Yeah so you ' ll have that one interesting part and then a barren rock . Won ' t take long to see the interesting bit ! <| sep |> The way the theory works , all of society is the primary victim in regards to the criminal trial . Same reason why a victim of rape doesn ' t get to say if they want to press changes or not and why they may be forced to testify or put in jail until they do . Now many prosecutors will work with the victim , but that is their choice . <| sep |> At this point , given trumps cabinet picks , I ' m genuinely starting to think it ' s a national security issue letting that man in the Whitehouse . To me the backlash seems tame compared to the longterm effects of a trump presidency . Shit 2 . 5 million more people voted for Clinton than trump . Look , as a liberal , I hate his picks . But most of them are qualified and simply don ' t drain the swamp . But conservatives hating Obama ' s cabinet selections would have been no reason for them to overturn his election . Ditto with liberals hating Bush ' s picks . I mean why are we always so concerned about conservatives getting screwed and their reaction ? Libs are literally having their candidate win by a huge margin and still not get the presidency . Why does no one ever care about liberal backlash ? It ' s all total bullshit . Because that is how the election works . Both Trump and Clinton knew ahead of time the winner was by EC votes , which were based on winning large coalitions of states and not just dominating a couple of states where you have a large base of supporters . If the rules had stated it was about the popular vote in advance , Trump may have spent more time and money in Florida , Texas and the other Southern States ensuring he had high turnout there . Instead , he correctly focused his energy on the rust belt . I ' m a liberal , but we do not have a leg to stand on here . We lost . We need to drain our own swamp , regroup and pursue smart strategies for obstruction , 2018 and 2020 .