True Deplorables

When this term was used in the election last year to refer to some of the dotard's supporters, many of his supporters who didn't consider themselves actually deplorable used it as a rallying cry.

It actually helped him to some extent since the use of it added some momentum.

Now the fact that the context in which it was use was pretty much that the dotard appeals to the worst our society has to offer.  Others supported him for whatever reason, but clearly the racists, misogynists, homophobes certainly supported him, probably enough to get him elected.

Of course if you lie down with dogs you are likely to wake up with fleas.

I generally don't understand how people who I think should know better believe the propaganda being spread by the alt right and their media.

America had never been more free or inclusive and as much as the propaganda rails against things like political correctness or patriotism, neither of those things are real issues.

Some Americans are caught in the change from manual to automated production and the switch over to service vs manufacturing but unfortunately all economic evolutions have some victims.

Many of those who lost their jobs in the rust belt were the descendants of farmers who were disrupted by the change from family farms to industrial farms (see Grapes of Wrath).

Nothing guarantees that the world will stand still, it doesn't and if you don't keep up you will be passed by.

What is deplorable is when in order to chase illusions you turn a blind eye to the very people who are willing to rape you and say you wanted it.

The tax "reform" packages struggle to look like they reduce taxes on the middle class when in reality they don't.  Some things help the people who already pay very few taxes, and many things help business and the wealthy, but if you are in the middle you will end up needing a rape kit.

Even worse, it increases the deficit and passes the bill down the road.

The people behind these bills are the real deplorables, they have sold themselves to the highest bidder, and that's not the general public.

See them for what they rally are.

The true deplorables.

Creatures of the Night

Dracula since he could not be up during daylight had a fondness for "creatures of the night" that most people find repellent or scary.

Understandable since we are a species that generally thrives in the daytime where we are adapted to see and survive better while night creatures present unique dangers to us.

Of course back in our evolutionary past we developed strategies to survive and those strategies always included a certain security for the night.

Now, as the world has evolved you would think this has changed.

Certainly the night is still generally scarier than the daytime but we have found ways to block out the dangers for the most part.

But then you have the internet.

Now there is no particular reason that late night on the internet should be very different than it is in the daytime, but it is.

All the creatures of the night emerge.

Your conspricy theory people, your alt-righters, your porn lovers, trolls and hackers.

Now if you spend significant time on during those hours you can find many alternate versions of reality.

It will skew your views on what is normal, and what is acceptable.

Insulting anyone who disagrees with you, standard practice.

Treating women disrespectfully, perfectly acceptable.

Everything is rigged and we can't get a fair shake, of course.

The country is controlled by (insert name of group), certainly is.

Everyone is corrupt and everyone covers it up, of course.

Its a world where you can easily lose your perspective and common sense as aliens are everywhere, immigrants and refugees are destroying the country and everyone, except "US" is getting a free ride on our backs.

People up at 3AM get exposed to all these things.

Some actually believe them.

Does he have any honor?

We have never had a candidate for president with documented behavior like Donald Trump.  Now now all of them were angels, but this is all public record and there is clearly more to come out.

Some of the behavior may even be criminal.

Now in all honesty, I don't see him being honorable, why would he start now.

Clearly the honorable thing would be to drop out of the race and apologize.

I'd rather he stayed in because he is the gift that keeps on giving.

Instead he will sling accusations and mud at the Clinton's trying to convince his followers they are worse than he is.

They clearly aren't, but his avid supporters have drunk the kool-aid and will stand by him.

Whatever percent they are, they are enough to fill his rallies and further inflate his delusion that he has "great" support.

The polls must be lying, and everything is rigged.

In all honesty, getting him to be the nominee was all that was needed.