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What did you do with your Inauguration Day?

January 20, 2017 People continue remarking how Historic today is. Historic seems like a big word, and yet- it's totally neutral. Barack Obama as the first African-American President, historic. Hitler's genocide on the Jewish and minority peoples of Europe- also historic. I believe it's historic for many reasons, but the most notable to me are: A man who lost the election got elected. By a difference of over 2 million votes!!! 1 of the least qualified people EVER to run has been elected to the most powerful position in the free world An open campaign of hatred, bigotry, assault, misogyny, sexism, and racism (to name a few) is what got that under-qualified candidate elected. And it has impassioned a sect of America we had swept under the carpet for many years. The American people are engaged. Perhaps our mistake was resting on the laurels of our successes and growth in justice and equality. But the election of Donald Trump proves how little progress we have reall