“We feel like we live in a bubble—voting for Trump to me is so shocking.”
So said a supporter of Hilary Clinton attending what she assumed would be Clinton’s presidential victory party.
According to the British paper, The Daily Mail, another one of Clinton’s supporters at this party said of the Trump voters: “I think these people probably flunked out of school—they don't know history, they don't understand the world.”
So said a supporter of Hilary Clinton attending what she assumed would be Clinton’s presidential victory party.
According to the British paper, The Daily Mail, another one of Clinton’s supporters at this party said of the Trump voters: “I think these people probably flunked out of school—they don't know history, they don't understand the world.”
Hundreds of other commentators and individuals have attributed Trump’s win to “ignorant angry white people.”
In some universities students petitioned for a day off from classes and tests, pleading emotional and mental distress over Trump’s victory. The most humorous account by one of these students, whom some commentators call snowflakes, was that of the young woman who recounted that she cried until she vomited, then hyperventilated and passed out.
Really? I opposed Barack Obama, but on his reelection night I simply poured another gin and tonic and went to bed.
From all these comments, we observe in our American Elite, Democrats and Republicans, the same attitudes revealed by the election race: self-righteousness, arrogance, delusion, and contempt for many of their fellow citizens. These are the people who believe their education and high position give them the right to dictate to those whom they are supposed to serve. They express compassion for the working class and the poor, yet live far removed from them. They see the world and all of life through a prism colored by the issues of race, wealth, and gender.
Politics is their religion and their god. Many of them regard those who disagree with them as Luciferian. They believe everyone who voted for Trump is racist, sexist, fascist, and whatever other “–ist” you got.
Two realities have eluded them.
First, many Americans are fed up with our government, our drive toward socialism, and the corruption in our capitol. They are tired of the bullying, the mockery, the condescension. They made their dissatisfaction apparent in a voting booth.
Second, many Americans loved Trump much less than they hated Hilary Clinton, whom they regarded as corrupt, mean-spirited, and mediocre. Think about it: Why would they vote for someone who referred to them as “Deplorables?”
To all of you, Republicans or Democrats, sitting in your offices and homes in D.C. and thinking you are superior to those you govern, here’s some advice for the next time around. Like all advice, you can take it or shove it into a trashcan.
Take a look at the people you never see, the men and women invisible to you whom you encounter every day.
Take a look at that overweight woman working the cash register at the 7-11 where you stop from time to time to buy some chewing gum.
Take a look at that seventy-year-old man with the stooped back who’s stocking shelves in your local grocery store.
Take a look at the guy with the oil-encrusted fingernails who just tuned up the engine of your car.
Take a look at that mom with six kids who stayed open to life and is living on a budget that might shame a beggar.
Really look at these people. Do you have any idea what they’re thinking? Any clue as to what their hopes are or what they think about America?
You might even try to talk to some of these people.
How about that guy who owns the hardware store off Main Street? Why don’t you ask him how his business is going?
That woman with the flower shop? Ask her what sort of taxes she has to pay and what sort of regulations she has to follow.
That insurance salesman down the road? Ask her how ObamaCare has affected her earnings.
Ask that Hispanic guy who owns a small construction firm and runs a crew of twelve workers why he and two-thirds of his fellow legal Hispanic citizens want immigration curtailed or shut down? His answer may surprise you.
That Marine who just retired? Ask him what he thinks of the last eight years of change in our military.
Lots of your opponents, those “Deplorables,” voted for Donald Trump because he brought a fresh vision of America to the table. Lots of others voted against Hilary Clinton because they couldn’t stand her lies and chicanery or didn’t want another four years of war, regulation, and over-the-top spending.
So yes, some of you are living in a bubble. You and your friends have similar high incomes. You take expensive vacations, eat in fine restaurants, and own nice homes. You read the right books, you watch the right news, you look at the right websites. You share the same disdain for those who disagree with you.
You forgot just one tiny detail.
Eventually, all bubbles burst.
In some universities students petitioned for a day off from classes and tests, pleading emotional and mental distress over Trump’s victory. The most humorous account by one of these students, whom some commentators call snowflakes, was that of the young woman who recounted that she cried until she vomited, then hyperventilated and passed out.
Really? I opposed Barack Obama, but on his reelection night I simply poured another gin and tonic and went to bed.
From all these comments, we observe in our American Elite, Democrats and Republicans, the same attitudes revealed by the election race: self-righteousness, arrogance, delusion, and contempt for many of their fellow citizens. These are the people who believe their education and high position give them the right to dictate to those whom they are supposed to serve. They express compassion for the working class and the poor, yet live far removed from them. They see the world and all of life through a prism colored by the issues of race, wealth, and gender.
Politics is their religion and their god. Many of them regard those who disagree with them as Luciferian. They believe everyone who voted for Trump is racist, sexist, fascist, and whatever other “–ist” you got.
Two realities have eluded them.
First, many Americans are fed up with our government, our drive toward socialism, and the corruption in our capitol. They are tired of the bullying, the mockery, the condescension. They made their dissatisfaction apparent in a voting booth.
Second, many Americans loved Trump much less than they hated Hilary Clinton, whom they regarded as corrupt, mean-spirited, and mediocre. Think about it: Why would they vote for someone who referred to them as “Deplorables?”
To all of you, Republicans or Democrats, sitting in your offices and homes in D.C. and thinking you are superior to those you govern, here’s some advice for the next time around. Like all advice, you can take it or shove it into a trashcan.
Take a look at the people you never see, the men and women invisible to you whom you encounter every day.
Take a look at that overweight woman working the cash register at the 7-11 where you stop from time to time to buy some chewing gum.
Take a look at that seventy-year-old man with the stooped back who’s stocking shelves in your local grocery store.
Take a look at the guy with the oil-encrusted fingernails who just tuned up the engine of your car.
Take a look at that mom with six kids who stayed open to life and is living on a budget that might shame a beggar.
Really look at these people. Do you have any idea what they’re thinking? Any clue as to what their hopes are or what they think about America?
You might even try to talk to some of these people.
How about that guy who owns the hardware store off Main Street? Why don’t you ask him how his business is going?
That woman with the flower shop? Ask her what sort of taxes she has to pay and what sort of regulations she has to follow.
That insurance salesman down the road? Ask her how ObamaCare has affected her earnings.
Ask that Hispanic guy who owns a small construction firm and runs a crew of twelve workers why he and two-thirds of his fellow legal Hispanic citizens want immigration curtailed or shut down? His answer may surprise you.
That Marine who just retired? Ask him what he thinks of the last eight years of change in our military.
Lots of your opponents, those “Deplorables,” voted for Donald Trump because he brought a fresh vision of America to the table. Lots of others voted against Hilary Clinton because they couldn’t stand her lies and chicanery or didn’t want another four years of war, regulation, and over-the-top spending.
So yes, some of you are living in a bubble. You and your friends have similar high incomes. You take expensive vacations, eat in fine restaurants, and own nice homes. You read the right books, you watch the right news, you look at the right websites. You share the same disdain for those who disagree with you.
You forgot just one tiny detail.
Eventually, all bubbles burst.
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