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Originally Posted by loaferman61
So let me get this straight. The POTUS is feared that he will spends his time on the rights of "artists". I would like that clarified before I address it.
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Good, because that's not what I meant, and I think not what I said .. I referred to discussion turning to two things; one being fears about what his Presidency may bring, and the other on the rights and wisdom of artists coming out in support or opposition.
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Originally Posted by nightinr
The majority of this thread mirrors why Trump got elected. The social, liberal elite who think they're better than the average man/woman in the street talk in an articulate, patronising way of how terrible Trump is. This just puts off the silent majority who then are tempted to vote the opposite way. A similar thing happened in the UK over Brexit.
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I don't agree that to be able to articulate one's views clearly implies that those who do think themselves "better", nor is it patronising, unless the reader chooses to grab that hat and shove it on their head .. in fact to claim this is a kind of inverted snobbery in itself imo, and diminishes both education and willingness to read, research, and to do one's best to inform oneself and to check out media articles against evidence one has seen and heard, against reports and studies etc. If the
average is inarticulate we have a massive problem in education; when they are not prepared to read beyond headlines we have a ill-informed populace.
I think your comparison to Brexit is a massive over-simplification .. but will not drag this thread down that warren
