Villager 11-9-2016

It will take a while for the shock of the Presidential election to sink in.

Voters in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada approved the recreational use of Marijuana.  They will need plenty of it.

Economic markets around the world were already in turmoil before the final results came in Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.  Millions of new arrivals to the U.S. fear that a Trump administration will begin a massive campaign of deportation.  Women’s rights advocates fear more stringent restrictions on a woman’s right to control her own body.  Millions of people who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act (including millennials who are covered by their parents’ health insurance policies) are afraid of losing coverage.

The “Tea Party,” Rush Limbaugh, and Fox News, and the most radical members of the Republican Party the will control the three branches of Government: the Presidency, the Congress, and the Judiciary system.

The joy that many Trump supporters are experiencing now, probably will not last long, as the full consequences of their victory becomes clearer.

Hillary was wrong.  “Love Trumps Hate” was a nice campaign slogan, but for now bigotry and hate have won.

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About alexanderboulton

Alex Boulton is a historian (PhD College of William and Mary, 1991) specializing in early American cultural history. His Dissertation was titled "The Architecture of Slavery." He has written books on Frank Lloyd Wright and the Peloponnesian War and is currently working on two books: One on Thomas Jefferson's Family and the other on the evolution of the word and idea of race. He taught history at Stevenson University for twenty-five years until he retired in 2020. In addition to his PhD in history, he has an MA in American Studies from W&M and a BFA in fine arts from the Maryland Institute of Art. Before he entered grad school at W&M, he worked as a professional photographer. He lives in Baltimore Maryland.
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