I want to suggest something to you that you will initially be resistant to , but given your candor in this post , I suspect you might think about fairly . The reason we disgust you is because you don ' t understand our positions . We are pro poor people , pro gay , pro minorities , pro Legal immigrant . These things we surely agree on . We are anti TPP . No one truly on the left is pro TPP . We are pro jobs , again a key plank of the left . What we are against is idea based limitations on free speech . I need to be able to say ' islamic terrorism '. It helps us communicate . I need to be able to say that rapists are crossing our southern boarder because it is true . The reason these ideas disgust you is because you ' ve been taught , trained , brainwashed to reject them by the media bubble that surrounds you . Spend an hour writing our the reasons why you ' re disgusted and the source of the information underlying that viewpoint . You will be shocked . Most of all , the media that told you Trump could not win is the same one that informs you now . It is insane to listen to people who got it so wrong . Insane . Stop it . Free your mind .