It is too bad the (possibly hyper-sensitive?) mother misinterpreted the “apparently mocking” gestures of Trump. (He wasn’t mocking; that’s how he gestures when he talks.)
Everybody gets hurt. For my entire school life I was mocked for a physical issue with my leg (”fixed” by surgery as an adult). I was mocked because of my ultra-ratty clothes picked out of the missionary barrel before it was shipped overseas. (One of the “blessings” of being a P.K.) I was mocked in gym class because I wasn’t allowed to wear shorts or slacks, and had to sit out on the sidelines when dancing was on the schedule — another joy of being a P.K. Dad’s note to the gym teacher: “Xxxx Xxxx is a Christian and does not dance.) Humiliation for 12 years, non-stop. I lived. You move on.
We have no Constitutional or God-given right not to be offended. So a perceived gesture would cause someone to vote for an inferior candidate? That’s pretty incredible.
So sorry for what you had to endure. As you say, you moved on, but it obviously still hurts a little.
It’s a sign of something lacking in a person’s character to make fun of someone. It’s bullying.
It’s not about how over or hyper sensitive the abused person is.
It’s about the abuser. Trump was an abuser.