The #MeToo thing, at least in Hollywood, has been attributed to revulsion at having a sex offender as president. It didn't happen during the Clinton regime because Feminists defended him.
Gun nuts actually believe their own nonsense and thought Obama would take away their guns. While he was in office, they bought all the guns they could manage. Now that Trump is in power, they've relaxed. Gun sales have dropped, Remington is declaring bankruptcy.
The reaction to the school shootings under Obama was more subdued that to this latest one. Now companies are having to scrap their support for the NRA. NRA members were getting cheap death and dismemberment insurance and car rental discounts, but those are ending.
With Trump, there may actually be protests if he starts a war. Obama was murdering people by the tens of thousands and no one thought anything of it. Trump would have a little more trouble leading other countries into war.
I never went along with the idea that right-wing victory ultimately helped the left, but I'm not so sure now. At least Trump put an end to the terrible "trade agreements" which would prevent governments from enacting regulations that would, for example, slow global warming. The U.S. has always been intent on watering down any international agreements to stop climate change and taking the U.S. out of the process may ultimately be a positive development.
I read about a Taoist thing where they view everything as neutral information, neither good or bad. It seemed like a novel idea until I realized it wasn't much different from Christians responding to disaster by saying it's all part of God's plan, or that the Lord works in mysterious ways.
But, hell, maybe they're right.
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