I don't think that destruction of property during protests has anything to do with city people not caring about private property because they rent and rural people caring because they own their homes. Firstly, protests here in Portland have been by and large peaceful with the occasional violence but of course the press focuses mostly on the violence which creates a false impression. I can fairly assume that this is typical nationwide. Most people are just using the only way they can to state their disagreement with the electoral college and their worry about what this election will mean for minorities, women and immigrants. Here in Portland initial violence wasn't even local - it was by a group of Anarchists traveling around city to city showing up at protests with a violent presence. There are destructive people in city and country both just like there are intelligent people in the city and country both. So many stereotypes are divisive -rural people are uneducated, city people are violent because they don't care about other's property - and I think it's crucial to try to find bridges, to assume people care and are basically trying to do what they think best. Just my 2 cents on this post.
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I completely understand your viewpoint, and thanks for sharing it.
I do find it interesting that these same people now disagreeing with the electoral college would have been singing it's praises if their candidate had won, if you know what I mean.
Hi again @pap-pepper, I believe it's because there has never in history been such a discrepancy between the popular vote and the electoral college. As you may remember, people didn't protest over Gore's lose, they were just heartbroken, but the popular vote and electoral college were closer. So this time I don't believe it's simply about the candidate. But having said that, people are mobilized on something they have felt but not acted upon because so many people fear for their black friends, their friends from south of the border and the east, and women. Also worth saying is that our new president elect has said for over 20 years that he wanted this electoral college abolished, I don't hear him speaking now. Again, just my 2 cents.
actually my friend just told me that president elect specifically sung the praises of the electoral college on his twitter account after he won.....hmmmmm
also, he actually does his own tweets so someone else didn't make an error on this one.
Good points, and thanks again for sharing, especially the Trump/Electoral College one! (I supported neither Trump nor Clinton)
I wish that so many of the "friends" of these people weren't the ones making them irrationally afraid. Check out this image from this post by @aggroed.
I cannot personally testify to the authenticity of it, but it would not surprise me if it was real. If so, these people are way more guilty of what they are blaming on others than the others have ever been.
I think that we are up to about 10 cents total now. (LOL!)
Glad we are making $ :-). I totally agree that building fear is NOT helpful at all and telling a child that anyone wants to kill him seems like a terrible idea! There are however terrifying things happening nationwide right now, I have a friend in NC who witnessed a KKK rally in the middle of a town celebrating the election results....I don't think the "friends" of these people are making any of us afrraid, it's simply what we're seeing. Anyway, this is probably enough said! I appreciate the conversation and hope I haven't said anything to offend you or alienate you, I value your friendship here on Steemit and look forward to more of your enjoyable posts!
Agreed, agreed, and agreed!
I literally have Klan within half an hour of where we live, and the @papa-pepper family is not all "Caucasian".
Hot topics and touchy subjects, glad that we can handle them with respect and tact!