http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/02/when_anger_trumps_all.html
“One of the most dangerous effects of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is the venomous anger his demagoguery has cultivated among his more engaged supporters, to be spewed at anyone who dares to express concern about any of their idol’s (yes, idol’s) soft spots.
Just click on any article, on any website, critical of anything about Trump, and navigate to the readers’ comments. First, notice the unusually large number of them. Then observe the tone: rarely logical, thoughtful, or truly argumentative, the Trump defenders (granting honorable exceptions) simply attack — personally, irrelevantly, uncivilly — any writer or fellow commenter, no matter how unimpeachably serious (even Thomas Sowell, for heaven’s sake!) who dares to suggest Trump may be a poor nominee.
That’s their prerogative, of course, and anyone who writes for public consumption must be thick-skinned enough to stand by his ideas and let the spewers spew. The problem, however, lies in the way this true believer invective is smothering meaningful political discourse precisely when such discourse is most urgently needed.
This is the moment for freedom-loving people to debate the statements and substance of each candidate with all the open-mindedness they can muster, leaving the hypnotized cultist behavior to the progressives, where it belongs. Instead, serious public discussion, which is the heart of the representative element of representative republicanism, has been hijacked by idol-worshippers for whom there is nothing Trump could do or say that would cause them one second of self-doubt........................”
beaten wife syndrome.
Trump was the better candidate.
Cruz was thumping a bigger bible.
I would rather have the hot passion of from the heart zeal than to be an ice cold rutabaga.
Compared to you and your ilk, Trump supporters look like SAINTS !
CW, Trump gave a very gracious speech, and said nothing untoward. Wouldn’t it be nice for ‘pubs to take a day off from the negativity and just watch and hope that hillary gets caught in voter fraud?
Trump should have retained the democrat moniker, it fits his ideals, history and vision. There is a lot to be said for honesty.
Far from Trump bots portrayed as the enemy of civil discourse,it is in fact anti-Trump belligerents who are sowing discord in conservative ranks.For his part, Trump has meted out a measured response to attacks upon him.
I have found myself defending Trump with no particular interest in supporting him simply because of the scurrilous attacks made by you and others against him.
I am delighted by Cruz’ victory in Iowa. This is a great win for genuine conservatism.
“...venomous anger his demagoguery has cultivated among his more engaged supporters...”
I invite you or anyone to click on my forum page to see the venom of the Cruz supporters.
However, you already know that.
Re: self doubt. Many great thinkers have said something along the same lines but here’s Bertrand Russell:
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
I don’t mean to insult anyone with that, but “it’s a guilty ear that hears an accusation”.
The world is a complicated messy place and good solutions are hard to come by. Easy answers are a dime a dozen, sold by hucksters.
Wow. That whole article was spot on and could not be disputed by any rational person.
However, the point of the article was that Trump devotees are no longer rational but have fallen under some odd spell of a very strange man.
The authors points are eerily reflected in the attitudes of posters here on Free Republic.
Frankly it is a scary and disturbing cult that I cannot join.