Is it okay to discuss here what is NOT the way forward?

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5. As Difficult As This Is

It has to be done.

I sat in line for 2+ hours voting last November. I live in a Red area and there were plenty of folks in Trump garb, including flags on their shinny clean trucks. They were so happy to be voting for their man who was going to right all the wrongs. It seemed many of them had little to no experience voting; some were unsure if they were in the right polling place. Low engaged voters. My heart sank, I knew my state (PA) was probably going over to Trump.

I've had many arguments with my family and friends about how strongly to oppose Trump's policies and appointees. And I recognize there's a chance these folks are going to take steps to institutionalize Republican control into the future. But, Trump won the election. I don't believe in conspiracies or voter suppression. I saw the marginally engaged voters who IMHO put Trump into office with my own eyes. So be it; Trump has a right to put his people in positions of power not matter how incompetent they are (and boy, some of them sure are).

Will we suffer under Trump and his minions? It's early, the book is still being written. Personally, I believe Trump is a train wreck, dumpster fire, and whatever catastrophic analogy you want to insert. He's a royal fuck up.

But elections have consequences and we need to continue to point out Trump's utter incompetency and every time he screws up. He has to own it and we have to make sure he owns it. That means holding the M$M to it also. It sucks we're all going to have to suffer. But sometimes you just have to take it to demonstrate to folks what poor decisions they have made and hope they do better next time.