Tom Nichols is not sad about losing friends over this election. He says,”Put another way, if my opposition to Trump is going to cost me friends, then all I can say is: So be it.” The Professor knows he’s right and that all will come to see his rectitude eventually. “With my friends and family who still cling to Trump, I never waver from my insistence, directly and firmly, that they are making a terrible mistake, and that Trump is making them worse people for being involved in his message.” [Emphasis added.]
A few more chestnuts from Mr. Nichols:
Now, contrast this with Mark Steyn’s piece coming out on the same day:
“But Trump’s candidacy isn’t really about politics, which is why it divides people so deeply.”
“In fact, Trump’s policies are not policies. They’re just feverish revenge fantasies.”
“Trump’s supporters are now like roaring drunks in a bar fight, people who you might have tried to reason with five drinks earlier but now are just lashing out at everyone in every direction.”
“This blind madness puts both political and emotional distance between Trump supporters and the rest of us.”
Now, contrast this with Mark Steyn’s piece coming out on the same day:
Trump is demonized as a Caesar – the strong man as embodiment of the state – but in fact his rise was driven by highly specific policies: build the wall, end mass Muslim immigration, make health insurance purchasable across state lines. Trump is inviting you to vote for something; Clinton to vote for someone: With Hillary, power and authority are all, and public policy is simply collateral damage.
Nearly 50%, possibly more, of the country will vote for Donald Trump. Are they all vengeful, unthinking, “roaring drunks” beheld by “blind madness?” If so, why is the republic worth saving at all? With a good percentage of the U.S. electorate living on the dole and the rest just flailing in a haymaking rage, what’s the point?......To Read More....
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