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I generally reserve judgement on Donald Trump but the way he froths up his political opponents seems to be deliberate. As if he is encouraging them to define themselves by what they are not rather than what they are.
His supporters seem to view themselves as hard-working people who just want to get on with their lives, but his opponents have gone out of their way to paint themselves into a different picture. In a sense it does not matter what their picture is. It doesn't matter what they are demonstrating about either because in Trump's game they are demonstrating that they not hard-working people who just want to get on with their lives.
If this is his game he certainly plays it well.
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What I find interesting here is the fact that whereas some are protesting about his racism and sexism, others blame him for global warming, some object to his war-mongering, some to his support for capitalism, and some just think he is personally boorish and uncouth. Not even Hitler gets it from so many directions.
All this suggests a group of people trained to think critically who are in search of something to object to, rather than anything about the man himself.
Surely the point is that they have been so poorly trained in critical thought that they do not see that they are projecting themselves as thoughtless, vulgar, moronic fools with nothing to do with their lives other than to display their stupidity and vulgarity. I wonder how many of them went to fee paying schools and universities
Another puzzling thing, if Corbyn really aspires to be PM, why is he leading protests against someone who, at the moment, appears to be this country's only ally? For good or bad, Trump seems to be more pro-British than Obama ever was, for example
Sam - and if they were honest they struggle to find that something to object to. There is something deeply conservative beneath it all.
Graeme - I think there is something under the surface, a fear of genuine change. If Corbyn ever becomes PM maybe Russia will become our only "ally".
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