While I respect the intention behind this petition, I think we need to accept that the good guys lost this time. Harris wasn't leading in the polls, she was exactly tied with Trump, and there are all sorts of social pressures and biases in the data that make polls differ from the actual count.

There was cheating in this election, but not the kind that a recount will fix. Republicans have fought over the past four years to make it harder for minorities to vote, adding unreasonable requirements, periodically purging voter rolls, and gerrymandering districts so that their opponents' votes count for less.

Now is not the time for denial, despair, or conspiracy theories. Now is the time to find a new source of hope that exists outside of annual elections. People who aren't white cis men make up a majority, and they aren't going away. They should, and will, organize, fight for each other, and make sure the Trump administration is not able to enforce its policies. Get offline, find your local activist groups, go out and help people!

I have found myself returning to the song Here's the Rest of Your Life by Chumbawamba as a source of inspiration.