Trump to rabid like-minded base: On cue, same tune,
same outcome
The hits just keep on coming 24/7 non-stop
Trump’s
influence on millions of Americans – none of it anything worthwhile – synopsis below
from this
fine The Week article via MSN.
Interestingly,
too, a Pew survey found that Trump supporters like his
personality, not his policies, just like some men like porn sex scenes more
than the plot of the story – thus: Vulgarity sells.
Trump traits and habits
are catching – be forewarned: “You are a rude, terrible person.” Trump said to a reporter.
That coming from a man who, as
president, threatened to beat up a former Vice President, called a porn star “Horseface,”
and threw rolls of paper towels at hurricane victims in Puerto Rico.
Trump has made a career out of
annoying and offending the sensibilities of others:
1. He began his presidential campaign by
calling Mexicans rapists and ended it by calling his opponent a nasty woman,
whom he vowed to imprison.
2. He disparaged a POW (now deceased
Senator John McCain) and in public and then later refused to fly the flag at
half-staff after McCain died.
3. He mocked a disabled person in
public.
4. He acted like a mentally disabled
person in public.
5. He disregard courtesy and walking in
front of and away from.
Trump is at his worst online: As of July,
Trump had insulted 487 people, places, and things on Twitter. Seems the
internet is a rude place to be because it's a safe place to be. You can fight
people without getting punched in the head. The only things that get hurt online
are feelings and careers – offline, people get hurt.
A very recent example: Testifying before the Senate
Judiciary Committee in September, Christine Blasey Ford (re: the Brett Kavanaugh
nomination hearing) has been harassed so much online that she hasn't been able to return to work and has had to move four
times.
Note: According to the
FBI, hate crimes alone rose 17 percent last year.
Of course, Trump isn't solely to blame, but he's
primarily to blame.
He makes mean people meaner and dumb people dumber.
The internet gives people a platform to be nasty. Trump gives them a template.
Consider
this, Christian leader Jerry Falwell Jr. tweeted recently:
“Conservatives
& Christians need to stop electing nice guys. They might make great
Christian leaders but the U.S. needs street fighters like @realDonaldTrump at every level of government because the
liberal fascists Dems are playing for keeps & many Republican leaders are a
bunch of wimps!”
Trump influences a lot of others across
the board not just his loyal base:
1. Trump accused Democrats of voter fraud in FL without any evidence and then simply
said when asked: “I don't know. You tell me.”
2. Gov. Rick Scott now Senator-elect Scott (R-FL) and Sen.
Marco Rubio (R-FL) both have said Democrats were trying to “steal an
election.”
3. Sen. Ted Cruz
(R-TX) once joked about locking up his opponent Beto O'Rourke,
saying: “Well, you know, there's a double-occupancy cell with Hillary Clinton.”
4. Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir called Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) “Pocahontas” (just
like Trump does 24/7).
5. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) said she wanted to see a “public hanging” and then later said “voter suppression ain’t
that bad if it stops liberal college kids from voting.” (Later she said: “That was also a joke.”).
Summary from the
article: Trump is a
reminder of how not to behave. To make America great again, ask yourself: “What would Trump do? Then do the opposite.”
Still have doubt – recall this from Trump – it summarizes him 100%:
“Bang, you're
dead, but I still got your vote, right?”
Thanks for stopping
by.
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