High school students, walked out of class and marched through downtown Phoenix. High school students in California and Colorado staged the same walk out. A Yale professor canceled midterm exams because of traumatized students. University of Texas students by the hundreds marched through downtown Austin, a few waving the Communist flag.
A 12-year old girl in Michigan fully expected to wake up and have a President Clinton, and when she woke up, "it was devastating for her,” her dad says. “She had a horrible day." Why would a 12-year old girl be that concerned; she needs to enjoy being a kid.
The CEO of Grubhub, an online food delivery service, sent a company-wide email suggesting employees who voted for President-elect Donald Trump should resign.
"A professor at University of Michigan postponed an exam after too many students complained about their “very serious” stress. Columbia University postponed midterms . . . a University of Iowa professor canceled classes and a University of Connecticut professor excused class absences — all because their students just absolutely could not function knowing that they’d have to live in a country where their president would not be the president that they wanted.
"And it’s not even just the students — a University of Rochester professor canceled all of his meetings with students the day after the election because he decided he just could not bear to talk about it with them." (National Review)
A group of Hillary Clinton supporters attacked a Chicago man who
apparently voted for President-elect Donald Trump, recorded on an
online video. One lady became nauseated when she heard the news of her candidate's defeat. One man said that he had the same feeling as when he saw the Twin Towers go down.
"So who's going to assassinate Trump?" came the question on Twitter.
"So who's going to assassinate Trump?" came the question on Twitter.
Celebrities chimed in--Chelsea
Handler broke down crying on her Netflix talk show on Wednesday night
while discussing Hillary Clinton's staggering loss. She began to cry as she explained how she
planned to leave the country. '"I
want to move to Spain. I really, really want to move to Spain right
now," she said.
Bryan Cranston, Neve Campbell, and Barbara Streisand said they were moving to Canada if their candidate lost the election, but this remains to be seen. Ruth Bader Ginsburg promised us that she would move to New Zealand. Famous people often make that threat (as if anybody cares and and as if Canada would want them; but they don't follow through. We'll see if they keep their word to us.)
Jimmy Kimmel tried to counsel and comfort his late night viewers, just as a grief counselor would--he took them through the five stages of grief, all the way from "Denial" to "Acceptance."The loss of an election is as a death? Yes, read on.
Seth Meyers was moved to tears throughout his opening monologue. As a new father, he said at the top of the show: "I do really
feel for the parents who had to explain this to their kids this
morning." (How about explaining constitutional government to them?)
Many were so distraught that they couldn't go to work the next morning and took the day off. One man said that he was "terrified," and another said, "I feel unprotected." These are adults we're talking about. (What happened to England's WWII motto, "Keep Calm and Carry On"?)
WHAT'S GOING ON?
All of this is a classic case of anger because of the defeat of their candidate but, at the root is misplaced trust. They trusted their candidate so much that it's the end of the world. If only their candidate had been elected, they would be protected, cared for, fed, and loved. They placed their trust 100% in their candidate and when defeat became apparent, they were inconsolable and angry at the loss of the proposed Utopia their candidate said would come. When their candidate went into the unthinkable jaws of defeat, they had nowhere else to turn, no one else to trust. Their god died a political death. That's why they needed Jimmy Kimmel to lead them through the Five Stages of Grief.
Students trust a candidate for tuition; others trust the candidate for their healthcare, some trust the candidate for food and housing, along with other benefits. When their candidate dies a political death, the person they trusted can't provide for them and they can't handle it. They look to a human being with implicit trust.
But the reality of all realities is that because of the Fall of man and the curse sin brought into the world, no government, no candidate, no elected candidate is going to "fix it." Never. Never ever. Deal with it.
But the reality of all realities is that because of the Fall of man and the curse sin brought into the world, no government, no candidate, no elected candidate is going to "fix it." Never. Never ever. Deal with it.
The Bible warns us against putting our wholesale trust in a man or woman be he (or she) Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Green, Trump or Clinton to fix it:
Ps. 118:9: It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in princes.
Ps. 146:3: Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation [deliverance].
Ps. 40:4: How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, and has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
No matter who runs for office, no matter who wins, no matter who loses, those three texts hold true.
No matter who runs for office, no matter who wins, no matter who loses, those three texts hold true.
Yes, these points are good ones. But even if anger is involved in a loss of trust or a loss of the security from dependence on a social program, acting out socially does not necessarily follow. I believe the riots are a representation of loosing something much more than trust.
ReplyDeleteThese riots fall into the realm of Social Psychology. They may be more of a reaction to a view of government those people do not agree with and feel pressured to accept, and they view this opposing view as harsh and uncaring. Their reaction to the pressure from this controlling force is anger. They believe they are right and the other side is wrong, and the riots are their way of demanding their beliefs be accepted when they have been rejected. The same anger holds true with Christians when they are forced to accept opposing beliefs and have to live in a society that enforces those opposing beliefs.
I agree the rioters do actually worship Hillary Clinton and the philosophical view she expresses. This may be the main reason underpinning their anger. They believe in the rightness of their view of helping others on a national level, and their arrogant piousness acts out at what they perceive as injustice. Their feelings are intense and they feel their religion is being forcibly removed from them. Their acting out is a result of the feeling of loss of control. They are being anti-conformists and unwilling to accept a social system they do not believe in.
This same reaction would occur if Christians lost their churches and their ability to pursue their Christian values and ideals. When the thing a person worships is taken away, they feel controlled at a place inside of themselves that they cannot tolerate. The rioters religious beliefs have been violated. It does look like Hillary and her philosophy is their religion.