So the least popular new president in the history of new presidents just got himself inaugurated, after losing the popular election by three million votes. Hail to the Chief! As our new Russian besties would say, Prisyagat' na vernost' nashemu rukovoditelyu!("Swear fealty to our leader!")
Or maybe you're not feeling fealty. Maybe you admitted to a relative or a social medium that it's hard to see a science-doubting, journalism-bashing, civil-rights-hero dissing fop as your president?
Which inspires the inevitable response from a Trump supporter: "Get over it." What exactly are we supposed to be getting over? The fact that we have a billionaire-cabinetted tweet clown as president?
That's not for me to say. I'm here to offer a less obnoxious suggestion: Protest all you want, but when you're talking to a Trump supporter, first decide exactly what you want. If you're the kind of decent American I think you are, I'm guessing you want at least one of these things:
1. Pleasant conversations without walking on eggshells.
2. Making Trump supporters begin to doubt their choice. (The less popular the president, the less evil he can do.)
3. Not getting shot.
And, best of all, 4. More love, less hate.
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