by Robert Weissberg, American Thinker:
The term “permanent campaign” emerged in 1976 and has come to mean candidates beginning their next campaign immediately after election day. Think Gavin Newsom, who is already campaigning for the 2028 presidency. Trump’s 2024 victory, however, suggests a new political concept: never-ending public grief over having lost, a behavior akin to mass hysteria.
Universities abound with traumatized Harris supporters seeking mental health counseling to overcome their misery. One “bereaved” student even desperately announced on social media, “I may actually kill myself in front of the capitol building as a form of protest.” Such hysterical reactions also entail fantasies such as claiming that Trump will soon ban all birth control or arrest Harris voters. At Princeton University traumatized students enjoyed safe space “listening circles” where students could “de-stress” with arts and crafts and coloring books. Harvard, Penn, and Columbia cancelled classes to accommodate scared and bewildered students. The Collective, ” a “queer owned” vegan, sustainable grocery store in Iowa closed immediately following Trump’s victory “to protect our crew and to feel what needs to be felt.”
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This despair drove people to consider fleeing the country. Google searches for “move to Canada” surged 1270% post-election, and similar searches for immigrating to New Zealand climbed nearly 2000%. A poll among Harris supporters found that 90% said that they were considering moving abroad while 80% are thinking about relocating to a different state,
Newspaper advice columns offer advice to Democrats on dealing with Trump voters over holiday meals. Even before he assumed office, thousands recently marched in Manhattan accusing Trump of being anti-trans, homophobic, a racist, and guilty of systematic oppression. One high school student posted a list of Trump supporters to be killed, while a Washington Post columnist claimed that the Republicans want to kill your kids. A Politico story claimed that President Trump would soon seek revenge, including incarceration, deportation, and execution against presidents Biden and Obama, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and Nancy Pelosi.
Women seem particularly upset, and according to one account, this frenzy has taken the form of screaming fits, shaving one’s head, perpetually wearing a mask, and an upsurge in women refusing to date or marry men, have sex with them, or have children. Pro-abortion women have fantasized about poisoning men as a response to Trump’s anti-abortion stance. And as the Trump presidency draws nearer, countless Democratic officeholders have promised to resist Trump at all costs.
Today’s mass hysteria is historically unique. When Richard Nixon lost to John F. Kennedy in 1960 by .07% of the popular vote with credible evidence of fraud in Chicago and Texas, defeated Republicans did not flock to country clubs to get drunk. After Lyndon Johnson crushed Barry Goldwater in 1964, “Goldwater Girls” like Hillary Rodham (the future Mrs. Bill Clinton) did not collapse on a fainting couch clutching her pearls. The bitterly contested Bush v. Gore election of 2000 did not drive Democratic college students to demand milk and cookies to soothe their distress. American elections have historically ended with one side quickly conceding defeat and then moving on to the next contest.
What changed in 2024? The reaction to Trump’s victory reflects the feminization of American culture, particularly how people resolve conflict. The election represents both a cultural and political shift.
Heather Mac Donald observes that men and women generally differ in prioritizing safety and inclusion vs. accepting conflict, with women generally preferring the former over the latter. Women also easily embrace victimhood regardless of the statistics showing that men are the ones falling behind. This pattern is most visible on college campuses, where women are typically in the forefront in demanding safe spaces and speech codes to suppress divisive views while men, by contrast, welcome confrontations as vital to uncovering truth.
Mac Donald explains that conflict aversion rests upon women’s ingrained vulnerability to heightened anxiety, emotional volatility, and susceptibility to depression. Thus, men likely see a provocative speech as an opportunity to hear a lively, informative debate; women will anticipate that speech in terms of its discomforting impact, particularly if it might offend the vulnerable, and thus to be avoided.
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