there's the rub.. when you start fighting it on its own terms, it's won already. The best way to fight this cancer is to starve it of the publicity it feeds off.
Right, when elections are to take place. What are the media going to talk about (and profit from)?
Reading that heavily biased and factually challenged article is fifteen minutes I will never get back, unfortunately.
One quote from the many objectionable observations in the piece: People are sick of politically correct bullies.
First, the article uses "people" as if the writer has some global purview and consensus. Certainly not from me.
Second; "People" are sick of politically incorrect bullies—-and Trump is the poster child for self-important, self-absorbed, politically incorrect Bullies, imo.
Riding 35-40% pluralities of a single party as if Trump has some sort of national mandate is galling. In my state he came in dead last.
The people referred to in the article are republicans, not the whole at large of people.
For the republicans described, it is correct.
No worries, Trump will soon be dead if the politically correct bullies have their way.
Reading that heavily biased and factually challenged article is fifteen minutes I will never get back, unfortunately.
One quote from the many objectionable observations in the piece: People are sick of politically correct bullies.
First, the article uses "people" as if the writer has some global purview and consensus. Certainly not from me.
Second; "People" are sick of politically incorrect bullies—-and Trump is the poster child for self-important, self-absorbed, politically incorrect Bullies, imo.
Riding 35-40% pluralities of a single party as if Trump has some sort of national mandate is galling. In my state he came in dead last.
The obvious difference is that the US isn't a tiny country like NZ.
You can try to ignore or starve a cancer, but it's better to point it out/diagnose it and then fight it early on before it eats you up.
Bad publicity can only work for so long to his advantage before it starts to affect his reputation, especially when a majority of people already don't like the guy. It's still an irate minoritythat's barking, pretending to be a much bigger dog.
You know something called voting works all that stuff out. Quite frankly, all of this melodrama is unnecessary imo. The only true winners are the media and their ratings.
The obvious difference is that the US isn't a tiny country like NZ.
You can try to ignore or starve a cancer, but it's better to point it out/diagnose it and then fight it early on before it eats you up.
Bad publicity can only work for so long to his advantage before it starts to affect his reputation, especially when a majority of people already don't like the guy. It's still an irate minority that's barking, pretending to be a much bigger dog.
there's the rub.. when you start fighting it on its own terms, it's won already. The best way to fight this cancer is to starve it of the publicity it feeds off.
I understand where you are coming from. But I have been down this road and I still don't know exactly the best way to deal with a political excrescence like Trump.
In NZ we got up and fought for civil rights and saw the greatest civil unrest the country has ever known. I think it was a watershed for the country and, in the end, actually made the country a hell of a lot better.
It was a case of extremism as political catharsis.. but the question here is does a country like the States really need to go through this to rediscover its founding principles? Is it really that morally sick?
Admittedly, Trump is repugnant. So why not just let the classroom clown do his little thing over there alone in the corner rather than make a big issue out of him. By focusing on him, you are empowering him. It is precisely what he wants. Trump knows that to win the election, he has to destroy the middle ground occupied by Clinton. So that is exactly what he is doing. The protestors are only helping him get there.
The obvious difference is that the US isn't a tiny country like NZ.
You can try to ignore or starve a cancer, but it's better to point it out/diagnose it and then fight it early on before it eats you up.
Bad publicity can only work for so long to his advantage before it starts to affect his reputation, especially when a majority of people already don't like the guy. It's still an irate minority that's barking, pretending to be a much bigger dog.
That's pretty apathetic, seeing how he's doing a great job at feeding the dogs himself.
I understand where you are coming from. But I have been down this road and I still don't know exactly the best way to deal with a political excrescence like Trump.
In NZ we got up and fought for civil rights and saw the greatest civil unrest the country has ever known. I think it was a watershed for the country and, in the end, actually made the country a hell of a lot better.
It was a case of extremism as political catharsis.. but the question here is does a country like the States really need to go through this to rediscover its founding principles? Is it really that morally sick?
Admittedly, Trump is repugnant. So why not just let the classroom clown do his little thing over there alone in the corner rather than make a big issue out of him. By focusing on him, you are empowering him. It is precisely what he wants. Trump knows that to win the election, he has to destroy the middle ground occupied by Clinton. So that is exactly what he is doing. The protestors are only helping him get there.
