• CBS Commentary - The Unbearable Smugness of the Press
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[QUOTE=thelurker1234;51365780]We know the dakimakura is the one writing those though[/QUOTE] I had to just look that up and realized how sad I look. It's my girlfriend's I swear!
[QUOTE=Tudd;51365796]I had to just look that up and realized how sad I look. It's my girlfriend's I swear![/QUOTE] Explain the smell then????? edit: actually plead the fifth pls
[QUOTE=FlashMarsh;51365174]Just because lots of people think something means we should act like their ideas are perfectly legitimate? We reacted with ridicule because Trump is ridiculous, because for the most part he supports a mix of impossible policies and the politics of racial resentment. 'Understanding' Trump supporters, unless you genuinely believe that economic factors are the cause of Trump, would mean fatally compromising yourself with the ideas of the populist right, which should be unacceptable to anyone who is either anywhere vaguely on the left or a conservative. The people are a mob, and sometimes the mob needs to be ignored.[/QUOTE] Hey man, I'm not disagreeing with the notion that a lot of the fervor behind Trump was based on absurdity. I'm simply saying that it was [I]sincerely believed[/I] absurdity, and thus should have been taken more seriously, if only because treating somebosy with respect, and having a calm and rational exchange, is much more likely to bring somebody around to your way of thinking than simply dismissing them wholesale. In treating Trumpism as an offensive joke, we missed our opportunity to prevent it from becoming a reality. A more seasoned and respectful approach to this, from more people, may have made the difference.
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