is not logical and hurts others, because otherwise they’re not only angering them but also hurting themselves in the process. Neither side is right on the argument. Stop whining, stop creating chaos that contradicts everything that you stand for, and come together as one to figure this out. This isn’t the end of the world, stop painting it like it is.

Two months from now Donald Trump will be sworn in as the President. Let this be a lesson to both on uncertainty and convictions, but don’t mistake this as a tragedy.

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