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j4d3  ·  3399 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Donald Trump Sees The Globe

Yeah, I agree that this was low-brow, but it is (sadly) very relevant to U.S. politics.

(Oh, the snarky tag was "notactuallypolitics". And I will try to get a sense of what tags look like from a community perspective as opposed to just mine as I learn the ropes here.)





thenewgreen  ·  3399 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Donald trumps views and his appeal to a certain block of conservative voters is definitely relevant to US Politics. But there are posts that would belong in the #politics tag that address the same things in a manner with more context: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/does-donald-trump-deserve-news-coverage/398876/

But yeah, it's scary. I was at my daughters violin lesson today and two older people were talking about how right he was about Mexico and needing the "wall." One guy said, "yeah, well... he may have a certain lifestyle I don't agree with, but he's damned successful and it wasn't cuz he's a dummy. I'd vote for him. Anyone over Hillary."

j4d3  ·  3399 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Perhaps the person you overheard will like Bernie Sanders then, when Fox News tells the country all the ways in which Sanders' views are quite representative of those of most Americans.

SadPandaIsSad  ·  3398 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh I get it, because fox news isn't news

#realnewsisforsquares

j4d3  ·  3399 days ago  ·  link  ·  

(A link with relevant polls to back up my assertion about average Americans and Sanders: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/03/polls-americans-socialists-bernie-sanders.html)