Though I understand it, it’s sad to me that so many see Trump’s election as primarily being indicative of how racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and/or islamophobic America has become (or still is). The reality is, Trump has said some despicable things. It’s truly my belief, though, that the majority of those who voted for Trump did so in SPITE of these off the cuff remarks he’s made, not because of them. I’m sure there are exceptions – there will always be spiteful people while the world is still under the sway of darkness. Yet, I think by and large, that’s not the composition of his voters. Though I can imagine what groups who feel attacked or criticized by Trump would be feeling about an America that would elect him, I feel that for most of America, this was a difficult yet calculated vote – aimed not at normalizing rude speech, but at putting the brakes on an alarming trajectory (in the realm of politics and policy).
Countering the influence of moral relativism and the rise of the spirit of the age in the body of Christ