The Dispossessed -
The classic tale of two planets torn apart by conflict and mistrust... and the man who risks everything to reunite them.
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Thursday, 26 January 2017
quote [ "The best thing they can do is try to send in a wrecking ball to disrupt the system." ]
You may remember Rick Perlstein as the author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America.
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sanepride said @ 4:48pm GMT on 26th January
Eh, yet another earnest effort to understand and humanize the 'mainstream' Trump voter that seems well-intentioned enough, but really adds nothing to what we already know.
And while I agree that being dumb and misinformed aren't the same thing, relying on misinformation and living by it- especially to your ultimate detriment, is kind of in opposition to being 'smart' and 'insightful'. I'm willing to accept that most Trump voters aren't bad, ill-intentioned people, but the decision to "send in a wrecking ball to disrupt the system" strikes me as a highly impulsive, irrational, viewpoint.
sanepride said @ 4:49pm GMT on 26th January
Eh, yet another earnest effort to understand and humanize the 'mainstream' Trump voter that seems well-intentioned enough, but really adds nothing to what we already know.
And while I agree that being dumb and misinformed aren't the same thing, relying on misinformation and living by it- especially to your ultimate detriment, is kind of in opposition to being 'smart' and 'insightful'. I'm willing to accept that most Trump voters aren't bad, ill-intentioned people, but the decision to "send in a wrecking ball to disrupt the system" strikes me as a highly impulsive, irrational, viewpoint, no matter how sweetly it's rationalized.
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sanepride said @ 4:48pm GMT on 26th January
Eh, yet another earnest effort to understand and humanize the 'mainstream' Trump voter that seems well-intentioned enough, but really adds nothing to what we already know.
And while I agree that being dumb and misinformed aren't the same thing, relying on misinformation and living by it- especially to your ultimate detriment, is kind of in opposition to being 'smart' and 'insightful'. I'm willing to accept that most Trump voters aren't bad, ill-intentioned people, but the decision to "send in a wrecking ball to disrupt the system" strikes me as a highly impulsive, irrational, viewpoint, no matter how sweetly it's rationalized.
