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Originally Posted by GirlySports
i don't know when it was said or how that feeling came to be but some minorities who are american citizens are really scared.
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That isn't fearmongering, that's actual fear (justified or not).
I think the fear is reasonable. To what degree is hard to say because we only have Trump's words and actions as a public figure to go on, he has no track record of behaviour of when he's required to be responsible for more than just his own self interest.
If I was LBGT I'd be fearful. I'd have had a good chance of having grown up in a environment of constant torture, I'd be afraid that those people become more emboldened again as the leaders don't stand up against that kind of thing. The vice president advocates turning me straight via a form of torture. It's likely the supreme court will stop making same sex marriage legal everywhere and that they'll allow laws that allow businesses to discriminate against me and my partner.
If I was a woman I'd be fearful. I'd be afraid that reproductive rights are going to be set back 30 years. I'd be afraid that my access to health care will be arbitrarily diminished by the religious views of the owners of my health care providers. I'd be afraid that I can't come forward after being sexually abused because the example from the top leader shows I'll be abused further by the system and the public.
If I was Muslim I'd be fearful because the rhetoric of the election campaign has coincided with a drastic increase in violence against those of my faith. Because Trump rallies were a safe space for people who thought I didn't belong to share their hatred, wear their shirt, and speak their hate without recrimination.
If I was Latino I'd be fearful for much the same reasons.
There's a lot to potentially be afraid of. Change is scary even without the rest of it. Every time there's a change in president the same kinds of fears come forward. A leader is supposed to allay those fears.
The problem here is that while John McCain repudiated the lady who was scared of Obama because she thought he was a secret Muslim, Trump instead lets that kind of thing run free because it helps him.