the elections are over, thank God, and it has been, to use that elegant word, contentious. Hillary Clinton has conceded the election to Donald Trump-an act that Trump himself wasn’t sure he would do if HE lost.

I am NOT please with the Trump victory, and it’s not just a case of “my candidate lost.” AMERICA lost this election, all that has been decent about it. Due to this election, the racists and neo-fascists have crawled out of the baseboards and into the mainstream of political discourse.

Hillary Clinton may have conceded the election-which is the tradition to respect what is left of our democratic tradition. HOWEVER, I will NOT concede my rights to any one, let alone Donald trump, who, in spite of how the media may pretty him up, remains a racist, sexist, ignorant, narrow-minded plutocrat who talks to the American people like they are ignorant yahoos-his political base.

For me, I DEFY Donald trump. I will continue my life and my learning and my activism. I will continue to take part in the issues this country faces. And in the long run, I and the rest of the progressive forces of this country WILL be victorious.

America will be free!