The part that surprised me was that this came through Trump—don't watch reality TV. In retrospect, it makes sense, of course.
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The other part that surprised me is how lousy TV media has been. Yes he's news, cover him. Giving him unfiltered microphone is not news.
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So, global crisis. Nobody has magic wand but it's clear that we must make institutions work and defending positive values. At the same time.
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Don't look at Trump as an aberration, a black swan event. The fact that it's neither unique to US—or even new to US—says structural causes.
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If it weren't him, it would be someone else, if not this election, than next. Just look at elections and governments around the world. /end
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(Adding links: Tea Party: http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/williamson/files/tea_party_pop.pdf … democracy: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/2/new-evidence-suggests-that-the-rich-own-our-democracy.html … decline of institutions: http://www.edelman.com/news/trust-institutions-drops-level-great-recession/ … etc.)
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Also: I say people feel unrepresented. Does NOT mean I sympathize with the racism. (They'd deport me first!) BUT.. always try to understand.
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"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto." "I am [hu]man, and nothing of that which is human is alien to me." To understand, not to like.
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Not an argument for or against protests, but a data point on effect on FL GOP likely voters. Slight Trump advantage.pic.twitter.com/b8dUUuPgea
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@alexhanna Yeah, that'd be great. Though it's already a two-day subsample so further divisions=huge MoE. Source: http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/5e8badb6-57e6-43b0-92f3-f1643d68352b.pdf …
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