Have the "trumpets" * pushed us † into another reactionary place? I wonder.
I lived, as a child, through the beginnins of the Cold War, H. U. A., C., Joe Mc Carthy, and a bat shit crazy aunt. I learned to think nimbly and practice dissimulation dn evasion. The aunt could not listen to another point of view. She had to be right.
The aunt was my father's sister. The last of five children. Shortly after her birth instability attacked the family. The family spoiled her. She was quite attractive. She spent her life waiting tables and running a rooming house with my grandmother. I believe she possessed much intelegence. She lacked direction. ‡
My cut on this says she never accepted reality fully. Her expectations from being spoiled exceeded any realistic point. She failed to go beyond high school. And, she could not understand why she didn't have more.
My aunt consoled herself with reactionary fixations. These played out in the usual way. She followed many bizare fads. And, she vituperated vitriolically against the usual minority groups.
From my perspective, trumpets behave in this way.
We ±do have issues and even threats. That is not the question. The question focuses on the degree of impact and the better way to address it.
* Trump supporters
† USA citizens
‡ How much of this comes from my own projection? You can find out if you pay the theray bill.
± op cit
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