The American Divide: After the Election
Liberals are angry and afraid. Conservatives are angry and afraid. Both sides are angry and afraid at the other party. Liberals are angry that Donald Trump won despite losing the popular vote but afraid because they are unsure about what a Trump presidency means. The Conservatives are angry and afraid at liberals, who are upset about the election.
This was covered in the New York Times article Political Divide on Campuses Hardens After Trump’s Victory. It takes place in Michigan, where students feel angry because of the despair that students and the University of Michigan administration participated in after the election. It then pivoted to professors who were alive in the 60s, and how now compares to then.
I like this article because it focuses on something that no one has really focused on. There are people that feel uncomfortable to talk about their support for Donald Trump. I think it is unfortunate that we ridicule these people for voting for Trump. This is the exact thing that Liberals criticized Trump supporters on during the election.
Shining light on this subject may lead to easing the tension. And I like the comparisons that they find to the situations in the 1960s. This was an good all around article because it focused on an idea that is rarely seen, but it also refuses to take a side. Which is my favorite thing to see in news articles.
I didn’t get very far into the story, Riley, but you’re right that this is an issue that needs to be discussed. I did see stories around Thanksgiving about families that were split by the election. SNL even did a skit.