Posted on 08/23/2016 11:51:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
Get this: According to The New York Times, some wives are threatening to divorce their husbands if the fellows vote for Donald Trump.
The Times featured one couple, a male dentist and a female a doctor, who had never talked much about politics before. When the wife learned her husband was for Trump, she threatened to divorce him and move to Canada.
Sheesh. It makes one long for the good old days when a fellow had to run off with a cocktail waitress before his wife called in the lawyers.
The Federalist shared some interesting insights on The Times article. Journalist Denise C. McAllister argues that in 2016, "you are who you vote for."
"Why are voters not merely being associated with Trump, but actually and essentially being identified with him, sharing the same characteristics of racism and sexism that have been attached to him (justified or not)?" she writes.
And why, she ponders, do some voters who loathe Trump for what they perceive to be his negative characteristics give Hillary Clinton a free pass with hers?
Hillary does have a long history of habitually telling tale tales. She failed to be a good feminist by aggressively attacking the women her husband was caught having dalliances with. Even an ardent Hillary supporter has to concede that she used her power in the State Department to dole out favors in return for massive contributions to the foundation she and her husband own.
"Looking at Clinton's sordid history of political and personal corruption, we have a profile of a person who is deeply untrustworthy, selfish and motivated by money, not the general welfare of American citizens," writes McAllister. "Yet little, if any, stigma is attached to those who are voting for her."
So why is Trump getting hit so hard whereas Hillary is largely given a free pass? McAllister argues that it is a reflection of the pathetic state of our culture.
"In our society, the Left has effectively shifted our culture's values away from traditional morals to a specified group of behaviors they deem intolerable above any other," she writes. "The new commandments are: Thou shalt not be a racist. Thou shalt not be a sexist. Thou shalt not be a homophobe. Anything else is acceptable."
Being a middle-aged Caucasian male with libertarian leanings, I know I'd be wise to not comment on this matter. But McAllister offers some compelling points.
Free and open societies are supposed to talk freely and openly about common issues and ideas ---- but a fellow can be run out of town on a rail if he is on the "wrong" side of an issue or holds the "wrong" idea.
Too many of our universities, which were founded to foster free and open debate in the pursuit of truth, are now in the indoctrination business. Rather than teaching students how to think, too many are teaching them what to think.
Ironically, it is because of the politically correct groupthink that has infected our culture that Trump became the Republican nominee.
Time and again, during the primaries, he outmaneuvered the groupthink tactics that destroyed many Republicans before him. Many found Trump's anti-PC persona refreshing.
He's faltering in the general election, however, and one of the reasons is that lots of otherwise well-educated and thoughtful human beings see him as the devil incarnate at the same time they're able to look blindly beyond Hillary's peccadilloes.
So if you're a husband who plans to vote for Trump, you better lie about it ---- unless you want your wife to divorce you and move to Canada.
And in the end, WE outnumber them 10 to 1. They had best remember that.
As I’ve posted many times, the KKKennedy family is the most destructive force ever unleashed on this country.
Worse than the Civil War.
Worse than AIDS.
Worse than forced male circumsizion.
The perpetuated farce that they were/are good Americans is as laughable as serving salami and provolone cheese at a kosher bris.
RE “..forced male circumsizion...”
Err... OUCH...
Damn... makes the boyos just... retreat... at the though of it.
No one asked me if I wanted the “chop”.
I had a doctor that did circumcisions for free...
He only took tips....
And he saved the tips and turned them into wallets; when you rub them, they turn into Luggage...
(Here till Tuesday... try the Veal!)
I watched an old movie on one of the OTA channels I get called “Busting” (1974). It stars Elliot Gould and Robert Blake. Very good flick.
Back then you saw very separate sets of rules; it’s just gotten so much worse, and on an exponential scale.
No.
Two blondes jogging on opposite sides of a river...
One yells across: “Hey!! How do I get to the Other side?”
The other, clearly perplexed, yells back “Duh! You ARE on the Other Side!”
(rim shot)
“Remember how the Kennedy family got that M.I.T professor fired “
I never knew that.
Manson Family > Kennedy Family
I imagine very few freeper married couples are not on the exact same political page
My wife went Trump immediately....Cruz traitorous collaboration with the left in Chicago Trump rally aftermath did it for me.....Cruz blaming Trump for thugs behavior
Anyone here married to a libtard?
What were you thinking?
LOL!
(well, she was correct, wasn’t she ? : )
“Manson Family > Kennedy Family”
Difference being the Kennedys had a lot more money to play with.
These are some things I think about... a lot... and sometimes, it makes my head hurt.
-H
If people from Poland are called “Poles”... why aren’t people from Holland called “Holes”???
If Olive Oil comes from Crushing Olives... where the HELL does Baby Oil come from???
If you spin an oriental guy around long enough, does he become disoriented?
If a pig lose it’s voice, is it disgruntled?
If asteroids come into the Hemisphere, and Hemorroids are on your ass, why aren’t Asteroids called Hemorroids, and Hemorroids called Asteroids??
Just what the hell IS a “Jumbo Shrimp”??? Aren’t they mutually exclusive terms???
Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
If you were to choke a smurf, what color would it turn?
Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Is it right for vegetarians to eat animal crackers?
Why is the man who invests all of your money called a “broker?”
Why is a person who plays the piano called a “pianist” but a person who drives a race car is not called a “racist?”
Why do they call it “tuna fish?” They don’t call chicken “chicken bird”...
When it rains, why don’t sheep shrink?
If a man with multiple personalities threatens suicide is it considered a hostage situation?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?
If you’re in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
You know how most packages say “Open here”. What is the protocol if the package says, “Open somewhere else”?
Why is it that when you transport something by car, it’s called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it’s called cargo?
Indeed she was...
Thanks, but I have one question for you.
That was a good post.
If you hadn’t made it, would there have been a post hole?
I dunno......why aren’t apartments called “togetherments” ?
I just thought of this......not important.
ARRRGH!!!!!!!!!
NICE!!!! haha!!!
LOL!!!!!!!
Yet one more to add to the List of Ponderables!!!!!
“:^)
Yes, it’s arrrgh level, but it’s the best I could do.
Yours was a good post.
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