LISTEN. At the end of class yesterday a student reported having been physically bullied and threatened, and verbally abused, at a Trump rally in Murfreesboro over the weekend. She and the other anti-Trumpers were badly outnumbered by the ruffians, and unprotected by the police on site. She does not believe the polls that have him losing, or expect he and his Proud Bystanding Bigots to go peaceably if he does.
My advice: don't go to Trump rallies, you can't reason with those people in that setting. Go to the polls. Early voting starts tomorrow here. Do all you can to encourage every sensible person you know to do likewise. Work the phones too, if that's something you're comfortable doing.
Then, call on your inner Stoic. Some things are up to us, others are not. It's up to us to resolve that we'll not let the bigots and Know Nothings prevent us from pursuing our happiness, even in such a world... (continues)
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