First, the American people do not elect the President. Common misunderstanding here, amplified by the way said election is covered by the media.
What they do is elect the Electoral College. It is that group of people who elect the President. They meet on December 19th this year. The Electors are not legally bound to vote for the candidate that was the top vote getter in the state they represent, but they do traditionally. When they don't, they are called "Faithless Electors" and are subject to the laws of the state they represent.
The last time the Electoral College had Faithless Electors was in the election of 2000.
Second, as a member of a given minority (gay male) I am terrified at what I see just a few days after the Election of 11/08/16. A number of attacks on people of minority status, KKK rallies, white supremacist speeches, Redoubt sales (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Redoubt) for that, and other such items.
I have seen people attacked myself, just for being gay or lesbian. I have seen trans folks beaten on the street (I was in an elevator at the time), I have read how non-whites are being abused vocally and their proiperty defaced.
It is like Trump has sanctioned such behavior by saying he would dismantle same sex marriage and the like. He also has not condemned these horrific actions, giving tacit support to them. He seems to want to undo 20 years of human rights advances.
This is why, in liberal cities, you are seeing protests and riots. It is why you are seeing ballot measures gathering signatures for secession in Calfornia, Oregon, and Washington. It is why you are seeing pro-independence groups like Cascadia and Calexit being formed and growing in membership.
In no way do we want to return to those dark times.
