How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again?

[u/ben_watson_jr]

https://newrepublic.com/article/181287/can-america-possibly-elect-trump-again

[u/Duster929]

Racism is stupidity.

[u/BaldBeardedOne → u/Duster929]

Sometimes it isn’t, sometimes it’s pure malice. Those are the most dangerous racists.

[u/the_headless_hunt → u/BaldBeardedOne]

Malice is also a type of stupidity/ignorance, in my opinion

[u/Icarus1 → u/the_headless_hunt]

its dangerous to conflate the two. someone who is stupid you can generally outwit, someone who is malicious but not stupid may well outwit you

[u/the_headless_hunt → u/Icarus1]

What I'm getting at is that someone who acts maliciously is ignorant of the value in other people and that no one is above/below anyone. Yes they may be cunning and intelligent but they're missing out on a real core truth. I'm not explaining this as clearly as I want to, sorry if this doesn't make sense.

[u/mmeiser → u/the_headless_hunt]

I get what you are trying to say and agree with you to a large extent. But two sayings come to mind. One that proves your point and the other that doesn't.

We can't both win but we can both loose.

I don't want to get to political but history is full of examples of this. The middle east looses again and again and again. People have a longnhistory of hurting themselves by hurting their neighbors amd vice versa. Its a sad story. I assume that is what you mean on a macroscopic level.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

I think that is attriubuted to Mark Twain. It needs no explanation. O.k. Bonus quote below because George Carlin was not just a comedian. He was a sage.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

I guess my point is stupid is the breeding ground of hate. Its dangeous on so many levels. There is ignorance, willful ignorance and then comes malice. Historically speaking it takes very little to tip the scales into absolutely evil emds.

[u/the_headless_hunt → u/mmeiser]

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals." - Agent K

[u/specqq → u/the_headless_hunt]

Being hateful and malicious is stupid because it's a stupid way to live and locks you out of one of the chief joys of being alive - helping others.

[u/the_headless_hunt → u/specqq]

There it is! Thanks

[u/specqq → u/the_headless_hunt]

Thanks for giving me the chance to help out.

[u/vivomancer → u/Icarus1]

headless is implying that the "cut off your nose to spite your face" of electing Trump is it's own form of stupidity.

[u/scotlandz → u/BaldBeardedOne]

So, stupid AND malignant!

[u/nojob_nofriends → u/Duster929]

It's also very useful for exploitation that benefits the rich

[u/SurpriseHamburgler → u/nojob_nofriends]

If only folks got a little less upset at skin color, and a little more upset at the dollars being taken out of their paychecks. Helluva strategy betting on the attention span of the uneducated.

This is the real last shot the American poor have, to escape the trap that’s been set for them. The rest of us will pay a price too… not as hefty but it’s damn near dinner time and these folks are the main course.

[u/itsmyhotsauce → u/Duster929]

Or just straight malice. Willful ignorance isn't stupidity, it's something less innocent.

[u/diggerbanks → u/Duster929]

Racism is fear and fear is ignorance... but I suppose ignorance can be in the form of stupidity.

[u/guisar → u/Duster929]

Racism is fear- fear of one's own inadequacy, fear of losing whatever status one may aspire to and fear of the new or different. It's not that simple though when scarce resources are involved but mainly it's fear.

[u/Duster929 → u/[deleted]]

What are these observable truths, which people have been told aren't real?

[u/zSeia → u/[deleted]]

You're seriously blaming Trump on trans people asking for basic respect? This isn't even a belief, it's anti-trans fanfiction.

[u/Duster929 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I figured that's where you were going with this.