My friend the non-voter and why so many stayed home.

[LibraLiz1973]

6. I have ZERO respect for anyone who didn't vote

Blah blah blah, "she was corrupt." I'm sorry- Trump is the most corrupt motherfucker alive and the evidence of that was on full display during the campaign. He's a bad man and anyone who had a thumb up their ass and made excuses about not voting can fuck right off.

For the record, they wouldn't have voted for Bernie either, because he's too progressive. No matter which one was the candidate (Clinton or Sanders) the end result was ALWAYS going to be Trump, unless people did their civic duty. This election was a wake up call for all of us. Does anyone really believe the racist backwood dirtbags who call the Obama's gorillas and chimps were going to vote for Bernie, a Jewish man? Or Hillary, a woman? They were ALWAYS going to turn out to vote for the orange fuck because he spoke their language.

We lost this election because WE FAILED TO FULLY COMPREHEND the hatred in this country. Trump saw it, understood it, tapped into it, used it, and rode it all the fucking way through election day. And nothing he's done since indicates he or his followers are going to have any kind of a change of heart. We should all be afraid. This isn't good.

Straight up, anyone who voted for him is a fucking idiot. 98.999% of his voters are racist, bigot, homophobic, gun-toting weasels who "want their country back." That's code for "White man needs power". They're balls out suppressing human beings purely because of the color of their skin and/or the religion they practice.

And the people who didn't vote at all? Well, those fucking morons got that orange piece of shit where he is today- because they were too goddamn ignorant and fucking selfish to do the right thing. They're also gullible as hell and lazy as shit. I hope they enjoy what's coming. Those of us in touch with reality can clearly see it's not going to be good.

We've had the discussion you're alluding to 9,879,486 times here on DU since the election was over. People seem to fall into two camps: it was stolen or Bernie should've run. The Bernie thing is shameful and does nothing but further open the gaping wound this election left. He wouldn't have won either.

As for it being stolen... Do I think there were major widespread problems? I do. Do I think Russia paid a pretty penny for disinformation sites to put up fake stories? I do.

But you know what else I think? The Republicans sat and did nothing during the gathering storm while Trump rose to power. He played this country like a fucking maestro. We all thought he was a joke. Turns out, the joke was on us. The masses really WERE dumb enough to believe him.

Hillary won the popular vote. Bernie may have, if he'd been the candidate. But, like her, he would've been fucking toppled by the red states and their fear or hatred of DIFFERENT.