10 Ways Donald Trump Is Downright Dangerous for You, Me & Our Kids

The harder you look at Donald Trump's power -- namely, where it came from and what he wants to do with it -- the more terrifying it gets. The similarities between Trump's campaign and Hitler's ascent to power are chilling, and some of his "plans" for America (limiting Internet usage, more spying on US citizens, and curbing press freedom, for example) look enough like dictatorships to raise red flags.

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This is real. Donald Trump is triggering PTSD in domestic abuse survivors by displaying textbook abusive behavior and directing it at Hillary (among others). Rus Ervin Funk, a consultant for domestic violence non-profits, explained to the Huffington Post:

His efforts to control Ms. Clinton and the dynamics of the debate (through his interrupting, his talking over and more loudly than Ms. Clinton) coupled with his very well-developed ability to evade accountability of any kind certainly reminded me of how men who batter operate.

Even more recently, the leaked Access Hollywood video (we're getting to that, too) and his response caused an increase in traffic to RAINN's sexual assault hotline that weekend.

During a recent Clinton rally in Pennsylvania, a 15-year-old girl brought up Trump's body shaming and the effect she sees in her middle school from that kind of language. Fat shaming and body shaming hurts women -- physically, it can lead to serious psychological and emotional issues. Socially, it demeans us. It's a tool used to lessen our value in society, and to get that from the leader of our nation would normalize and sanction it to the point of unimaginable danger. 

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In a world that we're constantly trying to keep peaceful, Trump's penchant for -- and apparent obsession with -- violence is troubling. At rallies for political office he has said, "I'd like to punch him in the face" (about a protester), "maybe he should have been roughed up" (about a Black Lives Matter activist), and that he'd pay the legal fees for a supporter if he attacked a protester at his rally. The list doesn't end there, but it hardly matters: The point is that Trump's inclination toward violence would not only set a dangerous precedent for his citizens, but would be amplified beyond belief if he were to gain control of a military and nuclear warheads.

Whatever his personal views may be, when he penned a letter to pro-life leaders promising his support, Trump committed to a pro-life presidency. During some elections, that wouldn't make too much of a difference. But in this one, it does: Since a Supreme Court seat is still up for grabs and since the current justices often split on abortion, the ninth seat matters. If Donald Trump is able to nominate even one pro-life justice to the Court, that could potentially affect the lives of all women dramatically.

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Trump said, and we quote, "If Japan had that nuclear threat, I'm not sure it would be a bad thing for us." He also thinks South Korea and Saudia Arabia could use nukes of their own. We sort of feel like we don't have to explain how more nuclear weapons in the world could be dangerous?

By that we mean that Trump does not believe all citizens -- or, frankly, all people -- deserve equal treatment under law, and given executive power, he has promised to act on these beliefs. The clearest way this has manifested itself is in his treatment of Muslim Americans and his proposed one-size-fits-all refugee policy that's rooted in intense xenophobia.

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This video, recently released by the Washington Post but captured sometime in 2005, is only the latest proof that Donald Trump has no real respect for women as people. In addition, his response to the leaked video is proof that he has no interest in learning or developing respect for women. The ramifications of this kind of dismissal should be obvious: Given a presidential platform, he'd be leading by example and lowering the national standard for treating women to the point where we are, once again, widely treated as second class citizens.

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From continuously insisting all black people live in inner cities to refusing to reject former KKK leader David Duke's endorsement to reportedly saying, "... laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It's not anything they can control," it's beyond undeniable that Donald Trump is racist. This is dangerous for the same reasons his sexism is dangerous: With the right opportunity and power, Trump would set a standard of systematic racism that would harm the autonomy of black people in the United States.

Trump thinks the Supreme Court's 2015 DOMA decision was a mistake, and he promised to appoint a judge who would repeal it. His campaign courts the support of the nortoriously anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom. His current running mate is literally known for signing laws that discriminate against the LGBT community. Their whole platform is historically discriminatory, and a Trump presidency presents a clear and present danger to LGBT people -- and, perhaps especially -- to their families.

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