The Mere Mention Of Trump Supporter Peter Thiel Enrages A Liberal
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The unreasoned rage from the left has reached a dangerous boiling point. Their increasingly untethered fury substituting for policy, dialog or viable solutions.
As we are witnessing with alarming frequency, these unthinking "progressives" and socialists would rather stew in and savor their madness than propose anything to move the nation forward.
Just the other day, I was treated to a glaring example of one of these Trump-induced tantrums up close and personal.
I was having a conversation with someone from California. This person is highly intelligent, highly educated, accomplished, and admittedly, very liberal.
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Even though I come from the conservative side of the spectrum, our conversations were always fun, respectful, and productive. More by osmosis than anything, we never strayed into politics, religion, or the current occupant of The White House…whom I strongly support.
Because those rhetorical walls — if you will — were in place, we never had an issue.
The discussion then innocently morphed into "who were the best thinkers in the country" and "who was in reality, having the most positive effect."
Only because it was the first name to pop-up in my mind and because I believe it to be true, I answered: "Peter Thiel."
Before I could even get out two more words on why I thought the Silicon Valley creator and investor was so, this person's face turned blood red before blurting out: "Thiel is evil."
What?
This highly educated, highly intelligent, accomplished liberal Californian went from smiling and completely calm to fully enraged in a Nano-second.
I was honestly taken aback by the reaction and physical change in this person.
"Why," I asked cautiously. "Would you say that?"
"Because," this person spat out in total revulsion. "He supported Trump."
Mind you, this conversation took place twenty-one months after the presidential election and over eighteen months into the Trump presidency.
Even if you were a huge Hillary supporter who truly despised Donald Trump, shouldn't the grieving process have run its course by now? Shouldn't the emotions of hate and anger have long since subsided and been replaced by thoughtful analysis with the aim of devising a coherent strategy to take the White House back in 2020?
Not even close with this person. Pun intended, rage now trumped sanity, logic, reason, and the truth as the conversation very briefly continued.
"Do you know why Thiel supported Trump? Have you ever read his explanation for doing so? Do you understand that he found some common ground on certain issues with Trump? Issues that Thiel thought were in the best, non-partisan interest of the nation."
"No," said this person now literally screaming at me. "I don't need to read or understand Theil's reasoning. Trump is a fascist dictator. The fact that Thiel supported him makes him an enabler of evil. That's all I need to know about him."
OK. Conversation over.
This person then made it quite clear we would never speak again because I also was an "enabler of Trump."
Which is the greater point, here. In the age of President Donald Trump, those who supported him, or were even open to hearing him out and giving him a chance to govern, have been declared the literal enemy by many on the left.
The enemy.
By now, we all have our own stories of friendships or even relationships between siblings or spouses which ended because someone dared to vote for Trump or keep an open mind about his policies.
Lost Friends, New Enemies
I know someone who just lost her best-friend of thirty years over this. More than that, she was the godmother to this person's child and that relationship was ended as well.
Define blind, irrational hatred.
Today, as the confrontations with, and the threats against, Trump officials and supporters are being dangerously dialed-up , this has clearly become a divide which will never be bridged.
Are there no Democrats, liberals, Socialists or celebrities who will take a stand against this rage?
The now, all but official policy of the left.
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No it doesn't, I don't know anything about him really nor do I give a shit. You say "Peter Thiel" and I say "okay".