Yeah, so... That Happened.

Yeah, so... That happened. 

And everyone was shocked and surprised and caught unaware and.... whatever. 

And today his very own team are all "Well...uh... gosh, we've got a steep learning curve ahead of us."  Because that's what we, as a people, deserve. 

We voted for the guy that doesn't actually know what he's doing, and has showed little interest thus far in learning.   

A lot of folks voted against the other candidate, riding a wave of false equivalencies and lack of critical thinking.  
Because we've been told for decades that she's bad and a liar and evil and murders people and eats babies and.... some of us just kept lapping that nonsense up, mmm....this is so good....yum yum yum yum

Top notch!     

Facts have become partisan, and fact checkers are just liberals trying to trick all of you into believing their spin.     Even when the facts are supported, and notated.   They're not to be trusted.

Two words.
Critical Thinking.  
A lot of us stopped doing this, and we've not benefited as a people.   Many are no longer are able to distinguish lies and hypocrites any longer, without being told.  Usually by a media company that spends lots of air time reporting on the shortcomings of... media.  But not them.  Everyone else.

mmm....this is so good...yum yum yum.......

Hopefully we'll all be alive and solvent in four years, and some of the geniuses who decided "shaking up the foundation of our society is the way to go! " will have realized that this plan was a titch hasty and short-sighted.

Like the millions of people in England who voted for Brexit, and AFTERWARDS went on-line to find out what, exactly, they just voted for.   This is a fact, by the way.   



Know what else is top notch?    finding the person with the very worst reputation, and the super high "untrustworthy" and "unlikable" scores, and saying "This is the one!  And we'll make sure she's going to be the one!  We'll make history!" 

Yep, you surely did make history.  Way to go!  


For the last 18 months, you keep hearing about how hate was underestimated.   Jeb Bush's failure in the primaries?  "We underestimated the hate." 

Like that.   

I read someone's defense of the new pres. elect this morning, and she started with "I don't hate _____" and then there was a but, there's always a but... and then she showed how much she hated.  And everyone was all "Uh...that sounded kinda hateful" and I'm sure she was deeply offended by their response.   Because she SAID she didn't hate, so....

You know what would be a really awesome, spectacular thing?   

If we overestimated hate, and were pleasantly surprised.  It's been awhile since we've been pleasantly surprised. 

That would be awesome.   

But since hate's been empowered and legitimized... I will remain ever hopeful, while not holding my breath.