RE: Everything Is Now political! (The Question is Why?)

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Everything Is Now political! (The Question is Why?)

in politics •  8 years ago 

Good article John. If you look at a map showing the election results you would see that Clinton won states with large urban populations. Her support came from public assistance recipients afraid of losing their benefits and SJW's (mostly college students radicalized by left-wing professors). People with jobs, or actively seeking them, voted for Trump. After eight years of massive incompetence and corruption, America is wounded economically and angry...angry enough to bet their future on a political unknown. I've written comparing the situation to Weimar Germany just prior to Hitler's rise to power. Whether or not Mr. Trump can deliver on his campaign promises remains to be seen. One thing for certain, he won't get very much assistance from the political establishment, or will he get the benefit of the doubt from the mainstream media who will scrutinize every thing he does and portray it in the most negative light possible. Every president to date has gotten a hundred days grace period- don't expect that for President Trump. I very much enjoyed your article- upvoted and followed!

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"If you look at a map showing the election results you would see that Clinton won states with large urban populations." - Verifiably true.
"Her support came from public assistance recipients afraid of losing their benefits and SJW's (mostly college students radicalized by left-wing professors). People with jobs, or actively seeking them, voted for Trump." - Broad and tragically reductive. Pretty sure a lot of people without jobs were voting for Trump with his promises of "bringing the jobs back."

That's what I said...or actively seeking them (jobs)...They voted on his promise to bring jobs back. Otherwise why would they vote for him?

I think trying to find a simple answer for why 62,793,872 people did anything is impossible. To say, "they did it because of jobs."
Or to say the 65,432,202 million people who voted for Hil were public assistance recipients afraid of losing their benefits and SJW's (mostly college students radicalized by left-wing professors) is neglecting the complexity and nuance of the truth.
I think you're part right, but to focus on that sliver of rightness ignores the larger picture.
That's all.

I was writing a short comment, not a book!

Yeah, that's fair. But I guess I would encourage myself and everyone to not use hyperbolic language when talking about groups of people. Those sweeping generalizations have an impact on the tone of cultural conversation, yknow?

It makes it hard to have a conversation when the complex perspectives of 65 million people are explained away as a product of simply wanting government assistance or being brainwashed by professors.

There's a lot more going on than that, and it is so reductive it essentially adds nothing to the conversation. Is that unfair to say?

Yes I agree. Trump supporters are basically the displaced middle class and Hillary supporters anyone looking to keep those US Treasury checks coming to the mail box.

Thank you for the comments. I did notice the same thing (voting patterns) and I am hopeful Trump can do what he said, but so far not so sure. His supporters wanted a revolution but I think they may end with a border skirmish (if that).

Even that would be an improvement at this point.