Re: The Rant Thread (v 1.2)
Personally I think the rise of this type of extremism is occurring world wide due to a portion of the society feeling abused and undermined. Trump is getting a lot of support that the media and people are trying to make racial and education driven but I personally do not think it is. The influx of refugee's into Europe and the promise of it in the US is a major issue right now. I read a report today about the state of Ohio getting something like 20,000 Syrian refugee's and the Red Cross stating something like 92 percent of that figure is all males. That is putting people on edge, especially given our own economic and political situations at the moment.
I imagine if the media were actually being impartial and doing serious investigative reporting we'd be seeing something different. It's like why is Trump carrying so much of the rural and county vote? Could it be they comprise a lot of the middle class which in our society has been hammered really bad lately? How about the South that has been hammered culturally as it clings to a heritage and reclaim it and get slammed while being force feed about not judging all Muslims by the actions of a few. It's not just white's backing Trump, nor is it just low class low intelligent people but that's the angle the media sure is trying to paint.
I imagine much of Europe is facing the same issue as the US in that the old guard is being challenged and is loosing in many areas. In an attempt to retain control and influence they will strike out and try to undermine anything that seeks to remove that control. Consider the Republicans sure had no issues when they got Trump to acknowledge and agree to backing which ever Republican candidate was winning when it came time to select. Yet now that its Trump and the old guard doesn't have that control they have to try and smear him. Even if it means giving the election to the other side, at least it would still be somewhat the old guard in control.
Originally posted by DanieMarie
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I imagine if the media were actually being impartial and doing serious investigative reporting we'd be seeing something different. It's like why is Trump carrying so much of the rural and county vote? Could it be they comprise a lot of the middle class which in our society has been hammered really bad lately? How about the South that has been hammered culturally as it clings to a heritage and reclaim it and get slammed while being force feed about not judging all Muslims by the actions of a few. It's not just white's backing Trump, nor is it just low class low intelligent people but that's the angle the media sure is trying to paint.
I imagine much of Europe is facing the same issue as the US in that the old guard is being challenged and is loosing in many areas. In an attempt to retain control and influence they will strike out and try to undermine anything that seeks to remove that control. Consider the Republicans sure had no issues when they got Trump to acknowledge and agree to backing which ever Republican candidate was winning when it came time to select. Yet now that its Trump and the old guard doesn't have that control they have to try and smear him. Even if it means giving the election to the other side, at least it would still be somewhat the old guard in control.
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