Call It What It Is: A Rabble says the New York Times.
Today, in Donald J. Trump, we have a genuine impresario of the mob — an instrument of the crowd who feels its resentment, its impatience, its distrust, and returns them all in slogans, epithets and witty (or witless) taunts. He validates the crowd’s malice by speaking out loud things people are not sure they have a right to say: Torture the terrorists, kick out the immigrants. At one rally, Mr. Trump said he wanted to punch a protester “in the face.” Some of his supporters have taken him at his word. At other times, Mr. Trump’s rallies thrum with barely suppressed violence.
Is it wrong, and partisan, to put the onus on Mr. Trump, and on the right? Isn’t this, after all, a moment of extremism in both directions? Well, no. Bernie Sanders rails against Wall Street’s fat cats and gins up his listeners to join a “political revolution.” But Mr. Sanders doesn’t call for the heads of bankers on a pike.
That sounds like a significant error if you ask me. It may explain why Trump’s vote totals are larger.
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” — Thomas Jefferson
I’m more than willing to start with politics. First.
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5 responses to “Anyone Care To Join The Rabble?”
I just realized – Trump is a real-world Moist von Lipwig.
http://www.amazon.com/Going-Postal-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0060502932/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459004089&sr=8-1&keywords=going+postal
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Money-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0062334999/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459004132&sr=8-1&keywords=making+money
heads of bankers on a pike.
It’s a start.
“The last bureaucrat hanged with the guts of the last priest”
trump and sanders oppose fee trade as do the american people. pervert canaduh turd crud and hillary goldman sachs offered me $650;000 clinton are whores for the wealthy free traders.
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I say it’s Marxism and to H*ll with it.