Seconding OwlsGo on that, we are worried about you. And also advising strongly against suicide, no matter how awful things are, because surely it can't last forever. Yes, sometimes the dragon wins. But if you all give up, there will be nobody to make things better. And yes, it's awful to know that you and yours will be in danger just because you are female, or have non-white ancestors, or non-mob politics, or a non-standard gender.....
I'd suggest that the best thing we can do is to adopt the strategies that worked for the Jews who survived the Holocaust - be careful, discreet, have a backup escape route if you have to be in public, because there are likely to be a lot of redneck mobs letting off steam now that they believe they have won, and attacking anyone who isn't a white male because these events have enabled their power fantasies.
But believe that there are still decent people out there, and that you may have help you don't expect. For one thing, I think many old-style Republicans may be coming to the realisation that Trumpian politics are not only a threat to the social standards they have come to expect, but to their personal wealth, because a mob, once loosed, does tend to turn on the upper classes, whatever their original goals may have been. Hopefully Trump's backers will realise that letting him have totally free rein is not a viable long-term strategy for them either, and will curb him.
And all this is just worst-case scenario. There is still a chance that the police, the legal system and the military may hold to their obligations to society, and do their best to protect everyone. I surely hope so.
I know that many of you young folk have lived with at least the illusion of freedom for most of your adult lives, and have no way of knowing how to deal with this. But the American electoral system, deeply flawed as it may be, has a number of checks and balances built in, which may yet be enough to get the nation through this. The biggest danger to your democracy, I think, is if Trump manages to convene his constitutional convention to 'fix some anomalies' as he said he intended to do. Since those 'anomalies' are likely to include universal suffrage, I hope there are still enough honest Republicans left to stand up against that.
And hopefully next election, if there is a next election, voters will remember that there are worse things than having a career politician in power. Luck, survive, and don't give up. We all need you.
