He is their dream come true. The present and the near future are much more like what Democrats have wanted than Republicans ever did, which is reflected in the Pew Research poll from a few years ago, which showed Republicans four times as far to the right as Democrats are to the left. They are the party of a white and straight America, rejecting all who don’t fall in those categories. Even those who profess the same political philosophy as they do. African Americans were Republicans for about 100 years until Goldwater broke them of that habit, and they are about to do that again with Latinos nationwide as they did in California. It’s an existential crisis for them to have to live in a multiracial, multiethnic, multifaith society, so they act out in such a way as to alienate all but their most hardcore supporters. It’d be tragic if it weren’t so belligerent and abusive.
As Mary Trump said, he gives them permission to be their own worst selves.
He is their dream come true. The present and the near future are much more like what Democrats have wanted than Republicans ever did, which is reflected in the Pew Research poll from a few years ago, which showed Republicans four times as far to the right as Democrats are to the left. They are the party of a white and straight America, rejecting all who don’t fall in those categories. Even those who profess the same political philosophy as they do. African Americans were Republicans for about 100 years until Goldwater broke them of that habit, and they are about to do that again with Latinos nationwide as they did in California. It’s an existential crisis for them to have to live in a multiracial, multiethnic, multifaith society, so they act out in such a way as to alienate all but their most hardcore supporters. It’d be tragic if it weren’t so belligerent and abusive.
Thank you, Brian. I agree.