I don't need to understand why it happened because knowing the answer is of no use to me. Talking about it accomplishes nothing and I have other things I need to get done. And yet, I'm talking about it, so there's that.
I'm surprised by your statement, but you can have your feelings of course. I do not agree that not finding the answer to the reasons or talking about why the election went the way it did accomplishes nothing. I think what doesn't really matter is
whomever is in office. What matters is how it
affects the people. People are at odds and vehemently divided. Some are polarized, anxious, depressed and even suicidal
because they don't take any action or talk about it. The conservative side also feels misunderstood. Many people that voted for Trump are not "bad" people, but they are seen by progressives as racist, xenophobic, homophobic, etc. Half the country are not clones of Donald Trump. They can't be! I'd like to have some hope that 47.2% of the people that voted for him do not agree with all that shit he said. Candidates resonate with certain people for different reasons and they only have a choice of two. The supporters that make it onto television are partially (mostly?) the fanatics, so the media does not help with that, but the media is also not a "leftist conspiracy" either. My guess is also that many working-class whites are far more racist than white liberals thought (black people - and other people discriminated against - already knew this), and they resent being shamed for it. Or perhaps they are not all racists and resent being shamed in general by intellectuals. There is probably not ONE reason, but how can we build a bridge if we don't talk about it? These are just a few thoughts.
Another thing I'd like to add. Sorry to make this even longer, but, if the left doesn't start to reach out and
try to talk to the Trump supporters that looked the other way at some of his horrendous statements against women, Muslims, disabled people, Mexicans, and others, we can have something DANGEROUS on our hands, and I really believe that. Look back in history to see how Adolf Hitler rose to power. Seriously. The people put him in power and most of those people were not "bad." They just
looked the other way while he kept appointing more and more scary people in his axis. I don't believe most of his early supporters would have elected him if they knew what he was really capable of. So it's
important to talk to people before it's
really too late and the divide gets even bigger over the next four years.