glumshoe:

Progress comes in fits and bursts. There will be setbacks; this is one of them. It is not the end. Do not fan the fires of despair. There are millions of Americans who are horrified by the election results, and billions more people around the world. They’re real and they have not abandoned you.

This is stupid, and shitty. But it’s been stupid and shitty before. Do not let your dismay close your heart and your mind to opportunities to push our society forward. It’s never pretty… it groans and creaks and protests, and sometimes it rolls backwards. Don’t give in to doom and gloom…. all harm can be minimized, if not prevented entirely. Get involved in your local communities. Support each other. Remember that the next general election is less than two years from now, and there will be many more opportunities to make things happen on a local scale.

This is not the end. We are not broken so easily.