Important, if obvious, point: Donald Trump is both a cause of—AND a reaction to—the tribalism, cultural decay, & anomie America is facing.
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This is why Trump voters are just as happy when he attacks the NFL or not saying “Merry Christmas” as they would be if he passed a bill.
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His raison d'être is to fight the Left’s culture war (using media, pop culture, reality TV means)—not to pass conservative legislation.
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It should be noted that I disagreed deeply and profoundly with this strategy. But that is beside the point.
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Primarily, I wanted a peacemaker who could unify the country and win the argument (& then win the vote). Trump is stoking the bitterness.
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But maybe I was just naive. Maybe the Left would have destroyed Rubio. Maybe the Trump people are just realists. We may never know.
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Fox News has been playing those cards for 20 years. They changed the party. Trump is the result.
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Do you just not believe there is such a thing as identity politics for white people or do you just ignore how Rs have campaigned for decades
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are you serious? the right has been into identity politics and the culture war stuff far longer than the left.
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Sounds like a bunch of kids. Putin loves this.
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Yeah, that's why more minority voters voted for Trump than McCain or Romney!
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Yeah, Trump is the fault of liberal’s. Not the product of years of Limbaugh, Coulter, Levin, Hannity and the vile right wing entertainers.
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Do you have a working definition of "identity politics?"
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Oh please.
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curious: why do the only ppl upset with culture wars/ID politics seem to be people who are not part of a group Donald Trump has offended?
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I'm pretty sure Fox was nurturing this kind of butt hurt for a long, long time.
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Thats correct, Matt....
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The silent majority got less silent but too many of them cling to knee jerk conspiracy theories
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WHITE GRIEVANCE IS REAL
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