A lurker no more....

[WomanWhoRoars]

I've been a lurker here for several years. I suppose I felt safe to do that and I had no real complaints since Obama was in office. That has all changed. When DU got hacked on November 8th, I took it as an omen for what was to come. I'm not an overly dramatic person and I'm even pretty optimistic most of the time - but this election has hit me to the core. I wake EVERY morning hoping it's a bad dream. I just cannot imagine how anyone could have voted for Trump. He's a narcissistic sociopath. This place, will now be my refuge. Help me understand how something so awful could happen. Thank you!

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Welcome to DU. You'll find lots of friends here.

Know that you are not alone.

[WomanWhoRoars]

2. Thank you!

Thanks. It's just so bizarre. Is it just me, or has Mussolini been reborn?

[ailsagirl]

3. Welcome to DU!

[MyNameIsKhan]

4. Well we are all in same boat ... Sinking

[UCmeNdc]

5. I do not understand how Trump won

I agree! I am stunned.

I am just like you, it seems to me like there could not possibly be that many people that are willing to vote for Trump.

Oh well it is what it is,

Well welcome to DU

[metroins]

7. Insanity

Heard a guy say he resonated more with America.

More people voted Hillary.

I understand the electoral college, but our country is insane if he got that many votes.

[LeftishBrit]

9. Like Bush, he didn't - it's the Electoral College not being fit for purpose IMO

Not that my own country has a very fit-for-purpose political system either!

[longship]

6. Welcome to the zoo, WWR!

We'll try to help, but we're all in the same boat as you. Hopefully we will all come out okay if we stay together. That's my sincere hope for the future.

That Barack Obama intends to remain engaged will help quite a bit. We'll undoubtedly be seeing Michelle as well.

One thing for sure, Drumpf has stirred up a hornets' nest. Let's make his presidency a living Hell.

[Hekate]

8. Welcome to DU.

[ancianita]

10. Welcome! As you already know, DU is a great place for ideas, analysis and political education.

Here's some info from me about how something so awful could happen. After drinking that one-too-many cups of coffee at dinner, I wrote it at around 3 a.m. this morning when a few things just hit me.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512617434

Glad you're here.

[pnwmom]

11. Welcome to DU! Glad you found us! n/t

[shadowmayor]

12. Roarrrrrrr!

Good for you!

[The Wielding Truth]

13. Welcome, WWR. We will get through this together. Words have meaning here and democracy

and civil rights are our cause. Thanks for being part of our community.

Sanity can get back on its feet here.

[WomanWhoRoars]

14. ☺️

Thanks everyone. It's nice to have a refuge.

[silverchair]

15. Welcome

I feel exactly the same way. We all need to support one another through these challenging times.

[proud patriot]

16. I too lurked during Obama

was taking a break from 12 hour days moderating this discussion board for nearly 8 years .. I'm Back
to work hard and protect this nation from the nazis.

Welcome to the non lurker, fighting mode.

[nyrnyr1994]

17. Welcome!

I've also come back recently. Wasn't much of a poster, read more than anything else. Felt like it was time to be underground again. We will get thru this.

[Martin Eden]

18. I wake EVERY morning hoping it's a bad dream.

Same here. It occupies my waking thoughts. Not a good way to start the day.

[Worried senior]

19. Every morning

as I'm crawling out of bed, I think I cannot believe Trump won.

[jimlup]

20. Welcome!

Have courage! We must now begin the difficult part...

[3catwoman3]

21. You are most surely not alone.

Multiple times a day, I ask myself variations of, "Did this really happen?" and, "Donald Fucking Trump? Seriously?" and "What the hell is the MATTER with people?"

[bdamomma]

22. welcome to DU

we will try to enlighten all who come here.

[radical noodle]

23. I think we all feel the same

Welcome!

[blueseas]

24. welcome

You will be amongst friends here. Sociopath and Narcissist is indeed the new occupant -in waiting- for the white house.

[LeftInTX]

25. Welcome!!

I'm very worried because he has the House, the Senate, the SC.

It will be a fight to keep him in check.

I'm also worried about the House and Senate passing legislation that Trump with rubber stamp. It is going to be a fight.

[onecent]

26. WELCOME WomanWhoRoars...

Glad to have you!

[11 Bravo]

27. Welcome to DU. I wish I could help you with understanding ...

how in the Hell this happened, but I'm still at a loss to explain it myself. In any case, you'll find good people here, and sometimes it helps me just to be among them.
I hope the same holds true for you.

[guillaumeb]

28. Welcome to posting at DU.

My take is twofold:
One, 41% of registered voters did not vote. So lack of enthusiasm for voting is a problem.
Two, Clinton has been victimized by the media for 30 years. Her so-called "negatives" were the result of this negative media coverage. And the corollary to number two is that Trump was the recipient of massive, mainly uncritical, media coverage.

[athena]

29. We live in a misogynistic country.

A country so misogynistic that it does not even recognize its misogyny.

That's how something so awful could happen. Americans -- men and women -- hate strong, competent and intelligent women so much that they chose to destroy the country than accept being lead by a woman.

I, too, wake up feeling miserable every morning. I had never realized that I was a second-class citizen. I thought those days were in the past. Now, I see it all very clearly, and all my previous experiences with sexism in the workplace make a lot of sense. I am devastated.