As hard is it going to be given the level of vitrol, insult and out right hate poured out at Trump supporters, I suggest we all be very gracious winners. The Never Trumpers are going to be in total freak out mode as they work out their grief, anger and denial. As much as ego suggest we rub their faces in Trumps victory, just let it go.
We won. Nothing else matters today.
I don't think you quite understood most of #nevertrumpers.... Most of us were foremost #NeverEverEverHillary people. I for one was happy Trump won over the witch. I just don't expect Trump to be the conservative some claimed he would be. I still hold that he has major character flaws that prevented me from voting for him.
Also when you say "As hard is it going to be given the level of vitrol, insult and out right hate poured out at Trump supporters" and "The Never Trumpers are going to be in total freak out mode as they work out their grief, anger and denial". That is doing the exact opposite of what you claim to be as your objective... (ie. Being gracious about Trump winning)..
IOWs... you speak doublespeak and it really isn't that veiled. I fully understand "gracious" isn't easy for many war torn Don fans here, but remember it wasn't personally easy being a diehard conservative that clung to conservative social values either (especially at TOS).
Personally it wasn't fun being nevertrump, to see most your FB friends on the Trump train and not seeing what you saw (or not caring). It wasn't easy taking the road less traveled and being ostracized and called names for it. My old home at FR called me out vulgarly and put me on a list like I was some sort of person that marched in Hillary's army.
Understand most of us are political creatures, we frequent forums like TBR because we love the fight, the system, and freedom. It is worth the fight, it is worth being the leper if you think you are standing the position God wants you to stand. Thankfully of course, this is still America and most of us didn't have to go the extreme some have had to in other countries and times. We were not beheaded for our stances and being tormented was more mental that actual torment as some have suffered.
One of the things we found was being silenced (by TOS) was form of punishment but thankfully TBR was welcoming with open arms. The openness benefited both of us, it allowed some of us nevertrumpers to have camaraderie and to give the forum a lively debate presence which attracted quite a great gain in traffic. I understand with great traffic comes some complicated problems that the staff had to deal with, but hopefully it was a problem that they were feeling up to task for.
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All in all, this election was rough on all of us in some way. We got through it. Unfortunately to some, I personally will still be a pill when I think Trump deserves some criticism. Face it, we all don't know what this fellow will do, I don't think Trump knows what he will do. He has a pattern of blowing like the wind on issues. I have a true North Star in Jesus, and that is where I will set my standards. Same as I did with every other republican elect, I will do my best to keep looking for the good and bad, and calling each as I am given wisdom to discern them.
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Note to self. Jesus North Star reference would of been better tied to the Eastern Star, but that sounds cultish. Would have to remove that whole reference... too lazy to do that, so leaving it like it is. Now I wonder if there is a stationary Eastern Star? Not sure...
