.  Your privilege, like my privilege, lets me effectively ignore the racist, homophobic and xenophobic talk that was the cornerstone of the Trump campaign. No matter what games you like to play here you can't deny it was there. And it scares a lot of people. Because we're not effected, that we're not worried about being targeted, or worried about being marginalized or having rights taken away, we can sleep easier at night. Being black, gay, a woman or muslim right now and accepting the rhetoric that got the Orange in Chief elected is hard. I have friends and co-workers in all of those categories and they're all worried or downright afraid for many valid reasons. Most of which aren't orange, but are those that supported the Cheeto Mussolini and took it as a referendum on white male dominance.  I admit that I don't feel the same sense of urgency and despair about this election as others do, but that's no reason to deny them their voice and marginalize their efforts to be heard. The message that the orange ran on needs to be opposed. The protests serve to fuel our legislators to act. And serve to shout through the bubble that Trump obviously hasn't been able to look past (just read interviews, all the signs of ignorance are there).  Edit: There's a huge difference between the shouts of hitler Obama and hitler Trump. The difference being that those that tried to compare Obama to hitler made large leaps and twists to make the comparison. Trump gave us everything we needed to neatly put the two together.  At the same time, what right do we have to interfere with things that do no affect us personally? I have seen countless stories and incidences where some some white chick is trying to claim she understands how a muslim or black person is going through and has been completely off the mark. I have seen people who everyone effectively stereotyped that person as a liberal Trump-hater just because that person was black or muslim, all the while that person has reviews his options and has actually chosen Trump because of things like his stance on gun rights.  It's nasty to have to deal with racism, but it's downright insulting dealing with people who act like they're on your side and you need to be coddled and cared for like some strange and scary creature, all the while you don't give a shit about those people and are doing all right on your own.  Whether someone is Muslim or black or gay, it shouldn't fucking matter. If they feel marginalized and explicitly ask for help and awareness then yes let's help them. But if you're automatically operating off the assumption that they are being marginalized as a blanket affect without even talking to them, then you are simply no better then an attention whore that just wants to project the image of caring for others.  (00-00-0000, 00:00 PM)