just a curious thought...

when trump won presidency... a lot of people were in a state of mass hysteria...

did it also happened when Obama became president? did people jokingly shouted that the white house is going to turn black? [sorry for the racism its just a question] i also watched a southpark episode...did McCain fans got depressed when obama won?

i'm not from american but it doesn't hurt to ask right?

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SW-User

There was no mass protests, I cannot even remember a small one happening when he won. There might have been some tea party groups here and there that protested, but they didn't destroy cars, buildings, attack cops and their horses. No on wanted to blow up the White House.

I think most were optimistic, we were proud to have our first black president. I was excited. It meant that America wasn't a racist nation, it meant we grew from the past prejudices. I was happy the day he won.

My husband, on the other hand, was not. He didn't feel a one term senator should be president, he didn't have experience.

As time went, I realized that my husband was right. And the changes Obama made was making my heart sickened.

I am a happy Trump voter. Obama is the reason the nation voted Trump in. It is weird that the establishment is claiming a surge in racism. I voted Trump, as did many others who also, like me, voted Obama. I didn't turn racist. I don't judge skin color, simply put..... I didn't like the direction our country was going.... Hillary promised more of the same.

What's going on now, is manipulation meant to paint the USA in a dark light. And it unfortunately is the media, democrats, and a few republicans doing it. I don't know why. They don't seem to stand for anything other than, they only parrot one another..... Russia, Racist, and all the other names and slander they call our President AND the public.

quinnVneck · 31-35, F

@SW-User i see trump voters as just someone who want to make american great again...or rather people part of the right wing [i don't mean to offend...but not sure if i can call him Pragmatic]

SW-User

@quinnVneck The truth is, it wasn't just right wingers that voted for him. He won over democrats and independents. I happen to be an independent. I see the folks that voted for him as the forgotten Americans, the ones that didn't have a voice when we got fined for not being able to afford obamacare. The ones who watched Obama apologize for us Americans, scold us Americans.... make all cops look like villains and build up terror groups like BLM.

Because of the pain it caused, watching and listening to Obama speak ugly at times, I can emphasize with those that hear the same from Trump.

It strikes me that we can hear the same speech and yet hear two completely different things. I guess it's all about perception. I perceived Obama's words as harmful and divisive. Now others are perceiving Trump's word the same way.

Difference is, I took out my frustration in the voting booth. Today they take out their frustration on the voters themselves with violence and threats. I can only equate this to being the result of the changes our nation has inherited over the last eight years of Obama.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@SW-User [quote]My husband, on the other hand, was not. He didn't feel a one term senator should be president, [b]he didn't have experience[/b].

As time went, I realized that my husband was right.

I am a happy Trump voter.[/quote]

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[quote]Today they take out their frustration on the voters themselves with violence and threats. [/quote]

You're greatly overestimating the amount of violence and threats. There is no revolution brewing. I remember similar hysteria among the left about right wing militias during Obama's presidency. It's all silliness. Wingnuts will make noise, but the country will go on.