What about the loony left conspiracy theory that Trump wants Clinton assassinated.
Tell me of any group wishing control that doesn't wish the opposition dead! This is the virtue -us nature of earthy avarice ... possession!
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What about the loony left conspiracy theory that Trump wants Clinton assassinated.
Tell me of any group wishing control that doesn't wish the opposition dead!
I don't think most politicians in modern Western democracies wish ill on their opponents to that degree. Maybe a crippling injury or bad case of the flu, but not dead.Or are you talking figuratively (dead = out of power and preferably out of politics)?
I understand you're in troll mode, but if you can try to be honest for a moment, why do you think so many Evangelicals are supporting a man who probably doesn't even believe?Trump is a mainline Christian, a Presbyterian. His favorite book of the Bible is 2 Corinthians.
Some honestly think Trump is a Christian. Some support him because the Republican party has long been held as being the party most responsive to conservative social concerns. Some are ABH because of her views on things like abortion and LGBT rights.I understand you're in troll mode, but if you can try to be honest for a moment, why do you think so many Evangelicals are supporting a man who probably doesn't even believe?
Americans call Republicans right and Democrats left. But if you look at the policies of the two parties, especially over the last 20 years, both are identical. As well, both are financed by billionaires and, very often, the same billionaires for both. Mussolini could be called a right winger. So, despite his nationalist socialist label, was Hitler. Or one could argue about it. For all practical purposes, the words right and left mean nothing politically.
Add in that evangelicals dont like Democrats because of things like same sex marriage, abortion rights,
They feel ,i am sure ,that their way of life has disappeared
Obama , who they didnt vote for or like, at least was against same sex marriage when he got elected eight years ago.
And now they see what has happened when he changed his mind
Way back eight years ago, when Obama was against same sex marriage, so were the religious black of California who voted down proposition 8
Sometimes a cultural shift happens so fast in a society that huge numbers feel left out.
I suspect that many uneducated white men who want trump feel that society and its changes has sped by them too
Some honestly think Trump is a Christian. Some support him because the Republican party has long been held as being the party most responsive to conservative social concerns. Some are ABH because of her views on things like abortion and LGBT rights.
I think there's something else going on though too. Christianity in America is dieing, and when Trump says he's going to "make America great again!" that sparks something in the hearts of Evangelicals who associate with the past greatness of America a history where the church was strong and dominant in society.
Kudos to you (and the Lastpointe, who posted after.) I think you've both hit the mail on the head. The word, mind you, that neither of you has used explicitly is "fear." Rapid change can easily make people fearful. When those who have possessed power and influence see themselves rapidly losing the power and influence they have long possessed, it makes them fearful.
The problem with fear is that potentially it can manifest itself in very ugly ways.
Yes Steven, you're right, the evangelicals are supporting Trump because they are afraid. And he, who's smarter than a lot of people give him credit for, probably knows that the more he can drum up their fear, the more they'll get behind him.Kudos to you (and the Lastpointe, who posted after.) I think you've both hit the mail on the head. The word, mind you, that neither of you has used explicitly is "fear." Rapid change can easily make people fearful. When those who have possessed power and influence see themselves rapidly losing the power and influence they have long possessed, it makes them fearful.
The problem with fear is that potentially it can manifest itself in very ugly ways.
Yes Steven, you're right, the evangelicals are supporting Trump because they are afraid. And he, who's smarter than a lot of people give him credit for, probably knows that the more he can drum up their fear, the more they'll get behind him.
Jae, I may be appalled by Trump, but I've never said he wasn't smart. The fact is that he ran a very good campaign during the Republican primaries. He seemed to understand that his basic message (whether he believes everything he says or not - and I have my doubts) could resonate with a lot of disaffected Republicans and Independents - and he got enough on board to win the nomination. What he doesn't seem (yet at least) to grasp is that the message that reached out to the disaffected isn't going to resonate with most Democrats or the remaining Independents.
revsdd said:A classic example is the "Obama and Clinton founded ISIS" nonsense that's been going on recently. It gets him cheers at his rallies, but it really won't gain him votes from those he now has to appeal to if he's to have any hope of winning - and unless he can figure out a way to get at least a portion of them onside without losing that disaffected vote, then he's toast.