There is a whiff of apocalypse in the air. The election of Donald Trump has sent millions of progressives into a spiral of rage and pain that goes beyond any other post-election tantrum in modern American history. As with every recent presidential election, the Left described its opponent in the direst terms possible during the campaign. But this time, they seem to have believed their own rhetoric. This time, they believe, the American people really did elect a man capable of destroying the republic.
Examples of moral panic are everywhere. In Portland and Oakland, angry young radicals rioted. In schools across the land, students walked out of class to chant “Not my president.” Liberal outlets reported on a handful of disturbing, hateful incidents targeting religious or ethnic minorities as evidence that we now live in “Trump’s America.” (By this logic, do the Left’s post-election riots represent “Obama’s America”?) College administrators are writing emotional letters to their students and opening “safe spaces” to those in need of a good cry. The Left is whipping itself into a frenzy of fear.
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