>And I believe people have every right to feel as angry and >scared and betrayed as they want to, and lecturing, >holier-than-thou posts from others aren't going to help them >get past it. For a lot of us, this isn't about Kerry, but >about the terrible precedents being set in many states, and >the candidates who won Congressional offices. Part of the >process is being angry, and pedantic posts telling people >that of *course* they were going to have their rights >stripped away in state after state was to be expected, grow >up you silly things is not maybe not the best way to >communicate with people who are angry and in shock.

Thank you for this. The election results may not be the end of the world, but they are deeply disturbing and shock and outrage are completely normal. It may not be pretty, but it is not out of the ordinary for the situation.