I was going to blog about what my daily life is really like in Saudi, and what it is like to be a woman in Saudi, but on Tuesday, the US tried to one-up England's Brexit by electing F**kface Von Clownstick. I guess there is no more issue as to where I stand when it comes to the Oompha Loompha. I went to bed Tuesday night hoping to wake up to a new day. I planned to open my door, make a pot of coffee, and let anyone who wanted to watch the returns come in. The fact that my alarm stopped working so I didn't wake up until 5 minutes before I had to be outside on the bus was telling sign of the day.
As soon as I got on the bus I noticed the tone was somber. When I asked who was winning, they said Trump. I told them to stop joking, it was not even funny. They all stated that they were not joking. My heart fell. The fact I had had no coffee, didn't help. In the 10 minute drive to work, the gap between them just seemed to get larger. I was witnessing a train wreck and I could not stop it. By the 3rd period, the American woman who runs the English department came to each classroom with an expat and called us into the hall. She said, "I hate to tell you this, but they have officially declared Donald Trump president." I went back into my class completely numb.
I sat down and the tears just came. My students all came to comfort me and as soon as I was able to speak I tried to explain to them why I was upset. I told them that Americans had elected the Oompha Loompha and I was feeling devastated. They kept asking me why this made me sad. I then told them that he is a misogynist, sexist, racist, bigoted, moron who hates Muslims. They could not wrap their heads around this. They asked me what religion he was and I explained that the only things he worshiped were himself and the almighty dollar. They understood that he was godless. I repeated that he hated women and he reallllly hated Muslims...they could NOT understand this and I still can't wrap my head around this.
As soon as I can think again, I will post something...right now....no words
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