On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> If Trump were to win this election, the number one reason is the > insistence of democrats and liberals to demonize and marginalize the > populace supporting Trump. > > If the only people that support him are "angry" racist" "xenophobic" > "out-of-work-white-men" "could-not-graduate-from-college-because-of-low-IQ" > etc. etc. he could not possibly command more than 10% of the vote. > > Trump is a terrible person — but NOT atypical of the population in > general. Projecting his worst qualities onto the masses that support him is > a huge, hopefully fatal, strategic mistake on the part of the Clinton > campaign. But it would be simply a continuation of a fifty year trend: a > small elite that firmly believe they are the only ones capable of and > deserving of running the government and that anyone that opposes them is > ignorant and dangerous. > > davew > Thank God some of us are taking seriously the "But Why?" question re: Trump's popularity. Thank you! We simply must take seriously the fact that nearly half of the US is going to vote for Trump, and ask yourself "Why?". -- Owen On Sat, Nov 5, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > My opinion: scorn is a very powerful position; you can be scornful of > God. People who feel powerless and left out find Trump appealing because > they identify with the power implied by his scorn of the elite, the > establishment, etc. Remember Spiro Agnew calling the educated "pointy > headed intellectuals"? > > In the meantime I'm very concerned with who's going to win the election. > > Frank > > > Frank Wimberly > Phone (505) 670-9918 > > > > On Nov 5, 2016 12:59 PM, "Owen Densmore" <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > > A quote from the article is pretty telling: > > In America today, compared with 50 years ago, three times as many > working-age men are completely outside the work force. This pattern is > occurring throughout the developed world — and the consequences are not > merely economic. Feeling superfluous is a blow to the human spirit. It > leads to social isolation and emotional pain, and creates the conditions > for negative emotions to take root. > > > If I were one of them, I'd surely vote Trump. > > We do need to get over "who's going to win?" and ask "why has Trump got > such a *huge* following?" > > -- Owen > >
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