OPINION:
The election of Donald Trump has caused much angst to the constituents of the Progressive Democratic community. Trump was impeached, indicted and referred to as a dictator, fascist, rapist and Hitler. The vitriol spewed at him was excessive and far more intense than a policy debate or a disagreement about a constitutional issue. The intensity of hatred for Trump was matched on Election Day only by the voters’ repudiation of Progressive Democrats’ policies.
I am confused by the hostility of friends and family who are so hate-filled that they agree with opinions they would never express as their own about anything else. These include accepting a few choice “truths”: Criminals are caught and released because stopping them is a violation of their rights; if a man pretends to be a woman, you must pretend with him and allow him to compete in women’s sports; people who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves; people who have never been to college should pay the debt of students with big loans; and tampons should be made available in boys’ high school bathrooms.
No matter what I say or how I vote, something contrary to my beliefs has invaded our nation and everything is about to change. Civil debate may become all but impossible. States may secede and it may be necessary to separate and coexist in parallel universes. Titanic America has hit an iceberg and President Donald Trump must do more than just rearrange the deck chairs.
EDWARD KONECNIK
Flushing, New York
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