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[Pryce]

Tell me more about how good Hillary is.

Fucking horrible.

 

[Grechy34]

From an Australian where the presidential election in the US is big news I am seriously scared for the world.

y u do dis America.

 

[Steel]

Looks like I'll be doing my damnest to stay on this side of the world for a while. Watching all this from a far for once has been horrifying. Lead up to the election and more.

When the world's biggest economy fucks itself over, there's no minimum safe distance.

 

[DigtialT]

Florida is Red

 

[helloresolven]

Honestly feel sick right now. What the hell, America?

 

[Frozenprince]

Oh enough with all the Bernie shit.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEATEN HER BY GETTING MORE VOTES THEN.

NOBODY VOTED FOR HIM. IT'S HIS FAULT HE LOST.

 

[Buddha Beam]

I'm going to go on a long rant here and I'm sure in this fast moving thread no one will read it, but it's going to be at least a little cathartic. I'm also going to put this forum on blast a bit.

You know, I'm just going to take a moment to say that some of us tried to warn so many of you. The whole "social justice warrior" online movement or whatever you want to call it that this forum in particular has come to be dominated by. Shame and spite do not do anything to help one's cause.

Unrepentantly calling all white people racists and bigots and sexists and misogynists is what brought this on. I've joked on here about voting for and supporting Trump, but god knows I never actually did. But I've always been able to at least sympathize with those "deplorables" for the blatant hypocrisy on the left when it comes to all of those social issues that dominate social media these days.

too many people on the left, and on GAF especially, remind me of the conservatives in the years following 9/11 under Bush. Everything was viewed through a polarizing, black and white filter. You are either with us or with the terrorists. You are either a ____ist or you're not.

You can't demonize and shame people and expect they'll agree with you. They'll only dig their heels in further, especially if they feel attacked.

This is some real truth here, folks:
All the people who are very likely or even (ugh) probably going to put Donald fucking Trump in the White House tonight are not voting because they hate women or blacks or mexicans or whoever else. I'm also not saying that the hatred isn't a factor, because it's been shown repeatedly that at least on some level it's an animating force for all of this... but people are complex animals but you've turned them into cartoon villains and stereotypes without every trying to understand them or why they actually feel the way they do.

Polarization is bad. The right has been polarized for a long time, but now the left is too, and it's biting them back hard tonight. If Trump wins and has the House and Senate behind him, this is literally the end of America as we know it and the beginning of a new BRIC nation world alignment. That's really fucking bad.

 

[yanipheonu]

More from 538

There’s been a lot of talk about Clinton trailing in Michigan and Wisconsin. Pennsylvania may be a far bigger problem. Clinton is up by just 4 percentage points, and that lead is slipping as more of the vote comes in from outside the Philadelphia media market. Clinton cannot lose Pennsylvania and win the election.

 

[Cindro]

I mean, did you ever stop to think about why that is?

White people are the majority and the holders of power in the USA. Them being racist towards other groups is using and abusing that power.

Being racist towards white people is almost meaningless because it's coming from the position without any power, the minority group. They have no leverage. Because white people put them in that position.

This is why it's not at all similar.

Racism is negatively judging an individual based on his or her skin color, without knowing anything about them as a human being.

Millions of white people in America did not vote for Trump (myself included).

I passionately and unequivocally refuse the notion racism is magically acceptable if it's aimed at a majority group.

Racism is ugly and horrific, no matter who the target is.

 

[Jarmel]

I'm just learning some things about white people tonight.

I'm not.

 

[Couleurs]

Colorado GAF represent! We did the right thing.

At least we know we did our part *high five*

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

She lost, god I'm glad I'm white.

Getting a gun will be easy, getting away with accidentally shooting a dumb repub will be too....

Spoiler

this is the second time I've used this joke so I'm definitely now on a watch list.

 

[Zapages]

I am a Pakistani born person

hahahahahahahaha im so fucking full of hate and fear right now

my parents didn't dip the fuck out of my home country to come to this

its just funny because the people affected by this arent even the ones who are still white and straight but voted for hillary, yall are still safe. Minorities are so fucked. And to everyone who didnt call out a racist friend that supported this hateful disgusting piece of shit, go fuck yourself.

Amen... So many racist folks... I am truly scared as well.

Muslim-Gaf, its time to stay low and keep your head down for the next four years...

Whats going to happen to the job market?

 

[massoluk]

Nate Silver vindicated.

Not really, he still got Hillary as favorite before the election.

 

[Nokagi]

Trump will run this country into the ground.

We deserve it.

 

[TsunamiOfSwagger]

.

 

[Punjicide]

Welp.

I really don't know what else to say other than I'm extremely disappointed in my home state and the nation in general.

Just... Fuck.

I'm getting drunk tonight...

 

[Toxi]

Dems better not fucking nominate Clinton 4 years from now, they'll have the easiest win if they play things right.

It doesn't matter who they bring in.

 

[Fancyarcher]

Welp, say hello to President Trump (cries).

 

[Izuna]

Looks like I'll be doing my damnest to stay on this side of the world for a while. Watching all this from a far for once has been horrifying. Lead up to the election and more.

rip japanese economy btw

 

[nate75]

I've been keeping an eye on this from a uk perspective, is trump actually winning this?

First Brexit then potentially this oh wow

 

[DMczaf]

I really am sad right now. Not because of Hillary losing, but because of the precedence this makes for Muslim Americans

It hurts

 

[greycolumbus]

 

[Azzanadra]

Remember remember, the eight of November!

Gonna have to write a parody when this is all over, regardless of who wins.

 

[cyberheater]

fuck you white people
fuck you racists
fuck you sexists
fuck you 2016

I hope you are banned for this post.

 

[jchap]

The only person Trump could have beat is Clinton

The only person Clinton could beat is Trump.

If you want to blame someone blame the Democrat electorate for throwing up an unlikable candidate in a fit of nostalgia.

 

[Gutek]

Bullshit.

If the map stays the way it is right now, there is only one way for her to pull through.

 

[rjinaz]

She lost, god I'm glad I'm white.

I hate even saying it, but yeah, how fucking sad. Life just goes on for me like it always has now... I'm sorry our country is shit towards you minorities.

 

[Fueled System]

Well I was hoping for Paul Ryan for the 2020 Presidency which can still happen but wow...

Trump really exceeded all expectations as expected. People were afraid to say they voted for him but they came out and did indeed...

 

[Bsigg12]

Colorado GAF represent! We did the right thing.

Now if only the rest of the damn country would have taken a moment to realize Trump is a giant piece of shit we wouldn't be sweating.

 

[Shalashaska]

Been watching this one all night. I think it'll be Trumps Virginia now and flip to him late - the big cities were called early. Mostly Republican areas left.

:/

CNN not even talking about Penn

 

[Ishida]

Appropriate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdfRRtAs3o

 

[SolarPowered]

Florida just went blood red

oh shit

 

[Lois_Lane]

The brexiters were fucking right! Oh, god. Oh,god.

 

[Wiz]

It really comes down to Michigan at this point. If Hillary loses that, its game over.

 

[Damaniel]

Nate Silver vindicated.

He still got it wrong, but less wrong.

Polling as we currently know it is dead. Between Brexit and this, it's obvious that current polling methodology is fundamentally flawed.

 

[Sunster]

I'm white.

Fuck white people.

True. We ain't shit.

 

[Jarrod38]

AP is giving Trump Florida.

 

[gdt]

This is sad.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

oh jesus christ

this fucking night

Won't matter if he switches. GOP will have all three branches regardless.

 

[djkimothy]

Will global markets crash?

It's already crashing...

Florida to Trump. You idiots.

 

[Laieon]

Trump did this with no money and barely any staff compared to Clinton. She outspent him dramatically. The country strongly feels this way.

I voted for Clinton, but Trump has charisma. Clinton is boring.

 

[Wuiji]

Watching the BBC coverage...

Dafuq has happened?!

 

[daveo42]

Is the EU accepting refugees from the United States yet?

 

[MrDaravon]

Flabbergasted. In the back of my mind I always knew there were still lots of racist etc folks in rural areas mostly and whatnot, but I can't believe there were so so many. Outcome aside I really desperately want to see the breakdown and exactly what the fuck happened here.

The Patrick Klepek tweet pretty much echoes my thoughts right now; I'm white and straight as is my wife, so we'll be "okay" but I can't imagine right now being a minority, poc, LBGT etc etc. With the likely recession and financial ramifications of this outcome everything I had planned is on hold, and we 100% will not be having children now; Trump being president is going to steer SCOTUS for a generation and that's not including all of the other massive changes mentioned by others in the thread (Roe v Wade, ACA, etc).

We're fucked. I'm so sorry rest of the world.

 

[White Wolf]

How is this shit not bannable?

thread is going waaaay too fast. could be mods haven't seen that post yet

 

[methane47]

Is it too late to get Bernie in there?

 

[CitizenCope]

Have the "relax" people disappeared?

 

[SilentRacoon]

Pointing fingers and telling people you don't need them doesn't seem to gather to your cause a lot of support, go figure.

 

[GamerJM]

I'm a white male. I'm not really straight or able, but I still feel deeply, deeply ashamed of my demographic, and I'm deeply sorry and empathetic on behalf of those who will no doubt suffer more than me.