In the wake of elections, there’s a common refrain and an implicit mandate: “come together.”  But unity might not just only be impossible under the circumstances, I’m not convinced most Americans even want it. 

“I say it is time for us to come together as one united people,” President-elect Donald Trump said in his election night victory speech. 

“I believe it is important for all of us regardless of party … to now come together, to work together,” President Barack Obama said on Thursday shortly after he met with Trump at the White House. 

They certainly aren’t the only ones.  The cable channels and social media are full of the conversation.  And any discussion about “coming together” is usually based on the premise that unity is a universal desire and a requirement. 

I know that’s what newly elected officials are supposed to say, and I’m not against it.  But I don’t see a lot of evidence that Democrats and Hillary Clinton supporters have any interest in being associated with a Trump voter, at least not an unrepentant one.  They feel completely disconnected from people they think have elected a racist and misogynist candidate.