On Trump's Election November 16, 2016 Cary Anderson The caption "I am feeling oppressed for maybe the first time in my life." (Voted for Clinton) in the image above is taken from a CNN Breaking News article titled: CNN asked voters how they felt about Donald Trump’s victory. More than 1,500 left us voicemails. Listen. You can read the full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/16/politics/voicemails-from-american-voters/index.html This is my reaction: As someone who voted for Trump, I'm feeling oppressed, but not for the first time in my life. People may not understand how a white heterosexual male could feel oppressed, but the degradation of Christian, or even just moral, values over the last couple decades has taken a toll on me. I really feel like I've had enough of the special interest groups forcing their issues on everyone, whether they agree or not. As a Christian, I want to be able to verbalize my opinion that I think homosexuality and any other variant of gender fluidity is wrong, without being demonized and labeled homophobic or prejudice. My belief may be rigid, but my behavior toward others will always, always be respectful. Call me ignorant or unenlightened, but the biology of having a p**** or v***** speaks clearly and indisputably that there are 2 biological genders. It's not rocket science. It's not complex. Saying that there are multiple genders, or even that whatever gender you feel at this moment places you on a sliding, continuous scale of gender fluidity is simply confusion. I realize some aspects of my worldview may be controversial, but I want to be able to maintain them nevertheless. I think mankind is arrogant to believe he has the power to fundamentally destroy the earth. I believe valuing the environment (including plant and animal life) over the life of a human is inexcusable. I believe that a human life begins at the moment of conception, and the full potential of that life is fully present at the moment of conception. As such, all human lives are sacred, without exception. I believe the theory of evolution will be looked back on in a 100 years, and people will say to each other "they actually believed that?" I want to hold the young earth creationist view without being made to feel like an imbecilic simpleton. I'm an average, middle class adult, who graduated college with a 3.96 GPA. I'm a reasonably smart guy. I'm not some stereotype of a backwards inbred hick from a hollar in some 'small-town America' town. Not that's there's anything wrong with those folks either. I imagine they have a lesson or two for the rest of us... a lesson in civility, warmth, integrity, hospitality, etc. This is America; I want to be free to think and believe whatever I want. I want everyone to think and believe whatever they want, too, but I don't want someone else's rights and privileges to transgress mine. I want to be able to exist in my little circle, without someone else asserting the right to step inside my circle and claim all or part of it for themselves. I want the right to legally own a firearm (or a keyboard, in this case) to discourage that from happening. I want to be able to resist, and if necessary, disable the advancements and encroachments of any authoritarian entity that imposes itself on me. I want to be able to say, "this is how I want to live my life, leave me alone." Failing being left alone, I want to be able to say "I said no," with force if necessary.