Election Protests

5 entries. 2,220 words.

November, 2016

• Deep Breaths Please. 2016-11-10 11:32 PM.
  • Politics
  • swampip.com
  
  I’ve been watching Trump *very* closely since election night. He hasn’t said more than a handful of words since his victory speech. He hasn’t gloated. He hasn’t blustered. Everything is going very well. Extremely well. Shockingly well. Everything is proceeding exactly like the peaceful transfer of power should go. Everyone in Washington appears to be conscious of the nation’s fears and taking deliberate steps to calm things, despite all the reporters trying their best to rile things up again. Frankly this transition so far appears to be going better than the one from Bush to Obama, which I also thought went very well. 892 words.
• Safety Pins, Fun Protests, and Yet More. 2016-11-12 10:50 AM.
  • Politics
  • swampip.com
  
  More from the “random post-election thoughts” bin: I don’t think I ever documented this, but Clinton won (or “is winning” I should say) Virginia 49.60 to 44.56 with 99.88% of precincts reporting. (I was going to round that but I suddenly realized I have no idea how you’re supposed to round election results. Normal rounding? Truncation? One up, one down?) It’s a bit outside the range I guessed (I guessed that if Clinton won by less than 3-4 points the election would go to Trump) but Trump still won. 1,041 words.
• Another Correction. 2016-11-13 5:04 AM.
  • Politics
  • swampip.com
  
  Once again I woke up thinking I needed to correct and expand upon my earlier post. Regarding the safety pins, I completely forgot to mention that I fully support the idea of making minorities feel safe. Even if I don’t feel like I can participate myself, I applaud others for doing so. In my real life activities, based on past experience, I don’t think it’s likely that I would encounter any bad situations, but if I did, I’d like to think I would try to intervene if I could. It’s not really my forte, though. 186 words.
• Protests End In Richmond?. 2016-11-15 5:14 PM.
  • Politics
  • swampip.com
  
  Richmond’s election protests seem to have stopped on Saturday the 12th. At least they haven’t been big enough since then to warrant a news story. I didn’t think they would last long here. They didn’t seem to be fueled by any specific election outrage, just the general anarchy most people feel in college. 53 words.
• At Least They Aren’t Planning Secession. 2016-11-15 5:42 PM.
  • Politics
  • swampip.com
  
  In case anyone forgot, after Obama was re-elected in 2012, there was a petition in every single state to secede from the Union. So yes, poor sportsmanship after an election loss is a bi-partisan phenomenon. It just manifests differently. Liberals march in the streets, conservatives try to secede. 48 words.