I hope people who don't get it read her book or books like it so that at least they understand where these people are coming from. For me and my friends (newspeople and liberals all) we get what Trumpers are looking for. Yes, they're looking for peace and security and all that - but whereas we look for it through treating EVERYONE with respect, they look for it through "Me first, no non-white people need apply, no gays, no uppity women. Only when we silence all of those voices will we have peace and security."

I will NEVER respect that viewpoint. I get that jobs have been lost. I get that people are scared, I even sort of get that to the uneducated eye it might look like "liberals" and brown people and anyone who isn't a white uneducated god-fearin' Murkin is the bad guy. But I'm not going to defend or coddle that point of view. It's willful ignorance and bigotry by choice. There is a world of information out here available to anyone who wants to understand who the real bad guys are. People who huddle in the middle of their imaginary "golden age" (where white people were on top as God intended and women and brown people knew their place) and refuse to allow facts, or decency, to intrude will not get my respect or tolerance.


Grrrrr... don't get me star-- oh, wait. I started myself.