Trump won the electoral college, but Clinton won the popular vote. While the election results send a global message that the American mainstream is fearful and hateful of non-white, non-Christian, non-American citizens, most of us DO NOT feel this way.
Most of us love our brothers and sisters in the Muslim world. We embrace with passion the beautiful and powerful people, culture, and nation of Mexico. We welcome immigrants and refugees from all corners of the globe. We passionately defend the rights of homosexuals, people of color, women, and those who seek to build a better life in the United States.
Most of us feel sick and guilt-ridden in the wake of Trump's victory, and want everyone in the world to know that he DOES NOT represent our values. He represents only the terrified and selfish amongst us--the racist, the scared, the antiemetic, the white nationalists, and other factions disrespectful of people unlike themselves. These people are the minority in the US, but they shout the loudest.
Please do not let this loud minority of Americans taint your understanding of Americans in general, although I understand why it would. Know that most of us feel as though our country has been hijacked by a fringe movement, and that the actual character of the United States is not represented by the president elect.
America is not a nation of hatred and fear. Yes, it contains these elements, and the concentrated energy of these elements led to the election of a violent, hate-filled monster, but this monster does not represent me or anyone I know well. We love the global community, and love America's ability to provide refuge for victims of persecution. The next 4 years may not reflect this love, but it exists widely and will continue to endure until a president that reflect our compassionate values is elected to the office of president.
I am sorry. I feel great guilt as an American, I am implicated in this disaster. We all are. And many of us will strive to salvage the best parts of our nation as a greedy autocrat tries to delete the civil rights gained during the past century. Most of us still value equality, pluralism, freedom of religion, anti-racism, anti-misogyny, and gay rights. Most of us look at you, whoever you are, with love.
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