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    Trump Won Because Leftist Political Correctness Inspired a Terrifying Backlash

    What every liberal who didn't see this coming needs to understand


    Many will say Trump won because he successfully capitalized on blue collar workers' anxieties about immigration and globalization. Others will say he won because America rejected a deeply unpopular alternative. Still others will say the country is simply racist to its core.

    But there's another major piece of the puzzle, and it would be a profound mistake to overlook it. Overlooking it was largely the problem, in the first place.

    Trump won because of a cultural issue that flies under the radar and remains stubbornly difficult to define, but is nevertheless hugely important to a great number of Americans: political correctness.

    More specifically, Trump won because he convinced a great number of Americans that he would destroy political correctness.

    I have tried to call attention to this issue for years. I have warned that political correctness actually is a problem on college campuses, where the far-left has gained institutional power and used it to punish people for saying or thinking the wrong thing. And ever since Donald Trump became a serious threat to win the GOP presidential primaries, I have warned that a lot of people, both on campus and off it, were furious about political-correctness-run-amok—so furious that they would give power to any man who stood in opposition to it.

    I have watched this play out on campus after campus. I have watched dissident student groups invite Milo Yiannopoulos to speak—not because they particularly agree with his views, but because he denounces censorship and undermines political correctness. I have watched students cheer his theatrics, his insulting behavior, and his narcissism solely because the enforcers of campus goodthink are outraged by it. It's not about his ideas, or policies. It's not even about him. It's about vengeance for social oppression.

    Trump has done to America what Yiannopoulos did to campus. This is a view Yiannopoulos shares. When I spoke with him about Trump's success months ago, he told me, "Nobody votes for Trump or likes Trump on the basis of policy positions. That's a misunderstanding of what the Trump phenomenon is."

    He described Trump as "an icon of irreverent resistance to political correctness." Correctly, I might add.

    What is political correctness? It's notoriously hard to define. I recently appeared on a panel with CNN's Sally Kohn, who described political correctness as being polite and having good manners. That's fine—it can mean different things to different people. I like manners. I like being polite. That's not what I'm talking about.

    The segment of the electorate who flocked to Trump because he positioned himself as "an icon of irreverent resistance to political correctness" think it means this: smug, entitled, elitist, privileged leftists jumping down the throats of ordinary folks who aren't up-to-date on the latest requirements of progressive society.

    Example: A lot of people think there are only two genders—boy and girl. Maybe they're wrong. Maybe they should change that view. Maybe it's insensitive to the trans community. Maybe it even flies in the face of modern social psychology. But people think it. Political correctness is the social force that holds them in contempt for that, or punishes them outright.

    If you're a leftist reading this, you probably think that's stupid. You probably can't understand why someone would get so bent out of shape about being told their words are hurtful. You probably think it's not a big deal and these people need to get over themselves. Who's the delicate snowflake now, huh? you're probably thinking. I'm telling you: your failure to acknowledge this miscalculation and adjust your approach has delivered the country to Trump.

    There's a related problem: the boy-who-cried-wolf situation. I was happy to see a few liberals, like Bill Maher, owning up to it. Maher admitted during a recent show that he was wrong to treat George Bush, Mitt Romney, and John McCain like they were apocalyptic threats to the nation: it robbed him of the ability to treat Trump more seriously. The left said McCain was a racist supported by racists, it said Romney was a racist supported by racists, but when an actually racist Republican came along—and racists cheered him—it had lost its ability to credibly make that accusation.

    This is akin to the political-correctness-run-amok problem: both are examples of the left's horrible over-reach during the Obama years. The leftist drive to enforce a progressive social vision was relentless, and it happened too fast. I don't say this because I'm opposed to that vision—like most members of the under-30 crowd, I have no problem with gender neutral pronouns—I say this because it inspired a backlash that gave us Trump.

    My liberal critics rolled their eyes when I complained about political correctness. I hope they see things a little more clearly now. The left sorted everyone into identity groups and then told the people in the poorly-educated-white-male identity group that that's the only bad one. It mocked the members of this group mercilessly. It punished them for not being woke enough. It called them racists. It said their video games were sexist. It deployed Lena Dunham to tell them how horrible they were. Lena Dunham!

    I warned that political-correctness-run-amok and liberal overreach would lead to a counter-revolution if unchecked. That counter-revolution just happened.

    There is a cost to depriving people of the freedom (in both the legal and social senses) to speak their mind. The presidency just went to the guy whose main qualification, according to his supporters, is that he isn't afraid to speak his.


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    So now that it's over, I have looked back over my life often and reflected on how many times I've tried to point out that our leaders do not care about us. That our government is bought and sold by Wall Street, big business, back door deals and we, the people have suffered because if it.

    I've thought about all the people I grew up with that worked at Bethlehem Steel, Trico, Ford, Chevy, DuPont, etc and sadly shook my head as those jobs moved overseas. Those factories closed and people in my income and age group lost jobs. Lost financial security. Worked 2, 3 jobs. Wives forced to work, not to get ahead, but to survive.

    I've seen people accused of living beyond their means, just because they wanted cable tv, or a better car. And shook my head in disgust.

    I have hated this government and I have hated watching them get fat while the people starved.

    I don't believe Donald Trump will "make America great again."I think he will fail more than succeed, but I also knew that Hillary would only let Washington get fatter while the rest of the country continued to deteriorate.
    So I voted for Trump at the last minute, because Hillary represents everything I have grown to hate about this country. And my conscience would not allow me to circle her name on the ballot. Hillary didn't lose because of emails. She lost because she represents a failed system that lost touch with the American people decades ago. She lost because she's disingenuous.

    God have mercy on me, and on us all. I am sorry if some of you feel like I let you down.
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    I think the race card being played all the time played a big role. People that had nothing to do with slavery are sick and tied of being blamed for everything bad in black peoples' lives.
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    What a great article! Thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HipKat View Post
    because Hillary represents everything I have grown to hate about this country. And my conscience would not allow me to circle her name on the ballot. Hillary didn't lose because of emails. She lost because she represents a failed system that lost touch with the American people decades ago. She lost because she's disingenuous.

    I think it's possible to replace Hillary with the establishment.

    I expect some bad things to happen. Expected it regardless of who won. But I do hope for some positive changes. In no particular order:

    > Loss of power for the far right. The Christian right.

    > Loss of power for the far left. The Progressive left.

    > Right sizing political correctness. Which has morphed into reverse racism and sexism.

    > Loss of credibility of the media to the point where their opinions don't carry as much weight and they are forced to simply report rather than paint.

    > A gain in the understanding that elections matter and anyone can win. Elections can not be steered to a direction if voters remain aware and avoid being naive. Elections can not be purchased with more money than the other person.

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    My biggest hope for a Trump victory, well maybe not biggest, is that the system itself suffers from a shakeup and forces Washington to pay more attention to who they nominate, and who is voting. So your last point especially, I really agree with
    Let me articulate this for you:
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    Democrats Suicidal Over Donald Trump Winning


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    I see us getting back to constitutional principals which have largely been ignored and thrown under the bus. I see Americans becoming more nationalistic, the snowflake generation getting a little less pasty and more robust after they have had their nervous breakdowns. I see immigration control, term limits for congress, scrapping lousy trade deals, avoiding global conflict by not taking out people like Khadaffi, and causing the president democratically elected in Ukraine to be cast out, working with Russia as opposed to against, holding China to task for manipulating their currency.

    Mostly I see the establishment who has been screwing us for years on the run. A vote for Hillary was a vote for Wall Street, Google, Facebook, Corrupt institutions.

    If the left becomes violent as they are prone to do, we have president that wont tolerate such and neither will moderate Americans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HipKat View Post
    My biggest hope for a Trump victory, well maybe not biggest, is that the system itself suffers from a shakeup and forces Washington to pay more attention to who they nominate, and who is voting. So your last point especially, I really agree with

    It's really a double win if you think about it.

    What happened to Sanders shows that there collusion at the top and that people who are suspicious can no longer be painted as crazy conspiracists. What happened with Trump shows that anyone can win the highest office in the land regardless of what the establishment or media want.


    What happens in the next 4 years pales in comparison to the benefits from the above for the next 40.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Save Us View Post
    I see us getting back to constitutional principals which have largely been ignored and thrown under the bus. I see Americans becoming more nationalistic, the snowflake generation getting a little less pasty and more robust after they have had their nervous breakdowns. I see immigration control, term limits for congress, scrapping lousy trade deals, avoiding global conflict by not taking out people like Khadaffi, and causing the president democratically elected in Ukraine to be cast out, working with Russia as opposed to against, holding China to task for manipulating their currency.

    Mostly I see the establishment who has been screwing us for years on the run. A vote for Hillary was a vote for Wall Street, Google, Facebook, Corrupt institutions.

    If the left becomes violent as they are prone to do, we have president that wont tolerate such and neither will moderate Americans.

    I want the US to start sending demands for payment on services rendered by the US military and I want the media to find it's proper place.

    Snowflakes are going to melt...

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    "Donald Trump is going to be our President. We owe him an open mind and chance to lead"- Hillary Clinton http://ow.ly/CLMM3060LDt

    Posted by News 4 WIVB Buffalo on Wednesday, November 9, 2016



    Go read some of the comments. A lot of sore losers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leftWNYbecauseofBS View Post
    It's really a double win if you think about it.
    What happened to Sanders shows that there collusion at the top and that people who are suspicious can no longer be painted as crazy conspiracists. What happened with Trump shows that anyone can win the highest office in the land regardless of what the establishment or media want.
    What happens in the next 4 years pales in comparison to the benefits from the above for the next 40.
    What he said !
    #Dems play musical chairs + patronage and nepotism = entitlement !

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    You really can't make this sh*t up.

    A gender studies class exam was pushed back a week because the snowflakes could not come to terms with Trump winning the election.


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    What will happen to these student when real life hits them head on?

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    This is why the election of Trump was so important,, hopefully he can stop us from becoming a nation of pu$$ies.

    We can thank God this generation was not on point during the War for Independence, the Great Depression, World War II, etc. etc. I think I'll go to my safe space now that I am sickened.

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