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Originally Posted by rubecube
It's not like bigotry and racism were on the decline before groups like BLM showed. They showed up because progress had largely stalled. And, no, I'm not really that worried about "continuing to lose," whatever that means. The history of human rights and social movements have always ebbed and flowed and I don't particularly have a teleological view of either. The last decade has or so has seen a number breakthroughs for marginalized groups and their allies. There was bound to be some pushback and a reversal of fortune at some point.
Clinton may have lost the electoral college but she won the popular vote. Millennials are increasingly displaying different attitudes and cultural priorities than previous generations. Demographics are constantly shifting and changing. When the Alt+right doesn't provide the solutions their movement has promised, they'll eventually flame out.
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I really think that rhetoric has to stop. In a country of over 300 million, it turned out to be something like 47.7% for Clinton and 47.5% for Trump.
That is negligible in the whole scheme of things.
This election was a tie in terms of the popular vote as far as I am concerned.