09-28-2016, 10:29 AM
a post about trump, and republicanism in general from my zany brain:
going to school in the south, i saw a lot of the type of republicans that are in that margin. they do not like either candidate, but they are very pro-military, not socially conservative in a bigoted way but private nonetheless, not quite progressive, religious, etc. one great, big positive thing i can say about them is that they can take a fucking joke. i think it has something to do with the cliche capitalist "competition"- they KNOW that you cant live in the world without being hated every now and again, or without there being peace. so if you call them names or be mean to them, they are much much more capable of smiling it off than, in my experience, more liberally minded folks that retreat to their circle of back-patters
and so- here's trump, a guy who people hate. and they dont take it as a warning, or as a legitimate criticism. they just take it as the typical "liberal media" or "oh of course theyre gonna say that about him" or, whatever. the political cynicism, the "oh of course politics is bad, ha ha, listen to my 10 same politician jokes arent they funny", they painted a picture of an evil person who would stay stupid shit on a stage. now that we have that, for real, what do we do? we allowed ourselves to accept our own demise through complacency
going to school in the south, i saw a lot of the type of republicans that are in that margin. they do not like either candidate, but they are very pro-military, not socially conservative in a bigoted way but private nonetheless, not quite progressive, religious, etc. one great, big positive thing i can say about them is that they can take a fucking joke. i think it has something to do with the cliche capitalist "competition"- they KNOW that you cant live in the world without being hated every now and again, or without there being peace. so if you call them names or be mean to them, they are much much more capable of smiling it off than, in my experience, more liberally minded folks that retreat to their circle of back-patters
and so- here's trump, a guy who people hate. and they dont take it as a warning, or as a legitimate criticism. they just take it as the typical "liberal media" or "oh of course theyre gonna say that about him" or, whatever. the political cynicism, the "oh of course politics is bad, ha ha, listen to my 10 same politician jokes arent they funny", they painted a picture of an evil person who would stay stupid shit on a stage. now that we have that, for real, what do we do? we allowed ourselves to accept our own demise through complacency
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