Thursday, December 24, 2015

HEIL TRUMP




The pundits are falling all over each other trying to discover reasons for the so called Trump phenomenon. What is it? Why is it occurring? They keep going round and round without getting to it, like they are looking for a needle in the proverbial haystack. They speculate what Trump could be plugging into to gain all that popularity, calling it a populist thing. They keep asking, why are all those folks falling all over Trump, willing to follow him to wherever he shall lead them? Is it the uneducated vs the educated elite? They continue to ask the wrong questions over and over.
I suggest starting with this question: What is the main reward (carrot) that in spite of the different—even contradicting issue or issues among them that are fueling their resentments and hatred, they are being drawn as one, toward Trump? And I would further ask this: Is there a prime need on another level that is being met, satisfied, perhaps even satiated that lifts them over and beyond any questions or criticism they may have in regard to their own differences and/or Trump’s lies, outrageous behavior and deficiencies?
As I intimated above, it is not the needle we should be looking for. It is the hay itself—the hay itself right in front of us, and there are tons of it. And if we are not careful we will wind up not seeing the forest through the trees and under the guise of “being fair,” partially wooing him, as Chris Mathews does in his so called documentary.
Again I suggest, It is the hay itself.
The pitch fork is Trump, scooping it all up into not so neat piles and stacks.
So lets look at the “hay”—the crowd that has been wooed and conquered by the narcissist, Trump.
In spite of their many differences they share these things in common—seething resentment, fear (of real freedom and/or failure) anger (generalized and specific) hatred of institutions and government, suspicion of people or groups that they perceive to be different from themselves, less than human and not deserving of freedom.
The hatred they are carrying is unbearable or near to unbearable. It weighs on them and they seek to have that burden lifted as a starving man needs to have his hunger lifted. Trump comes along and promises release from their pain. He tells them that even though their government has abandoned them, he, Trump, will love and support them come what may. They are being thoroughly wooed at that point and he shows them that he shares their hatred for Obama, Hilary Clinton, immigrants, blacks, Hispanics, liberals, etc. And what does that do for them. They begin to love him and more and more their personal hatred which has made them so miserable is transformed into LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, YEA JOY projected onto that powerful figure in front of them on the podium who promises to shower them with everything that has made he himself great and to whom they are ready and willing to give their all. He can do no wrong. They are no longer alone. They have faith and belief in . . . the Trump! The Trump!! The Trump!!!
Heil Trump! Heil Trump!! Heil Trump!!!

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