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Originally Posted by QuikSand
I think there's some degree of cried-wolf syndrome here at work, which is insidious in a weird way.
The left, especially the intelligentsia left, has long suffered from an extra helping of the righteous indignation that shows up in politics. It's not just that the other guy has a bad idea, but goddammit the other guy has the wrong idea, which is far worse. It's hard to articulate, but this is a different flavor than just the run of the mill "we're right, they're wrong" stuff. Lots of political intellectuals (largely liberal sorts) effectively want to do the thinking for everyone across the political spectrum.
So here, I basically agree with CC's argument. I find this stuff repellent. But those of us who do have already invested a lot of breath making similar-sounding claims about a wide range of topics... maybe global warming being the latest such case, but that's not the point.
Anyway...yelling "that's false" sounds an awful lot like "that's wrong" and that sounds an awful lot like "I disagree with you" and everyone knows that doesn't mean a thing in politics. Especially when the source of the critique is already known for nose-up sneering at the rest of the little people with their mistaken ideas.
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I agree with this, and I think it helps articulate why Trump is still in the lead, even though he is definitely not acting very presidential and won't do well once the crowd thins out.
He's really got the left upset. There are cover stories in the mainstream media not just every time he tweets, but every time he "likes" a tweet.
There's an appeal to that. I'm not going to vote based on what upsets the ivory tower, but I like seeing them react to it. When polls come out saying nearly half of Republicans are "angry" with Washington, this is what you get.
These days you're told you're not only wrong, but a bad person when you disagree with the left. Trump is somewhat cathartic. As long as he doesn't get the nomination, I kind of like it even though his solutions are shallow and won't work.