I don’t post personal stuff on here often because you guys are here to learn French. And I don’t post ads even though I’d make a lot of money off of them so I hope you’ll bear with me through this extremely personal post.
Donald Trump is scary, yes, but what scares me more is Mike Pence. You see, before Pence, Trump wasn’t quite an advocate of the LGBTQ+ community but he didn’t actively spend his time fighting it either. He donated to 2 separate charities of the LGBTQ+ community and even said he supported the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold marriage equality in 2015. The scary part is that when Pence came into the Vice-presidential picture, Trump did an immediate 180. He immediately said he supported “traditional” marriage values and together, they are wanting to federally fund conversion therapy and shock therapy. These methods are very dangerous and serve the purpose to “change” a person’s sexual orientation or their gender back to the norm: cis-gendered heterosexuals. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO GOES THROUGH CONVERSION THERAPY IS 8 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE!!! And, of course, shock therapy is literally what it sounds like. When Trump is inaugurated in January, he will be able to appoint 4 Supreme Court Justices who will most likely be Republican. Republicans traditionally, but not always, oppose same-sex marriage. It’s important to note here that the Supreme Court cannot just randomly change laws. A case about same-sex marriage will have to be brought to their attention before they can decide anything but if they do oppose same-sex marriage then it is definitely possible for them to change the ruling of Obergefell. But this isn’t the end of the problems that the Trump-Pence Administration brings (not even the end of the LGBTQ+ problems).
We have Black and Latino individuals who are fearing for their lives, religious individuals who are hesitantly wearing their dearly-held traditional garb, and women who are afraid they are going to be sexually assaulted every hour of every day. Trump and Pence are certain that the policemen and policewomen are only doing their jobs and racism isn’t an issue as far as homicide is concerned. And it needs to be duly noted that I don’t believe every single cop is trying to kill off people with different skin colors. But it would be irrefutably ignorant of me to sit here and say that the Black Lives Matter movement is unjustified because if we look at the statistics, there are way more Black individuals being brutally murdered than white individuals. Trump and Pence are 100% fine with the current, lax standing of our gun control laws which leaves people of color (a term which I HATE using) fearing for their lives in the land of the free. Niqabs, hijabs, sarees, turbans, and other religiously-affiliated clothing is being worn hesitantly or not at all. It is disgusting to see these people suppressing their religion just because they are afraid of people harassing, abusing, and/or murdering them. Along those same lines, 4 hours ago (Nov. 9th, 4PM EST) Trump financially settled with a woman, out of court, who had previously accused him of rape. Women are nervous wrecks about someone personally violating them because “if our president can do it, so can we!”
Was Hillary perfect? No. I can’t say she was. Was she qualified? Absolutely. Do I want to hear anymore about her damn emails? No. Keep it to yourself.
What can we do now? Hope for the best with the administration we have despite the evidence we have gained throughout the election time period. We can do small things that make impacts: donate to Planned Parenthood, donate to LGBTQ+ charities, make your voice heard about the Black Lives Matter movement, stick up for someone who is being harassed about their religion, and other small kindnesses.
And millennials, those 15,000 votes that you accrued for Harambe did nothing except lose the race for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Think about that next time you vote, smartass.
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