Posted on 11/25/2017 4:52:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The American tradition is not deference to authority; it's defiance of authority, even when the cause is hopeless. Sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset once wrote that the United States was, in fact, peopled by “runaways from authority” — settlers seeking freedom from abusive governments and members of dissenting religions seeking freedom from established churches.
Defiance is Donald J. Trump's signature attitude; it was the defining characteristic of the 2016 Trump campaign. Trump defied the political establishment, the news media, conventional wisdom, common decency, former President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and even the pope.
Trump's supporters admire his defiance, which they see as fearlessness. They share his contempt for the establishment, the news media, educated elites and the norms of political correctness, all of which helps explain why Trump's base is sticking with him now that he has antagonized the entire national establishment.
In the latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll, Trump's job approval rating is down to 38 percent, but 81 percent of Republicans are standing by their president. “We have, actually, great unity in the Republican Party,” Trump boasted.
The Republican Party is now the Trump party: “There is zero appetite for the ‘Never Trump’ movement in the Republican Party of today,” an adviser to a pro-Trump super PAC told the New York Times....
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Defiance? We are the Victors! Those mother f***ers who call themselves the Resistance are defiant. Leave it to liberals to project their failings on to others.
They share his contemp (for) ~educated elites.. ~ which helps explain why Trump's base is sticking with him..
We are defiant against your liberal Marxism, yes. We will defiantly uphold the Constitution against you liberal elite commies.
myself and the trump voters that i associate with are drawn together by unmitigated joy on a daily basis!
You can call it what you like but you
Damed right I support him.
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