David Remnick: 'An American Tragedy'

I've been reading leftist responses to Donald Trump's "stunning" election triumph last night ("stunning" is by far the most frequently used adjective describing the results). I even tweeted earlier:

Did conservatives look this downcast and depressed after Obama's victories? It looks like mass death on the left today, everywhere. #MAGA

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) November 9, 2016

I'm still taking it all in, but David Remnick's piece, at the New Yorker, is so over-the-top you'd think we're facing the biblical apocalypse (but then, Trump is the apocalypse for the revolting progs, which makes his election that much more satisfying).

Here's the first couple of paragraphs, but read the whole thing (via Memeorandum):

The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism. Trump’s shocking victory, his ascension to the Presidency, is a sickening event in the history of the United States and liberal democracy. On January 20, 2017, we will bid farewell to the first African-American President—a man of integrity, dignity, and generous spirit—and witness the inauguration of a con who did little to spurn endorsement by forces of xenophobia and white supremacy. It is impossible to react to this moment with anything less than revulsion and profound anxiety.

There are, inevitably, miseries to come: an increasingly reactionary Supreme Court; an emboldened right-wing Congress; a President whose disdain for women and minorities, civil liberties and scientific fact, to say nothing of simple decency, has been repeatedly demonstrated. Trump is vulgarity unbounded, a knowledge-free national leader who will not only set markets tumbling but will strike fear into the hearts of the vulnerable, the weak, and, above all, the many varieties of Other whom he has so deeply insulted. The African-American Other. The Hispanic Other. The female Other. The Jewish and Muslim Other. The most hopeful way to look at this grievous event—and it’s a stretch—is that this election and the years to follow will be a test of the strength, or the fragility, of American institutions. It will be a test of our seriousness and resolve...