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goobster  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Of 1st and 2nd order politics

This taps into one of the more frustrating parts of talking about the Trump platform and policies in any sort of concrete way: He and his supporters use words imprecisely.

In one sentence they say they want to register "muslims", without any distinction between American citizens, tourists, immigrants, or illegal immigrants, and then in the very next sentence speak about "illegal immigrants".

This is why just about everyone heard something they could agree with in Trump's words... because they were imprecise, often conflicting, and painted everything with a broad brush. So you could interpret almost anything he said in a multitude of ways.

That's showing up here on Hubski, and in the left's hysteria chambers.

After talking to a bunch of Republicans and reading pretty much all of The Week, Reason, The National Review, and Breitbart over the past few days, it is clear to me that the left's only practical action will be to wait for someone to put forth an actual proposal, or legislation, or law, and then tear it down and figure out what it actually says inside.

The Fog of Vaguery is their current battle plan. But when the fog clears, and the words are on the paper, we will finally have the ability to analyze and rebut and edit and agree.

Until then? It's all just pissing into the wind.