More than any U.S. presidential election I can think of, the one last Tuesday was about how the fabric of our society would be woven. Sure, there were tangible issues, Obamacare, taxes, foreign policy, Hillary’s legal issues, and Trump’s temperament to name a few. But I believe the vote was actually based on many of the problems I mentioned in my November 5th post: immigration–which, although certainly a tangible issue, is also about the dilution of our culture– political correctness, race relations, and the indoctrination of our youth, among others.
The proof of this hypothesis can be found, in part, in the makeup of Trump’s support, as reflected in the CBS News exit poll I read. The demographic most reviled and marginalized in the Liberals’ ‘Brave New World’, white males in general, and white males without a college degree in particular, voted for Trump 63% to 31%, and 72% to 23% respectively. Of course, the white culture as a whole is demonized as well and white women without a college degree also voted for Trump 62% to 34%. Among whites with college degrees, men voted for Trump 54% to 39%, but women did favor Clinton 51% to 45%.
Further evidence of the social and cultural basis of this election is reflected in the reaction of those on the losing side. Retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid issued a scathing statement that said in part: “White nationalists, Vladimir Putin and ISIS are celebrating Donald Trump’s victory, while innocent, law-abiding Americans are wracked with fear – especially African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Muslim Americans, LGBT Americans and Asian Americans. Watching white nationalists celebrate while innocent Americans cry tears of fear does not feel like America.”
“We as a nation must find a way to move forward without consigning those who Trump has threatened to the shadows.”
Note that, while he did mention Putin and ISIS, the statement is principally about the place of minorities and the LGBT crowd, both of whom the Liberals regard as their pets, in our society.
The demonstrations that have gone on across the country appear also to be mainly about the direction of our society. In looking at the pictures and reading the comments of the demonstrators, I don’t see or hear much about Obamacare or taxes, what I mainly see and hear is a reflection of Hillary’s “Basket of Deplorables” comment, that Trump, by inference, and many of his supporters are “Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it.”
I may revisit some of those charges in the future (I guess that’s a trigger warning. See, we Conservatives can adapt.) For now, let me just point out:
Just because you’re sick and tired of racial politics doesn’t make you a racist.
Just because you think the Founders should still be called the Founding Fathers–they were all men, like it or not–doesn’t make you sexist.
Just because, while you’re willing to be tolerant of the LGBT lifestyle, you don’t agree with it, and don’t think it should be promoted and glorified, doesn’t make you homophobic.
Just because you don’t think people from other cultures should illegally flood our country in numbers that create an imbalance in our own culture, doesn’t make you xenophobic.
Just because you don’t turn a blind eye to the fact that practically all terrorists in today’s world are Islamic doesn’t make you Islamaphobic.