Feel free to weigh in with ideas and advice, folks...
I had a question. In the past, OPs on this board usually started with a link to an article about some event or political development with a comment of some kind. Discussions moved forward (or backwards, or down) from there. Do you still expect posters to provide a link to an article of some kind, or will there be more of an emphasis on personal experiences or ideas/thoughts people have about issues and problems in a more general way?
I've had a lot of people coming at me on social media with all sorts of ideas, plans, and mission statements on how we must coalesce and build coalitions in order to stand against the Evil Empire.
I have my opinion, but I don't have a lot of advice. We've never been here before. At least none of us born in this country have. The best comparisons I've read is Donald Trump is our Silvio Berlusconi, only with worse hair and more baby nukes. I want to proactive, but this all feels a bit reactive to me. Some bad shit had gone down both within this board and without in this country, but it all depends on one word: perspective.
I got a message from someone whose opinion I respect that went, "
I also understand the despair the left feels over Clinton losing. We on the right were dismayed with both Obama victories."
For someone on the Right, even if they don't know or even support what the president-elect plans to do in the next four years, they weren't crazy over what they got over the last eight years. Every election brings joy to some and misery to to others. This was a change election, but what sort of change it's going to be is all about best guesses until it actually happens. When it does and whatever it is will be welcomed in some quarters, not feared.
Don't get it twisted. I'm not Hillary, Obama, Oprah or Dave Chapelle saying give Trump a chance to prove he's not as god-awful as advertised. I'm not into honeymoon periods or giving a sucker an even break. That's not me. That's not how I roll. I see Trump as the enemy. All I'm saying is some Americans couldn't be happier with how the election turned out and we have to acknowledge that's as legit a belief as the protests in the street saying the sky has fallen and we're all fucked.
I had a lot of growing disenchantment with Politics & Current Events how too many threads were fact-free zones. Factually, it's probably not proven yet Donald Trump is going to blow up the world, but there are a lot of pissed-off, unhappy people pretty certain he will. Others couldn't be more thrilled from the way the election turned out. They got precisely what they wanted.
What I'm trying to say is I'm unsure what an Activism, Current Events, And Hope sub-forum means or what it's supposed to be or not be. What I
am certain is it shouldn't be the Kumbaya Room.
Still thinking this one over...