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I see Trump's rhetoric as so detached from reality, that I can't think of any current, relevant people on "the other side" that would come close. Who do you hav

I see Trump's rhetoric as so detached from reality, that I can't think of any current, relevant people on "the other side" that would come close. Who do you have in mind, exactly?

jeremyt 11y ago
Seriously? You can't think of one person on the Democratic side who is "suggesting easy solutions to followers that are either unworkable or unconstitutional"?
- bendableFigure 11y ago
  Yeah, seriously. Please tell us all who you are conflating with the outright stupidity, jingoism, and racism that is Trump.
  - jack9 11y ago
    Rightfully, Hillary and Sanders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiZFXkmofgI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiZFXkmofgI
    - outlace 11y ago
      This is just manipulation of decent people. You can always get some percentage of people to agree with something you've propositioned with a camera and mic in their face and when they don't really understand what you mean (and then edit out all the people that didn't). Basic psychology phenom. Repealing the bill of rights is obviously not something Clinton or Sanders have ever proposed and certainly have not been screaming it on national television like Trump This is absurdity of the tribe of Alex Jones
  - jeremyt 11y ago
    Ok, how about: Hillary "It was all just a response to a video" Clinton Bernie "Terrorism is caused by global warming" Sanders Harry “light-skinned” and speaking “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” Reid Al “White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires … We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.” Sharpton Barack "If you like your health insurance, you can keep your health insurance" Obama Nancy "We have to pass it to find out what's in it" Pelosi Elizabeth "I'm Indian because my ancestors had high cheekbones" Warren Harry "Mitt Romney didn't pay any taxes" Reid Hank "I'm not sure if Guam can tip over" Johnson Leland "I am a leading gun proponent, but am running a illegal gun trafficking business on the side" Lee Al "the entire North ‘polarized’ cap will disappear in 5 years" Gore Just a few
specialist 11y ago
Sure, the left wing has plenty of weirdos. The difference is that the fringe, radical right wing beliefs have been mainstreamed. The left has nothing like that. David Neiwert (Orcinus) has done a great job chronicling the steady encroachment of hate speech, eliminationist rhetoric, white supremacy, etc. As a journalist, Neiwert has long history with many of the players. He attends their events and interviews them. Kind of like watching Fox News, so we don't have to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Neiwert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Neiwert Every person has some goofy beliefs. If the wingers keep to themselves, I don't mind. But some things do push my buttons. #1 Hypocrisy. Like hating on "illegals" and then hiring them to work on your house. Or railing against welfare while sucking on the government's teat. #2 Victimhood, persecution complex, clutching at pearls. There's a subset of the right wing that are just a bunch of cry babies, with no real equivalent on the left. #3 False equivalence. Personal example. A political colleague wrote that our senator should be burned at the stake for some imagined betrayal. Flat out hate speech. So I called him on it. In turn, he stated that the Rodney King riots in LA were an example of left wing hate speech. Um, what? And then he wanted me to be accountable for the actions of some people 20 years past. Um, okay. Like goofy beliefs, I don't mind cognitive dissonance either. But trying to wrap an opponent up in one's delusions is just trolling.

I see Trump's rhetoric as so detached from reality, that I can't think of any current, relevant people on "the other side" that would come close. Who do you have in mind, exactly?

jeremyt 11y ago

Seriously? You can't think of one person on the Democratic side who is "suggesting easy solutions to followers that are either unworkable or unconstitutional"?

bendableFigure 11y ago
Yeah, seriously. Please tell us all who you are conflating with the outright stupidity, jingoism, and racism that is Trump.
- jack9 11y ago
  Rightfully, Hillary and Sanders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiZFXkmofgI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiZFXkmofgI
  - outlace 11y ago
    This is just manipulation of decent people. You can always get some percentage of people to agree with something you've propositioned with a camera and mic in their face and when they don't really understand what you mean (and then edit out all the people that didn't). Basic psychology phenom. Repealing the bill of rights is obviously not something Clinton or Sanders have ever proposed and certainly have not been screaming it on national television like Trump This is absurdity of the tribe of Alex Jones
- jeremyt 11y ago
  Ok, how about: Hillary "It was all just a response to a video" Clinton Bernie "Terrorism is caused by global warming" Sanders Harry “light-skinned” and speaking “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” Reid Al “White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires … We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.” Sharpton Barack "If you like your health insurance, you can keep your health insurance" Obama Nancy "We have to pass it to find out what's in it" Pelosi Elizabeth "I'm Indian because my ancestors had high cheekbones" Warren Harry "Mitt Romney didn't pay any taxes" Reid Hank "I'm not sure if Guam can tip over" Johnson Leland "I am a leading gun proponent, but am running a illegal gun trafficking business on the side" Lee Al "the entire North ‘polarized’ cap will disappear in 5 years" Gore Just a few

specialist 11y ago

Sure, the left wing has plenty of weirdos. The difference is that the fringe, radical right wing beliefs have been mainstreamed. The left has nothing like that. David Neiwert (Orcinus) has done a great job chronicling the steady encroachment of hate speech, eliminationist rhetoric, white supremacy, etc. As a journalist, Neiwert has long history with many of the players. He attends their events and interviews them. Kind of like watching Fox News, so we don't have to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Neiwert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Neiwert Every person has some goofy beliefs. If the wingers keep to themselves, I don't mind. But some things do push my buttons. #1 Hypocrisy. Like hating on "illegals" and then hiring them to work on your house. Or railing against welfare while sucking on the government's teat. #2 Victimhood, persecution complex, clutching at pearls. There's a subset of the right wing that are just a bunch of cry babies, with no real equivalent on the left. #3 False equivalence. Personal example. A political colleague wrote that our senator should be burned at the stake for some imagined betrayal. Flat out hate speech. So I called him on it. In turn, he stated that the Rodney King riots in LA were an example of left wing hate speech. Um, what? And then he wanted me to be accountable for the actions of some people 20 years past. Um, okay. Like goofy beliefs, I don't mind cognitive dissonance either. But trying to wrap an opponent up in one's delusions is just trolling.