We would have had a similar environment fight with many of the other Republicans as well. It just would have been without all of the misogyny, xenophobia, torture, mocking of disabled people, etc, that makes Donald Trump so intolerable. Climate change is such an obvious issue, with solid theory, mountains of data and research backing it up, and extreme risk. Sometimes I lose heart. I really care about my species, but sometimes I'm not convinced it deserves to survive. Sometimes I just want to watch it all burn just for the "I told you so" later. The saving grace is remembering that there are good people out there, and turning my back on the whole of society is not much different than the types of prejudices I battle against (e.g. a Muslim registry). I must fight for them, those good people, even if some of them fight against me.
But it is hard. It's so much harder when you care about the outcome. The thought that I might lose this fight and have to watch the world burn anyway is a difficult burden to bare. And Donald Trump winning the presidency is a sign that we are currently losing the game. Certainly that we lost an important fight. I don't see it as a Democrat loss. Or a liberal loss. Or a progressive loss. But as a loss for all humanity. So many other Americans don't agree with me, and that scares me more than anything. Dread. For the first time in my life, I think I know the meaning.
