I’m not going to whinge or complain today about this election.
I’m going to thank Trump.
I’m going to thank him for opening my eyes to my own privledge.
I’m going to thank him for the wall bringing to my attention the atrocities going on with over 20,000 children losing their innocence by being sex trafficked over that border every year. I didn’t know supporting border control for the protection of those children would brand me a racist.
I’m going to thank conservatives for bringing to my attention that gang violence and the crime.
I couldn’t imagine as a mother watching riots and protests about the deaths of people that only fit a narrative but complete silence about children being caught up in gang violence and drive by shootings asleep in their own bed without making mainstream news, i couldn’t imagine the pain those families were going through.
I didn’t imagine having an issue with this would brand me a racist.
I didn’t know pedophilia was such a prevelant problem, I stopped uploading photos of my daughter.
I didn’t know the degree of homelessness on the streets of democratic cities, I didn’t know children had to play on playgrounds with used needles everywhere, defecation in the street, and people openly injecting heroin and I won’t ever take my playgrounds for granted.
I didn’t know people were still imprisoned internationally for being gay, I didn’t know children were stoned to death in the streets until Trump appointed the first openly gay cabinet member who was working to decriminalise it and withhold intelligence from countries who refused.
I didn’t realise this being a priority over sports and people with male geniatila being refused a gynocology appointment would brand me a homophobe.
I didn’t realise how prevelant the opinion of late term abortion was, I didn’t realise Planned Parenthood was funded on racist principles, I didn’t realise late term abortions sometimes ended up in babies being left to die without medical intervention. I didn’t realise having a problem with this made me anti woman.
I didn’t realise that under the Obama administration Islamic countries were being bombed every single day. I didn’t realise the troops even had the option to be withdrawn till Trump did it.
I didn’t realise the political freedom I had, that I wouldn’t be stabbed or have my teeth knocked out in the street for supporting the president.
I didn’t realise the corruption of socialism and communism, I didn’t know what was going on in Cuba and Venzuela and China, till I heard the immigrant Trump supporters speak about it and how important it is to keep complete socialism off the table at all costs.
I didn’t realise the FBI could turn a blind eye to child pornography depending what side of the political spectrum you’re on.
I didn’t know what Hillary did to Haiti.
I didn’t realise the Democrats founded the KKK and I went on to learn so much.
I learnt about Dr. Martin Luther King and what an amazing person he was.
I learnt about the corrupt connections with the Communist Party.
I learnt about the massive costs of pharmaceuticals in the US and the burden that placed on low income people with chronic illnesses’ when Trump spoke about making deals to get them cut.
I learnt to think for myself, and to stop letting political leaders and the media tell me what to think based on who I am, I also learnt that would earn me a massive amount of hatred.
I pulled my head out of my superficial life and my first world problems, and looked at the world and I’m going to continue to do that, everyday.