There are a lot of pink elephants, and more realistically, ridiculous rhetoric floating around. The trouble is, the candidates themselves are foaming at the mo

There are a lot of pink elephants, and more realistically, ridiculous rhetoric floating around. The trouble is, the candidates themselves are foaming at the mouth with this rhetoric. It's not just the campaign, just the party, but also the people you are voting for. This makes it hard to see what the people really honestly believe, and what they are saying to rally their base, get out the vote, etc. It's a lot easier to motivate people to vote if you tell them they are going to die, or be slaves, whatever. The same logic goes for getting people to watch "action" news. As for change, everyone wants change. No one thinks the system works for them if you ask them what they would change. Change is a powerful motivator, and works out for the challenger after two terms of the other party's president. You can blame anything on the current president, without having to do better, or even promise better. Just blame them, and sometimes make up an untenable plan to "fix" it (which experts will agree won't work for any number of real world reasons, which likely contributed to the outcome you're complaining about). While everyone can get behind change, and it's a great rallying cry, the type of change is what really counts. You can't just say "change is good." This is the classic childhood fallacy of wanting what you don't/can't have. Sometimes change is not good, or not good in the short term. I'm all for change. I'm just not sure what kind of change Trump would provide. Based on what he's saying, if I believe it, it's frightening. But it's probably mostly just made up nonsense. Hillary will also change things. But again, who knows what? The rhetoric is equally as vague, but at least less frightening. But of course, what people do in office is completely different than the campaign. As a side point, where does privilege come into this? It seems like some elephants actually exist, but certain people can't see them. Isn't that equally hallucinatory? Or is it just blindness? If you're any group that Trump is directly ranting about, I don't think you'd view it as a pink elephant. More like a person yelling and saying crazy things about you personally, without knowing you. But if it is something you can't understand, does it really not exist?