"This is different"

"He's not my President!"  The first time I ever heard that statement was 8 short years ago after Barack Obama was elected President.  The statement was a rally cry of sorts for conservatives, since they promised that he would bring an end to the 2nd Amendment, institute Sharia law, will create death panels and our beloved grandmothers would be lined up to prepare to die.  There was a threat that Obama would spread disease in order to gain better control of the country while imprisoning ill civilians, and he was going to take God away from Christians.

The democrats demanded in response, "He is your President" and "You'd better get on board."  At the same time, the democrats began carpet bombing their enemy with terms like "racist" and "bigot",in an attempt to keep republicans from talking.  If you did speak up, you were then labeled a "bully" for defending your opinion.

It was clear.  The democrats laid claim to the moral high ground and if you didn't agree with them, you were a sub human life source, not worthy of forming your own opinion.  While they were name calling and otherwise "bullying", they were doing the ground work to establish 'safe places' for democrats who got their feelings hurt, by bullies.

Now the group that tried to forge their way into being the worlds true north are melting down as bad or worse than the republicans did, and they are trying to justify it.  "He's not my President'' is being used by people who were telling others 8 years ago to grow up.  The democrats have turned into the very thing they accuse the republicans of, and they can't see it.  When I have bothered to point this out to some of my democrat friends they reply, "this is different".

There's an old saying that says, "there's no pain like my pain".  That is the difference.  They've bought into the "us v.s. them" mentality and they really feel as if they lost something, much like the republicans did.  But this is different and that is what happens when you lay claim to being superior in every fashion.  In these circumstances, it hurts...

The melodrama was laid on thick.  People crying while trying to explain their grief were calling for ambulances and therapy was being offered because of a Presidential election?  There is nothing wrong with needing therapy, by the way, but if a Presidential election cycle spun you out into the irrational unknown, there were big problems well before the election.  Knowing and understanding that is the key to being able to move forward and maybe those 'safe places' ought to be available for everyone, crayons and coloring books included.

I hear people on both sides of the equation saying, "How did it come to this?"  Now is time for everyone to put on their adult clothing and take some responsibility.  You created this.  You bought into this bullshit fight when you were indoctrinated in your high school government classes.  You were taught that you had to pick a side and it was your civic duty to stand in and choose a ruler.  If your guy doesn't win the election, you feel as if YOU lost and you throw am fit like a 3 year old.

Both sides of the political spectrum are full of shit and frankly, full of hate and discontent.  Democrats cried foul when the republicans said they would do all they can to stuff every effort put forth by President Obama and the democrats and here we are today and now its the democrats vowing to do everything they can to thwart every political effort by this President.  This... this is how we got here.