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This article spends a lot of time on Donald Trump, The author doesn't understand his supporters or why they tolerate his truthlessness. They do it for a reason

This article spends a lot of time on Donald Trump, The author doesn't understand his supporters or why they tolerate his truthlessness. They do it for a reason. I know this because of an article I read today, a dialogue between a journalist and a Yale law grad who's written a book on the white working class he grew up in. Here's the article. It's better than this one. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/trump-us-politics-poor-whites/ http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/trump-us-polit...

Mithaldu 10y ago
If you're american and don't believe you guys, as a country, love shitposting in every form, then you are honestly badly out of touch. I spent the weekend talking to a lot of americans about the events in munich, and a big majority of them was happy to quite simply shitpost about it en masse even if every evidence that came out contradicted them. CNN didn't help either.
- mnemonicsloth 10y ago
  I am out of touch. I still think the word 'shitposting' makes you sound like a loudmouth with a poor grasp of English. And I think you've replied to the wrong post. I haven't said a word about what Americans like or don't like. So maybe you're a little out of touch too.
  - Mithaldu 10y ago
    > I still think the word 'shitposting' makes you sound like a loudmouth with a poor grasp of English. Not my creation, welcome to the youth of the usa (30 and below). Try googling it. As to "wrong post", i could swear your post originally called the author of the article out of touch. Either i am misremembering or you edited it. (And i just checked, HN does not mark edited posts.) Further, the author does spend a lot of time on trump, but this part condenses to "americans like shitposting and trump exploits that": > This is a (dark) joy. All the madness you feel, you can now let it out and it’s okay. The very point of Trump is to validate the pleasure of spouting shit, the joy of pure emotion, often anger, without any sense.

Mithaldu 10y ago

If you're american and don't believe you guys, as a country, love shitposting in every form, then you are honestly badly out of touch. I spent the weekend talking to a lot of americans about the events in munich, and a big majority of them was happy to quite simply shitpost about it en masse even if every evidence that came out contradicted them. CNN didn't help either.

mnemonicsloth 10y ago
I am out of touch. I still think the word 'shitposting' makes you sound like a loudmouth with a poor grasp of English. And I think you've replied to the wrong post. I haven't said a word about what Americans like or don't like. So maybe you're a little out of touch too.
- Mithaldu 10y ago
  > I still think the word 'shitposting' makes you sound like a loudmouth with a poor grasp of English. Not my creation, welcome to the youth of the usa (30 and below). Try googling it. As to "wrong post", i could swear your post originally called the author of the article out of touch. Either i am misremembering or you edited it. (And i just checked, HN does not mark edited posts.) Further, the author does spend a lot of time on trump, but this part condenses to "americans like shitposting and trump exploits that": > This is a (dark) joy. All the madness you feel, you can now let it out and it’s okay. The very point of Trump is to validate the pleasure of spouting shit, the joy of pure emotion, often anger, without any sense.