03-03-2016, 09:15 PM
(03-03-2016, 09:03 PM)fredtoast Wrote: He has not "hald a mirror" up to anything. All he has done is take pandering to a new level, and the number of people who are falling for it is disturbing. He tells people what they want to hear and they love it so much they don't even care when he is proven to be 100% lying.
In fact even Trump is laughing at his followers. He admits what rubes they are when he said he could shoot a man and they would still follow him.
If I didn't know you were a lawyer it would be easy to guess because you love to argue semantics and minutiae. He tells people what they want to hear? That must be why many of his positions are wildly unpopular then right? That must be why so many pundits are constantly scratching their head wondering how he gets away with statements that would have been political suicide any other election cycle. You flat out don't get it, just as many people paid to analyze this type of stuff don't get it. Trump isn't popular for his rhetoric on things like immigration, he's popular in spite of it. He has nothing but disdain for the current political class and his voters gravitate to him because they feel the exact same way. His demographics span the spectrum.
Quite simply, it's easier for you to paint his supporters as rubes and fools. It's easy because it requires no real thought or analysis on your part. The truth, that his rise is solely based on the utter disdain of a large part of the electorate for the current political class, will continue to escape you. Now feel free to not respond to the actual points and argue semantics and minutiae. You have certainly found your niche.
