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All the right people hate Trump. It's as asset to him. He clearly courts and benefits from the silly moral outrage peddled against him. The same people outraged

All the right people hate Trump. It's as asset to him. He clearly courts and benefits from the silly moral outrage peddled against him. The same people outraged by Trump's consensual sex advocate every conceivable form of sexual deviance, oppose public exposure to the Ten Commandments, embrace and promote Islam, and they outright despise Middle America, our culture, values, and us as human beings. The arbiters of tolerance have less than none for Trump or anything he does, nor do they tolerate his supporters. This creates division, cleaving off such a large portion of the electorate that Trump became president simply by painting himself as a regular Joe billionaire who is oppressed by the left. That's why he thought it would be a good idea to run. That's why he won. Because of the closed-minded bigotry of supercilious coastal elites incapable of seeing past their self-congratulatory narcissism. I.E., exactly the attitude you are expressing. I don't mean that as an insult - I want you to understand the dynamics at play. This is how Trump's supporters feel.

jorblumesea 9y ago
I wasn't questioning his election. But if you have a history of shady business deals and long standing connections to less than scrupulous elements of the business world, why on earth you want to be President? It's the most scrutinized position in the world. Once you become President everyone watches your move with a microscope. For someone like Trump, who has a history of sketchy finances and dubious business practices, it seems attracting attention and investigation is the last thing you'd want. I guess critical thinking is "elitist self-congratulatory narcissism"? /s I also think it's funny that your post blasted the liberal arrogance in the most arrogant churlish way possible. Basically disproving your entire point. Nice to know that California doesn't have the condescending asshole market completely cornered ;)
- ehvatum 9y ago
  Our discussion is centered around perception and semiotics. How is it that Trump benefits from what you perceive as a liability? To you, his past dealings and the controversy surrounding him communicate that he should not be President of the United States. Yet, these dealings and this controversy are viewed by his base as bona fides. Applying critical thinking this problem is difficult when the concept of critical thinking itself has been abducted to mean "conclusion: Trump is bad". Diversity of thought, empathy, and dignity are not afforded to Trump supporters by the left. It certainly goes both ways, as can be seen by the degree to which his supporters support him out of spite for leftist orthodoxy. The complaint that the left heaps praise on Islam and non-European culture while denegrating Christianity and European culture is very real, and there is much to convince Trump supporters of this. Trump goes far out of his way to cause multiculturalist backers of tolerance and empathy to treat his supporters with disrespect, judgement, and complete lack of empathy. Rather than fretting about who is an asshole and who is good and just, I seek to understand what is happening and why.
  - mlevental 9y ago
    These two things are very different: >why on earth you want to be President? >he should not be President of the United States
krapp 9y ago
>The same people outraged by Trump's consensual sex advocate every conceivable form of sexual deviance, oppose public exposure to the Ten Commandments, embrace and promote Islam, and they outright despise Middle America, our culture, values, and us as human beings. >That's why he won. Because of the closed-minded bigotry of supercilious coastal elites incapable of seeing past their self-congratulatory narcissism My. Given such a reasonable attitude and understanding of liberals and the left, and non-Christians, and non-heterosexuals, and literally anyone not like themselves, I honestly can't imagine why Trump's supporters get treated with disrespect.

jorblumesea 9y ago

I wasn't questioning his election. But if you have a history of shady business deals and long standing connections to less than scrupulous elements of the business world, why on earth you want to be President? It's the most scrutinized position in the world. Once you become President everyone watches your move with a microscope. For someone like Trump, who has a history of sketchy finances and dubious business practices, it seems attracting attention and investigation is the last thing you'd want. I guess critical thinking is "elitist self-congratulatory narcissism"? /s I also think it's funny that your post blasted the liberal arrogance in the most arrogant churlish way possible. Basically disproving your entire point. Nice to know that California doesn't have the condescending asshole market completely cornered ;)

ehvatum 9y ago
Our discussion is centered around perception and semiotics. How is it that Trump benefits from what you perceive as a liability? To you, his past dealings and the controversy surrounding him communicate that he should not be President of the United States. Yet, these dealings and this controversy are viewed by his base as bona fides. Applying critical thinking this problem is difficult when the concept of critical thinking itself has been abducted to mean "conclusion: Trump is bad". Diversity of thought, empathy, and dignity are not afforded to Trump supporters by the left. It certainly goes both ways, as can be seen by the degree to which his supporters support him out of spite for leftist orthodoxy. The complaint that the left heaps praise on Islam and non-European culture while denegrating Christianity and European culture is very real, and there is much to convince Trump supporters of this. Trump goes far out of his way to cause multiculturalist backers of tolerance and empathy to treat his supporters with disrespect, judgement, and complete lack of empathy. Rather than fretting about who is an asshole and who is good and just, I seek to understand what is happening and why.
- mlevental 9y ago
  These two things are very different: >why on earth you want to be President? >he should not be President of the United States

krapp 9y ago

>The same people outraged by Trump's consensual sex advocate every conceivable form of sexual deviance, oppose public exposure to the Ten Commandments, embrace and promote Islam, and they outright despise Middle America, our culture, values, and us as human beings. >That's why he won. Because of the closed-minded bigotry of supercilious coastal elites incapable of seeing past their self-congratulatory narcissism My. Given such a reasonable attitude and understanding of liberals and the left, and non-Christians, and non-heterosexuals, and literally anyone not like themselves, I honestly can't imagine why Trump's supporters get treated with disrespect.