"And when we reduce our evaluation of this phenomenon to an assessment of his character, we're giving short shrift to the sentiments of those many, many millions who think that he is representing them. He's their tribune, that kind of thing. "
What concerns me greatly is that Glenn Loury is one of the most rational liberals I've ever come across (no, he would not necessarily call himself a liberal, but...), yet he speaks like a true bigot. The main premise of this discourse is that Trump is truly a horrible person, but we should at least be able to draw that conclusion on our own. That's about as broad as the thinking gets among the progressives.
I have a master's in education. That's my preface to saying this: I have found progressivism and progressive education to be sad testaments to intellectual inbreeding and academic incest. There hasn't been a rational thought, or a recognition of factual reality, out of the progressive movement in many decades, if ever. I've been saying this for far longer than Trump has been out there saying essentially the same thing.
Those who take offense at my statements might want to consider one, minor detail. As exemplified in Loury's comments, progressives have been making insulting, bigoted comments about conservatives for longer than I've been alive, which is quite a while. As one really rational democrat once said, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
It's about time that we recognize that the progressive movement has a very ugly history, including but not limited to the racism of President Wilson, and the eugenics of Margaret Sanger. Hitler followed the lead of the progressive movement in his racist policies. After you get through choking on that one, try doing some real research and not just cribbing off of each other's master's theses. It's true. Hitler was a progressive. You are not the anointed ones. You are the pigheaded ones.
p.s. I didn't vote for Trump in 2016, because I saw him as no better than Hillary, who is truly a horrible person. So, I voted for libertarian Gary Johnson, his one qualification being that he was neither Trump nor Clinton. Two things led me to vote for him in 2020. One, the horrible, brainless, hate-based persecution of Trump by Pelosi and her cabal of progressive tyrants absolutely horrified me. We are now, thanks to her, a banana republic. Two, Trump proved quite competent. He is capable of thinking and doing outside the political box. Boy, do we need a LOT more of that in DC. Don't you think so?
"And when we reduce our evaluation of this phenomenon to an assessment of his character, we're giving short shrift to the sentiments of those many, many millions who think that he is representing them. He's their tribune, that kind of thing. "
What concerns me greatly is that Glenn Loury is one of the most rational liberals I've ever come across (no, he would not necessarily call himself a liberal, but...), yet he speaks like a true bigot. The main premise of this discourse is that Trump is truly a horrible person, but we should at least be able to draw that conclusion on our own. That's about as broad as the thinking gets among the progressives.
I have a master's in education. That's my preface to saying this: I have found progressivism and progressive education to be sad testaments to intellectual inbreeding and academic incest. There hasn't been a rational thought, or a recognition of factual reality, out of the progressive movement in many decades, if ever. I've been saying this for far longer than Trump has been out there saying essentially the same thing.
Those who take offense at my statements might want to consider one, minor detail. As exemplified in Loury's comments, progressives have been making insulting, bigoted comments about conservatives for longer than I've been alive, which is quite a while. As one really rational democrat once said, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
It's about time that we recognize that the progressive movement has a very ugly history, including but not limited to the racism of President Wilson, and the eugenics of Margaret Sanger. Hitler followed the lead of the progressive movement in his racist policies. After you get through choking on that one, try doing some real research and not just cribbing off of each other's master's theses. It's true. Hitler was a progressive. You are not the anointed ones. You are the pigheaded ones.
p.s. I didn't vote for Trump in 2016, because I saw him as no better than Hillary, who is truly a horrible person. So, I voted for libertarian Gary Johnson, his one qualification being that he was neither Trump nor Clinton. Two things led me to vote for him in 2020. One, the horrible, brainless, hate-based persecution of Trump by Pelosi and her cabal of progressive tyrants absolutely horrified me. We are now, thanks to her, a banana republic. Two, Trump proved quite competent. He is capable of thinking and doing outside the political box. Boy, do we need a LOT more of that in DC. Don't you think so?