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Yet Another Regrettable Outcome of the 2016 Election: Divorce
Townhall.com ^ | August 23, 2016 | Tom Purcell

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; genderwars
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To: Kaslin
"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."

Oddly enough dishonesty, criminality and the apparently psychotic ability to live in a complete fantasy world without any impingment of the facts are considered virtues by Democrat voters. Normal people consider these vices.

21 posted on 08/23/2016 12:07:15 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: MIA_eccl1212

Yep. Before the days of the no fault divorce this was impossible. The feminist told us in the 70s that the no fault was a more “humane” way of adjudicating the divorce. Translation: We want a way to divorce our husbands for anything at anytime.


22 posted on 08/23/2016 12:07:41 PM PDT by WilliamCooper1
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To: William of Barsoom

BTTT


23 posted on 08/23/2016 12:07:48 PM PDT by Kaslin (He neededAwesomeOf the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: Signalman

The average American man is either effeminate and faggoted, or a cuckold.


24 posted on 08/23/2016 12:08:30 PM PDT by WilliamCooper1
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To: Kaslin

I sometimes wish it was a cultural taboo to tell who you plan to vote for and who you actually voted for. In any case it’s still a secret ballot.

Freegards


25 posted on 08/23/2016 12:09:54 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: William of Barsoom

Exactly. Maybe confess on your deathbed.


26 posted on 08/23/2016 12:10:01 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: Kaslin

When the wife learned her husband was for Trump, she threatened to divorce him and move to Canada.


Sounds like if she moved to Canada, it would help make America great again.


27 posted on 08/23/2016 12:10:20 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Kaslin

So, all he has to do is keep his mouth shut and vote for Trump. I’m not sure about men today.

I remember when I was little, Dad was a Republican and Mom was a Democrat. This was back in the 50’s and 60’s. Mom didn’t learn to drive until I was about 10 and Dad refused to take her to vote if she wouldn’t vote Republican. She finally saw the error or her ways and registered Republican and is a conservative Republican to this day.


28 posted on 08/23/2016 12:10:30 PM PDT by Tennessee Conservative
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To: WilliamCooper1

Driving women to move to CANADA? :)


29 posted on 08/23/2016 12:10:37 PM PDT by Leep (Cut the crap!)
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To: Kaslin
He's faltering in the general election, however...

Bald-faced lie.

He's kicking her @ss.

30 posted on 08/23/2016 12:10:44 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Kaslin

I say that he files for divorce first.


31 posted on 08/23/2016 12:11:37 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: Kaslin

There’s that whole secret ballot thing that seems to have gone by the wayside.


32 posted on 08/23/2016 12:11:59 PM PDT by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: Leep

“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?”

I have been thinking about this and have been talking to some of my friends who are still stuck on stupid. They said they won’t vote for Trump, but they will be damned if they vote for Hillary.

I think this election is going to shape up where neo-cons are going to stay home, possibly giving Clinton the election. I hope Trump wins.


33 posted on 08/23/2016 12:12:34 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (It appears as if Trump is our Yeltsin.)
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To: Kaslin

When I met my ex-wife, she was wishy-washy on politics.

In 2016, I am very much for Trump, as is she. By the end of our marriage, she agreed with me on politics, at least. It didn’t stop her from filing for separation, and me filing for divorce in the last year.

My view: If a married couple argues bitterly over politics, it’s a proxy for dissonance on deeper issues.


34 posted on 08/23/2016 12:13:39 PM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

And afterwards calls a taxi that takes her to the airport


35 posted on 08/23/2016 12:15:34 PM PDT by Kaslin (He neededAwesomeOf the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: 2harddrive

I thought the lawyer’s death was several months ago? Not sure.


36 posted on 08/23/2016 12:15:43 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: William of Barsoom
1.) Find out who your wife is voting for.
2.) Tell her you’re voting for the same.
2a.) Lie, if necessary.
3) Vote for whomever you damn well please.
3a.) SHUT UP about this — forever.


Better plan:

1) Tell your wife you are voting for Trump
2) If she freaks out, tell her too bad.
3) If she leaves, good riddance
4) Party down
37 posted on 08/23/2016 12:16:07 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: WilliamCooper1
69% of all divorces are initiated by women.

60% of those involve Facebook in some way, shape or form.


38 posted on 08/23/2016 12:16:17 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Ransomed
I sometimes wish it was a cultural taboo to tell who you plan to vote for and who you actually voted for.

That's the way it was when I grew up. It still is for me.

"Nunya Bidnit!"

39 posted on 08/23/2016 12:16:19 PM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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To: JBW1949

If someone divorces over an election, then good riddance.


40 posted on 08/23/2016 12:17:24 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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