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Thursday 7 November 2024

The most depressing aspect



Jimmy Kimmel on verge of tears as he calls Trump win 'terrible night'

Kimmel conceded America had voted and "this was the choice we made" - but he wasn't the only TV host to express deep dismay over Mr Trump's return.

In his opening monologue, he said the choice was between a prosecutor and a criminal "and we chose the criminal".


There are lots of stories along these lines, stories of people wallowing in anguish and tears over what from their political standpoint is only likely to be a minor setback. It probably won't affect them other than what is apparently a pressing need to put on a very public display of emotion. 

It is surely not an adult reaction, but it does appear to be restricted to one side of the political divide. Is it an act? In this particular case I don't know, but more generally the anti-Trump emoting does come across as an act, something certain celebrities feel they have to do.

Is it politically healthy? No - obviously not. To my mind it's a depressing aspect of the Trump victory - this glimpse into what appears to be seriously retarded adulthood. Even as an act it's depressing, because we may assume it is widely accepted as authentic.

1 comment:

DiscoveredJoys said...

The 'progressives' perform as if they are in some large dinner party of like-minded people. They have to emote to demonstrate clearly that they are the 'right kind' of people for fear of not being invited to the next dinner party.

Wikipedia: Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when a group of people make irrational or dysfunctional decisions due to conformity or cohesiveness.

In owning most of the main stream media and dismissing 'mis-information' and 'dis-information' the progressives have defined very clearly the views which may be expressed at their dinner party.

Free speech? May upset the digestion.