Gyazo

very well said

I'm not.convinced more people donating to clinton would have made a difference

the Clinton campaign massively outspent trump

fox news slandered her, the FBI and Russia sabatages her

it comes.down to white people being racist and Americans not being accepting of a woman president

that's not something you can fix with phone calls

this is america

trump just ripped off the fake veneer

I mean, maybe, yeah. But there's no guarantee. And I forgot at least one thing I'd very much meant to put on there, which was talking to people. Making it clear that you stand against the racism, sexism, an-

d literal sexual assault that Trump stands for, that this isn't 'locker room talk' but actually just an extremely disgusting man.

maybe if you have close friends you could have convinced. strangers? no

you can't change Minds of strangers on issues like this

arguing about it just drives them deeper into their beliefs

you can affect things at a local level but you can't affect how Pennsylvania votes in a federal election, not by yourself, not even with a large organization

you can push for certain issues, but you can't stop entitled white people from being afraid of Muslims

you can't stop men from refusing to be led by a woman

you can't wave a magic wand and make the electorate more college-educated

you can petition to make College more accessible, but that's a long game

and we need players for it, but it's complicated

not everyone can be a full-time activist

Activism is 10x harder in rural areas where it's harder to mobilize. Look at all these outraged patches of deep blue in metropolitan areas.

You don't have to be a full-time activist to make a difference. I did volunteer, in 2012, with the Obama campaign, and personally got a handful of people who were otherwise not voting to go do so on day of.

I don't want to say don't volunteer, I'm just saying this outcome isn't your fault, or to think that blame needs to be assigned to anyone that didn't vote trump

I'm aware. I grew up in a rural area; the largest town in my home county has less than 2000 people in it and is so poor that it's been a food desert for the past four years.

And I know the outcome is not my fault alone, I'm aware it doesn't rest on my shoulders entirely by any means. But I suspect that my situation is hardly unique among the demographic, that many people-and, to b

e fair, that does include other demographics as well-wrote the campaign off as won.

But the ability to do that so easily is a symptom of privilege.

And I'm not saying any other specific white man is directly responsible, either. But we're the group that most strongly voted for Trump.

As for non-Trump voters, I will say I'm more upset with the turnout than the 3rd party votes, but I want full data on the where and exact count before emphasizing that.

Because part of voter turnout is apathy but part is suppression.

Re: 3rd party voters. Gary Johnson is a Republican that loves weed. If anything, he helped Clinton win my state - she won by 2.7% and he syphoned off 3%.

I'm not saying that people who voted Johnson would have voted Clinton in that sentence, I'm saying they should have voted Clinton. Same as if they voted Stein, or Trump.

But regardless, I'm probably not gonna respond to this plurk for bit, 'cause I'm still kind of just in shell-shock over the election and it's pretty absurd to be arguing over what exactly could have been done-

better.