Why Do Liberals Hate Trump?
By: John C. Goodman
Liberals and Progressives hate Trump because he is draining the swamp of them and their double standards. He’s exposed the bi coastal secular progressives on the left for the frauds that they really are. He is truly ruling over them on our working class behalf.
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Source: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The left hates Donald Trump.
Of course, they also hated Bush ‘41 and Bush ‘43 – to say nothing of Ronald Reagan.
But dislike of Trump has reached a whole new level of intensity. It’s off the charts.
It’s not easy to explain why.
Unlike most Republican leaders, Donald Trump is not a social conservative. He approves of gay marriage. He’s not particularly religious. He rarely goes to church. His personal life doesn’t seem to reflect Christian values. He fought racial and ethnic bias in Palm Beach (a historic bastion of prejudice) by opening his Mar-a-Lago facility to blacks and Jews who were excluded at other clubs and hotels. You could easily call that “progressive.”
Donald Trump is also not an economic conservative. Unlike other Republican leaders, he has been unwilling to rein in government spending and he has shown no interest in stemming rising federal debt. He has been unwilling to even discuss controlling entitlement spending – especially Social Security and Medicare. He has no interest being an opponent of organized labor.
So, what riles the left so much about Trump?
In any intellectual debate, attacking the opponent’s beliefs is not the worst thing you can do. Far worse is destroying the myths people tell themselves to support their beliefs. That’s how Trump differs from traditional Republicans.
Throughout most of modern political history, Republicans have begun their debates with Democrats by saying, “We agree on goals but disagree on how to get there.”
That message sanctions the liberal’s world view. It says, “We approve of and agree with what you are trying to do. And we agree that you really are trying to do it. We just think your lack of understanding of economics and human nature is why your programs fail.”
Trump is not nearly so kind. In saying he wants to “drain the swamp” and in asking African Americans, “What have you got to lose?” he is challenging how liberals think about themselves. He’s asking voters to change how they think about liberalism as such. There is evidence this message is paying off.
By most accounts the reason Donald Trump is president is that blue collar workers in swing states voted for him. For a long time, Trump critics claimed that the reason for this behavior was racism – even though a lot of those same voters previously voted for Barack Obama.
But racism can’t possibly be the reason for the surge in approval for Trump among blacks and Hispanics. Trump’s approval among nonwhite voters now ranges from 26% to 34% in four national polls . If that is sustained through Election Day, Trump could enjoy a 50-state sweep next November.
Something similar just happened in the British parliamentary elections, where the Conservative Party registered a sweeping victory over Labour – even winning in working class districts where they barely campaigned. Ex-miners, supermarket clerks, retired school teachers and health aides – all trudged through stinging rain to vote against the very Labour Party that claimed to represent them.
The Tories now have the largest majority since Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1987 and Labour has sustained its worst defeat since 1935. The greatest fear of the American left is that the same thing will happen here.
Many people today who call themselves “liberal” are well off. Of the 25 wealthiest counties in the country, 16 voted for Barack Obama in 2008. What do they have in common with blue collar workers in the Midwest? Nothing. What do they have in common with poor blacks and Hispanics who live nearby? Their interests are actually opposed. Rich liberals almost never want to send their own children to school with poor, minority children. Nor do they want them living next door.
That’s why New York City has one of the most segregated school systems in the country, and San Francisco and Washington D.C. are right up there as well. Government restrictions on low-income housing are a major reason for increasing homelessness. In fact, nearly half the homeless population in America lives in blue state, liberal California.
Most large cities today are run by Democrats. Poor black families in these cities are often relegated to the worst schools; they live in the worst housing; and they are subjected to the country’s worst environmental pollution.
So, Donald Trump is right to ask of black voters, “What have you got to lose?” The only puzzle is, why haven’t other Republicans been saying the same thing all these many years?
Readers who want to understand the roots of the American left’s dilemma should consult my Townhall editorial " What is Modern Liberalism? "
Beginning in the era of Franklin Roosevelt, Democrats told themselves and others that they were the party of the working class. Then, toward the end of the 20 th century, they began telling themselves and others they were also the party of the minorities. In reality, more often than not, they were the party of special interests.
Like the child who declared the emperor has no clothes, Donald Trump has emerged to call a myth a myth.
They hate him for that.
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Trump is not nearly so kind. In saying he wants to “drain the swamp” and in asking African Americans, “What have you got to lose?” he is challenging how liberals think about themselves. He’s asking voters to change how they think about liberalism as such. There is evidence this message is paying off.
By most accounts the reason Donald Trump is president is that blue collar workers in swing states voted for him. For a long time, Trump critics claimed that the reason for this behavior was racism – even though a lot of those same voters previously voted for Barack Obama.
But racism can’t possibly be the reason for the surge in approval for Trump among blacks and Hispanics. Trump’s approval among nonwhite voters now ranges from 26% to 34% in four national polls . If that is sustained through Election Day, Trump could enjoy a 50-state sweep next November.
Something similar just happened in the British parliamentary elections, where the Conservative Party registered a sweeping victory over Labour – even winning in working class districts where they barely campaigned. Ex-miners, supermarket clerks, retired school teachers and health aides – all trudged through stinging rain to vote against the very Labour Party that claimed to represent them.
The Tories now have the largest majority since Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1987 and Labour has sustained its worst defeat since 1935. The greatest fear of the American left is that the same thing will happen here.
Many people today who call themselves “liberal” are well off. Of the 25 wealthiest counties in the country, 16 voted for Barack Obama in 2008. What do they have in common with blue collar workers in the Midwest? Nothing. What do they have in common with poor blacks and Hispanics who live nearby? Their interests are actually opposed. Rich liberals almost never want to send their own children to school with poor, minority children. Nor do they want them living next door.
That’s why New York City has one of the most segregated school systems in the country, and San Francisco and Washington D.C. are right up there as well. Government restrictions on low-income housing are a major reason for increasing homelessness. In fact, nearly half the homeless population in America lives in blue state, liberal California.
Most large cities today are run by Democrats. Poor black families in these cities are often relegated to the worst schools; they live in the worst housing; and they are subjected to the country’s worst environmental pollution.
So, Donald Trump is right to ask of black voters, “What have you got to lose?” The only puzzle is, why haven’t other Republicans been saying the same thing all these many years?
Readers who want to understand the roots of the American left’s dilemma should consult my Townhall editorial " What is Modern Liberalism? "
This was going on before Donald Trump famously came down the elevator. We have forgotten that progressives gave George W Bush a rough ride too, though nothing in comparison to what has been done to Trump, his family and those around him. I can live with the hate, it's their actions and the power they hold which is way beyond what is acceptable. These hate-filled animals have not only subjected the country to their inauguration day hysterics via protests and riots, but have used the power of government in violating citizens civil liberties and the msm to smear decent people, elected officials to obstruct the President's agenda and most recently to bring Acts of Impeachment against him based on nothing but cliche's.
Somehow we all missed this cancer growing within our society. It began on university campus's and it has grown, culminating in the election of Barak Obama. The left thought the nation had been permanently transformed. They expected to win in 2016. How dare the deplorable middle class try to stop them!!! Progressives even voted for Trump in the primaries thinking he was unelectable. Some Republicans thought so too. A funny thing happened though. All those decent hard working Americans, who had been left behind for over 25 years, heard Donald Trump speak. He spoke directly to them. He meant what he said and they knew it.
America was saved on a November night in 2016.
Saved is exactly the right way to describe what happened that night.
Because he's a fucking moron.
5 words summed it up for you. Next.
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and living rent-free in your head.
just curious.
what is it like to have a "moron beat the entire leftwing politico?
I think we just saw his expression of his bruised feelings about that.
Let’s not forget the great favor he did for America by defeating the wicked witch Hillary. He deserves the medal of from for that.
losing a chess game and calling the winner a moron?
means the looser is not too bright at all... LOL
Definition of losing = misstating facts about losers and losing while misspelling the word "looser" . (The word loser is spelled loser. )
Calling an opponents tantrum where they flip the chess board over in a fit of rage "winning" is a perspective only a complete dumb shit who knows nothing about chess could have.
That should be medal of freedom for that.
Thanks for the spelling lesson. Did it make up for the fact that Hillary was the sore loser?
See Democrats from 2016 to present.
No, that was #44 and he’s being erased from the federal record. Judge by judge, law by law, regulation by regulation.
that is a fact.
breaking: the obamacare "mandate was just ruled unconstitutional and with no funding mechanism, the whole law is probably done for.
the day that law was passed I said it would never survive the courts. it all has been fun to watch but now the final blow is coming.
ya know... for a news site everyone here seems to miss the good stuff. I guess they are too busy with "orangeman bad to notice things like obamacare being crushed... LOL
While I realize that getting healthy people to participate is the only way to manage the risk, I couldn't understand how the mandate and fines were ruled to be constitutional in the first place.
"breaking" news would not be an article that is 12 months old.
Pretty simple, really. The Obama Administration argued that the "fines" were really taxes--despite assuring the American public that they were NOT tax increases--before the law was challenged in court.
On the other hand, when the individual mandate was found unconstitutional last week, the ACA is still on the state court, SCOTUS merry go round.
my bad, wrong link.
I had not had my coffee yet and was doing several things at once. too many tabs at once... LOL
try this one.
or this one.
all they had to do was treat healthcare like the dept of education.
apply an income tax, distribute that money to the states and let the states handle their own healthcare.
that would have been perfectly constitutional - while removing insurance companies and their profits all together (which is why they didn't go that route)
I have never figured out why the left wanted to enslave us to insurance companies for life. boggles my mind.
cheers
Have to laugh at that, I did same thing the other day when my internet kept going out, wrote a beautiful answer to (probably one of your) questions and it was posted on the wrong seed. Had to delete it and just gave up that day it was so frustrating.
I have done that too... LOL
is good fun
I get that, but I don't understand why the court agreed.
The 5th district Court of appeals just recently upheld the older ruling.
Blame Democrats--they alone passed the bill. Maybe if they had read it thoroughly before passing? Or maybe the Constitutional "experts" could have seen that forcing Americans to buy a product from private companies might be too much of a stretch?
What cracks me up most is Democrats didn't mind govt. telling you, no, forcing you, to buy a product from one of those big, bad insurance companies they all railed against.
That would be apparent by the 4 links that Magic 8 Ball and I already posted,
would it not?
Thanks for paying attention to the thread /s
You can be civil or simply pollute someone else’s seeds. Lose the tude.
Oh my, WWJD?
Apparently civility and pollution are in the eye of the beholder.
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I hope you and your family have a wonderful Holy Day celebrating Christmas.
Anyone asking WWJD should ask Him themselves. As to WWJD, I own shares in that ETF as well as BIBL. My family had a nice politics free day together celebrating the birth on earth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
It's a shame you could not practice that on Christmas day as well.
Oh well...
Actually if you’d been paying attention you would have noticed that my Christmas Eve seed and both Christmas Day seeds were Christmas related.
Because he was the new guy and has beaten them and all of their childish tactics every day since. They didn't get all the stuff the Democrats promised and they have been acting like spoiled little shits ever since.
Like the child who declared the emperor has no clothes, Donald Trump has emerged to call a myth a myth.
They hate him for that.
Donald Trump doesnt even know what the word myth means.
How’s your. Trump hating Seed going?
then you agree he doesnt know the meaning of the word "myth" , since you tried to change the subject.
I agree with you about nothing when it comes to politics. Trump knew all the secular progressive left myths to crack wide open and exactly how to do it.
How are your Trump hating seeds going now?