Despair
November 9, 2016
The unthinkable has happened.
Our country, supposedly the beacon of freedom for the whole world, has elected
to the most important office in the land, indeed in many ways the most
important office in the world, a misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, homophobic,
egomaniacal, megalomaniacal, sexually predatory fascist who is committed to
nothing and no one but himself. Donald Trump, a dishonest real estate wheeler
dealer without a single qualification for the office, will become President of
the United States. In electing him my fellow Americans turned their backs on
the best that our country sometimes represents. They turned their backs on the
“liberty and justice for all” that they so love to recite when they pledge
allegiance to our flag. They turned their backs on personal morality, even
simple human decency. They have said no to the inexorable arc of the universe
toward justice. They have sought to turn back the tide of history and return to
a time that denied equal opportunity and even equal human dignity to women,
racial minorities, sexual minorities, and immigrants. They have said to
everyone that if you are not a white, straight, Christian, native-born American
male you are less than us, and you are neither welcome nor even safe here. They
let their fear not their hope decide their vote. This morning I am in shock.
This morning the world is in shock. May God have mercy on us all.
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