Life teaches us a great many things.
I would imagine that one of the earliest things I had to learn was that we shouldn't lie. There's no context really when you're not even in school yet, but we grow up to understand that lying creates mistrust and reflects poorly on us. Related, we learn to be faithful to our partners, or at the very least, honest with them. We learn that we should honor those who serve our country. We learn that we should respect experts, like doctors, scientists, lawyers, because they spend more time in school than most of us, and they have to commit to a lifetime of learning. We learn that racism is particularly heinous, though many of us have to arrive there ourselves when it isn't taught by our elders. Hopefully we learn to be charitable and kind to others. We learn to offer grace and dignity to people who are less able-bodied than us. We learn that there are consequences for violating the law.
These are just some of the basic social contracts that we adhere to as moral Americans.
And if you voted for Trump, you're saying that none of those things actually matter. In fact, being the opposite of all of those things qualifies you to be president. How do you explain that to a child?
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