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Like Trump, the voters have had no interest in such introspection and no desire to to change anything. Indeed, they wanted to double down on xenophobia, racism and sexism and crudely reject anyone who wasn’t exactly like them. And like their new leader, they romanticize violence and keep scores against their enemies. Trump, with his promise to take America back to its overwhelmingly white, male-dominated past, was just what the doctor ordered.
The entirety of this statement is opinion and also entirely false. What a crappy article to post. Aren't you supposedly intelligent?
Like ... duh.
Crapton Poundass's entire oeuvre here can be summarized as "Don't bother me with facts, it's all about what The Orange Buddha will achieve on a meta level. Just trust in Him."
The entirety of this statement is opinion
Yes, I've heard this argument before. It's understood that the typical essay or an editorial or column is opinion, hopefully supported by facts. Did you read it ? Perhaps the excerpt I selected wasn't the best. How about this ?
His campaign has been a train wreck mostly because he has insisted on running it by the seat of his pants, trusting that his instincts are so superior that he didn’t need to learn anything from anyone.
This trait is also reflected in the GOP’s base of voters, who refuse to accept that the world is changing and they have to change with it. Instead, they cling obstinately to a privileged status that no longer exists and close their minds to the reality that it really isn’t necessary in the first place. As Salon’s Matthew Rozsa pointed out this week, they yearn for a return to a time when America was dominated culturally and economically by white people and led exclusively by men.
In a survey published by the Public Religion Research Institute, 72 percent of likely voters supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump say America has changed for the worst since the 1950s. By contrast, 70 percent of likely voters supporting his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton say that America has changed for the better since that decade.
This trait is also reflected in the GOP’s base of voters, who refuse to accept that the world is changing and they have to change with it. Instead, they cling obstinately to a privileged status that no longer exists and close their minds to the reality that it really isn’t necessary in the first place. As Salon’s Matthew Rozsa pointed out this week, they yearn for a return to a time when America was dominated culturally and economically by white people and led exclusively by men.
Matthew Rozsa is completely full of shit. Even at Trumps rally today in Colorado, he said that there will be doors in the wall(metaphorically speaking...christ I don't even know why its necessary to spell this out) to allow in legal immigrants to great cheers. Not once has Trump even slightly suggested that we end immigration, and neither have his supporters. I swear I have no idea how you come to such idiotic conclusions.
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/26/donald-trump-and-the-gop-base-a-closed-universe-of-small-minded-self-deception/