It's unclear to me whether this guy is a sincere Trump supporter, an deliberate parody of one, or a particularly intelligent and thoughtful troll. Whatever the truth may be, the post articulates something very real about our current political reality--and something that any mainstream liberals who still consider themselves supporters of …
It's unclear to me whether this guy is a sincere Trump supporter, an deliberate parody of one, or a particularly intelligent and thoughtful troll. Whatever the truth may be, the post articulates something very real about our current political reality--and something that any mainstream liberals who still consider themselves supporters of the poor and the working class really ought to keep in mind and reflect upon. Of course, none of this means that Trump was a good person or a good thing for the country.
Yeah, the post certainly seems to have struck a cord here. I hope that people are liking the post because it nicely articulates the cultural forces that contributed to Trumpism (and legitimate frustrations with elitist attitudes) and not because the likers share the commenter's support for Trump.
As for my suggestion that the post is insincere: I guess my time observing internet culture has made me cynical.
Sincere Trump supporter, but I would like to be the troll as well. I love using Trump to upset people. He is a pretty horrible person and it is dubious whether his presidency did anything to help the people who supported him. In fact it’s unlikely he helped them but he did say they matter. People like that.
Politicians exploit voters by pandering to their stupidity and weaknesses.
As others have pointed out, Trump was honest about his dishonesty. His narrative was so powerful (the elites in both parties have been throwing working class people under the bus for 50 years) that he didn't need to be correct on very many facts, especially the ones used by the cultural-left to support their narrative (everything is a construct, white people are evil, everyone else is a victim, and so forth).
One of the facts that he was correct about is that most of the people on the cultural-left are horrible sell-outs. The further up the food chain on the cultural-left, the worse the problem is. Overt as well as pervasive intellectual fraud and dishonesty, Tammany Hall style corruption, etc.
Yes I agree with you the elite use their education to ridicule the uneducated white working class in a deeply dishonest way - meritocracy - “ it’s your own fault buddy, you’re a loser I’m a winner”
Trump being so often wrong was strangely helpful; he trounced them with his lack of knowledge. His affect was hilarious and I think his supporters said - “ WTF, this guy stands up for us , they speak down to us.”
It's unclear to me whether this guy is a sincere Trump supporter, an deliberate parody of one, or a particularly intelligent and thoughtful troll. Whatever the truth may be, the post articulates something very real about our current political reality--and something that any mainstream liberals who still consider themselves supporters of the poor and the working class really ought to keep in mind and reflect upon. Of course, none of this means that Trump was a good person or a good thing for the country.
Interesting-- didn't even consider this was anything besides a sincere post. Regardless, it has gotten 14 likes at this point so your point stands.
Yeah, the post certainly seems to have struck a cord here. I hope that people are liking the post because it nicely articulates the cultural forces that contributed to Trumpism (and legitimate frustrations with elitist attitudes) and not because the likers share the commenter's support for Trump.
As for my suggestion that the post is insincere: I guess my time observing internet culture has made me cynical.
Sincere Trump supporter, but I would like to be the troll as well. I love using Trump to upset people. He is a pretty horrible person and it is dubious whether his presidency did anything to help the people who supported him. In fact it’s unlikely he helped them but he did say they matter. People like that.
A universal truth on both the left and right:
Politicians exploit voters by pandering to their stupidity and weaknesses.
As others have pointed out, Trump was honest about his dishonesty. His narrative was so powerful (the elites in both parties have been throwing working class people under the bus for 50 years) that he didn't need to be correct on very many facts, especially the ones used by the cultural-left to support their narrative (everything is a construct, white people are evil, everyone else is a victim, and so forth).
One of the facts that he was correct about is that most of the people on the cultural-left are horrible sell-outs. The further up the food chain on the cultural-left, the worse the problem is. Overt as well as pervasive intellectual fraud and dishonesty, Tammany Hall style corruption, etc.
Yes I agree with you the elite use their education to ridicule the uneducated white working class in a deeply dishonest way - meritocracy - “ it’s your own fault buddy, you’re a loser I’m a winner”
Trump being so often wrong was strangely helpful; he trounced them with his lack of knowledge. His affect was hilarious and I think his supporters said - “ WTF, this guy stands up for us , they speak down to us.”