Is Trumpism the new GOP mainstream?

[Benton]

(10-26-2017, 11:16 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Personally, I don't see this "movement" as going toward "Trumpism", as much as I see it as anti-progressiveism. Aside from population centers, most of America was just tired of being transitioned toward European values. For the bulk of the US existence, most of the immigrants were Europeans looking to escape Europe.

I'm not trying to make any "bold statement" here, just pointing out the obvious. Americans should not be forced to assimilate to small factions, this is the "melting pot", as they told us in school. Rather, the factions should easily find their way to assimilate into the American mainstream.

I guess the question that begs is: what’s mainstream?

You ask a black IT worker in Chicago, you’ll likely get something very different than a white Navy veteran working as a cop in rural South Carolina. And I think that’s been part of the problem the last several decades. We’ve been told what’s the norm (mom and dad, white picket fence, drive American, drink soda or beer, have a pet, etc.). Social media and cheaper technology allowing for more exposure has led to people seeing there Have been people living here all along that didn’t fit their definition of America .