As a Libertarian, I’m not shocked at all by Donald Trump's election.
The moment liberals believed he couldn't do it is the moment he took the White
House. Of course Trump won. Why is everyone so shocked? The media, the
political elite, the pollsters, the markets, and the left are all walking around
with their collective jaws on the floor.
How can the left be this
shocked? Hillary Clinton? What were the Democrats thinking? Don’t get me wrong,
I’d rather vote for Lucifer than Donald Trump, but this isn’t about how Trump won, it's about how Clinton lost.
Seriously. How bad do
you have to be to lose to Trump? Where was Bernie Sanders? Why wasn’t he on the
ticket? Sanders was infinitely more electable than Clinton, but the Democrats
decided on a candidate who’s been cozying up to the banks and dry humping
corporations for years. She’s on record telling her corporate friends that you
should have a public and a private persona. In other words, don’t tell the
truth to the plebs, or you won’t be able to rip them off.
What did they think was
going to happen? People keep asking themselves, “How did this happen?” They’re
dumbfounded, but it’s so incredibly simple.
The left did this. When are they going to learn? The left
have given up putting any argument across at all to the point where Hillary
Clinton is considered a liberal. On many issues, the conservative prime minister
of England, Theresa May, is less right wing than Clinton. That’s a fact. And
yet, people are all over Facebook saying, “I’m with her. She’s certainly better
than Trump.” Sorry, that’s not good enough.
Most people who voted for
Trump are not sexist, or racist. Some are, but most are not. Most people didn’t
vote for her, not because she’s a woman, they didn’t vote for her because she
offered no palpable change what so ever. Same old stuff in a different
container.
Trump offers a change. A
terrifying change, but at least it’s a change. Clinton represented very
little actually. She protects corporate interests, feeds the military
industrial complex, and doesn’t call the police when questions from the debate
are leaked to her in advance. I noticed the media barely reported that.
What does it take to get the left to realize an argument isn’t
won by hurling labels and insults? When will they learn that the key is
discussion? Rational, thoughtful, meaningful discussion? Those on the left unwilling
to seriously discuss issues created the conditions that allowed President Trump
and people like him to thrive.
People on the left won’t
listen, so this is their fault. The left have decided that any other opinion, any
other way of looking at the world is unacceptable. They don’t debate anymore
because they hold the moral high ground and won the cultural war. So, if you’re on the right, you’re a
freak. You’re evil, racist, uneducated, and stupid. You are a basket of
deplorables and are not deserving of their time. How do you think people are
going to vote if you talk to them like that? When has anyone ever been
persuaded by being insulted or labeled?
So now, those on the right,
or anyone who is against the prevailing view, are attacked for raising their opinion.
That’s why the media and pollsters missed on this one. The left shouted down
their opposition, keeping them quiet and still until they reached the voting
booth. In there, no one is watching. There’s no blame or shame, and you
can finally say what you really think and that is a powerful thing.
All the exit polls were
wrong; all of them. Because when asked, people on the right can’t say what they
actually think. They can’t say what they think because they’re not allowed to.
The left have made people unable to articulate their position for fear of being
shouted down. Every time someone on the left has said, “You mustn’t say that,”
they are contributing to this culture.
It’s time for the left to
stop moaning and crying over an opportunity lost. It’s time to stop ignoring
your opponent, or worse, trying to silence them. It’s time to stop banning
people from speaking at universities. It’s time to stop thinking that reposting
an article on your Facebook feed is political engagement.
It’s time to stop thinking
that banning a gymnast from doing what he’s good at because he insulted someone’s
religion somehow achieved something. When did the gymnastics association start
thinking it was appropriate to start enforcing blasphemy laws?
If this dialogue hurts your
feelings you have two choices: run away to your safe space, or you can engage
and debate me, and tell me what I’m getting wrong, and why. Being offended
doesn’t work anymore. Throwing insults doesn’t work anymore. The only thing
that works is engaging in the debate. Rational, logical, meaningful debate.
So stop surrounding yourself
with only people you agree with. Talk to people who think differently than you
and persuade them with your argument. It’s so easy, and the left have lost the
art.
Stop thinking that everyone who disagrees with you is evil, or racist, or sexist, or stupid, and talk to them. Persuade them to think otherwise, because if you don't at least try, you get what you deserve. You get President Trump.
Stop thinking that everyone who disagrees with you is evil, or racist, or sexist, or stupid, and talk to them. Persuade them to think otherwise, because if you don't at least try, you get what you deserve. You get President Trump.