# A Wish for After Today's US Election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 8, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116 "2016-11-08T23:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/1 "2016-11-08T23:55:10Z")
_Circulating on Facebook and I want to share it here:_ \*\*After the election… If you win, don’t gloat. If you lose, don’t despair. This has been hard on all of us. Treat others the way you want to be treated. We all will need it.\*\* _I hope we can._ ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/2 "2016-11-09T00:41:18Z")
If I lose I wish Scotty could beam me up ! ---
**Author:** ![Yersenia\_Pestis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e495f1/32.png) [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/3 "2016-11-09T01:56:59Z")
Could someone make the deplorables go away? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/4 "2016-11-09T01:57:31Z")
You must be new around here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/5 "2016-11-09T02:30:38Z")
I can’t believe a man endorsed by the KKK is set to become the president of the united states. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/6 "2016-11-09T04:48:56Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > You must be new around here. 🙂 Yeah, well, and maybe a bit naive too. Still, to be able to agree to disagree, and civilly so, is what I’d like this place to be. No matter what happens in this election, I hope we can work together to mend our differences and stand together as a nation. And as Dopers too. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/7 "2016-11-09T04:59:25Z")
We’re just about to elect Donald Fucking Trump to the fucking presidency, and you’re urging calm? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/8 "2016-11-09T05:02:31Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I can’t believe a man endorsed by the KKK is set to become the president of the united states. In 2016. if this were 1956 I could at least understand it. But 2016. A guy who was set to appear in court next month for charges of child rape (the victim dropped the lawsuit last week). Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/9 "2016-11-09T05:32:59Z")
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Begotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@Begotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Begotten)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/10 "2016-11-09T05:38:23Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I can’t believe a man endorsed by the KKK is set to become the president of the united states. > [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > In 2016. if this were 1956 I could at least understand it. But 2016. > > A guy who was set to appear in court next month for charges of child rape (the victim dropped the lawsuit last week). > > Wow. Trash like this was nothing but the lowest political smears imaginable and the American people saw through it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/11 "2016-11-09T05:42:39Z")
> [@Begotten](#): > > Trash like this was nothing but the lowest political smears imaginable and the American people saw through it. It wasn’t a case of seeing through it. They _like_ it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/12 "2016-11-09T05:43:55Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: There aren’t enough :eek:s and :smack:s to express how I’m feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Itself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/13 "2016-11-09T06:54:30Z")
> [@Begotten](#): > > Trash like this was nothing but the lowest political smears imaginable and the American people saw through it. Stupid liberal media, reporting things that are [true](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/01/the-kkks-official-newspaper-has-endorsed-donald-trump-for-president/). ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/14 "2016-11-09T07:42:18Z")
…I’m more inspired by this message from J.K. Rowling. > [@](#): > > We stand together. We stick up for the vulnerable. We challenge bigots. We don’t let hate speech become normalised. We hold the line. > > > Mallory @malmal1012 This is where I stand. This is what I do. Carry on just carrying on. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116/15 "2016-11-09T07:43:44Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …I’m more inspired by this message from J.K. Rowling. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/796252371739430913) > > This is where I stand. This is what I do. Carry on just carrying on. I agree wholeheartedly and stand with you on this.