Perspective: The Trump Phenomena, a Reluctant Convert
By William Michaels
When Trump quite literally came crashing into
the 2016 Election I, like many of you, thought the man dead on arrival. I
thought this man was crude, I thought him an arrogant ass, and I pegged him for
the first to drop out of the race.
Yet
here we are in April, and not only is he not out of the race, he is ahead.
How in the world does a man like Trump flourish in the American political
system where one gaffe is enough to not only lose a race, but a ruin a
career?
Trust
me; you know this to be true. This country is obsessed by scandal.
No, let me rephrase that, the media is obsessed with scandal as they are
opportunities to expand their profits. They ruin careers over the most
mundane events and rile up public outrage over little things.
I
mean, Howard Dean was the leader of the Democratic Party, the frontrunner (at
the time) in the 2004 Election, and one of the Democrat’s most popular people.
Yet he does one cowboy “Yeehaw” during a moment of excitement and the man was
RUINED! Where is Howard Dean now? Exactly, I have no earthly idea
either. I assume he still lives.
What
about when Todd Akin made a really stupid comment about a woman’s body choosing
not to get pregnant when raped?
Admittedly
that was an incredibly stupid thing to say, but when you boil that situation
down you have defined a man by a single sentence. He was a man of faith
who believed all things in life are God’s Will. Therefore, a rape-victim,
from his perspective, would be saved by the Grace of God from an unwanted
pregnancy and if becoming pregnant occurs, it too is God’s Will and should not
be rejected.
But
ask anyone of the streets about Mr. Akin and you’ll hear how he’s a chauvinist
pig, an apologist for rapists, and a Pro-Life Mongrel who wants to legislate a
woman’s uterus. That is a whole lot to take away from a single sentence.
Did
Mr. Akin say those things? Did he imply those things? Did he convey
his opinion in the way that he meant? Then where did the above vitriol
come from? From the Mass Media Organizations, of course.
If
this is the modus operandi of the Media, than how does a guy like Trump survive
and even flourish where he has offered more than enough material for the media
to grasp upon?
His
first day on the trail was enough to destroy any other politician in America
when he called illegal immigrants coming across the border as “rapists”.
(By the way, a fun activity for the class: go back and watch that speech
and replace the word “They” with the word “Some” and you’ll see how silly this
semantics game has become in America’s media circus). But Trump still
stands. Why?
For
one, I believe the American people are sick and tired of the profit-driven
scandal culture of the American media. They hear so much crap come off
their screens, so much misdirection, and not to mention the wide spectrum of
analysis towards political events depending on which way the media organization
in question leans in ideology.
People
just don’t listen to the media pundits when they tell people Trump is a racist. They instead are listening to him.
Another
reason is because Trump has taken on the PC-Culture and there are a lot of
people in this country who are sick of being oppressed by the PC police.
Think about it? How often do you stop and consider your words
before proceeding? You have lost your freedom of speech in this country.
The
liberals have their ideology, have declared their ideology morally superior,
and have declared that any who does not agree with their ideology is a bigot of
sorts. We the People are too afraid to speak our true feelings out of
fear of a public backlash somewhere along the way.
These
same people see a man standing up to that and taking his licks like a martyr
for Free Speech. And people love him for it. You can see it in the
way people have been acting lately. They are losing that fear of being
labeled offensive for speaking their true feelings.
A
third reason is that Trump is saying what people have wanted to say but have
been too afraid, as per my above paragraph, of the PC-culture. The
majority of Americans have issues with a porous border where people come across
at will, whether for good or evil, instead of going through the immigration
process. Somehow, according to liberals, that is offensive and racist.
Incredible,
isn’t it? Being told you are a racist because you disagree with an unsecure
border is like being called a genophobe because you disdain rape. It’s a
ridiculous argument but yet it’s perpetuated and enforced by the PC police.
Trump
has made that stand on behalf of people who feel they don’t have the voice to
speak their true feelings on the matter.
Trump
is truly a phenomena. He has upended our accepted ideas on politics and
electoral process. He has made Free Speech a thing cherished again.
He speaks his mind and does not apologize for it. He says the
things people want to say, but can’t. He calls for things that the people
would support, but won’t.
He is
for the “Silent Majority” in this country who has been cowed by Soviet-style
tactics of the liberal left. That is why the man can do the things he
does and continue to win. Even if he loses this election, he has done
something important. He has given you back the God given right to say
what you want to say.
