Probably the worst thing about Trump’s presidency is the perpetual onslaught of hand-wringing and fainting from writers. That series of essays, obviously, comes from elitist New York authors that that no one reads or has heard of but other elitist New Yorkers. Soon, look out for more accessible media like sci-fi films or endless stacks of YA dystopian novels to feature orange-skinned villains with funny hair, small hands, and hot wives.
Expect things to be a lot more generic in those areas in the next 4-8 years.
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Handwringing and fainting is right. Honestly, I do have worries about a Trump administration, though I would have also had concerns about a Clinton administration, albeit for different reasons. One thing I can’t help but wonder is if many on the left are taking him too seriously. He seems like a guy who likes to run his mouth, so perhaps many of the horrible things he said (though they certainly are horrible) during the campaign won’t even happen? It’s at least a possibility, but many of the reactions seem to denote that “doom and gloom” is already set in place. Personally, I’m also tired of the dumbing down of conservatives and their values that some on the left seem to espouse, as if EVERYONE who voted for Trump is a racist homophobe who wants to tell women what they can do with their bodies, etc. … but they don’t know the intentions of individual voters, and to make a meta-narrative like that is probably inaccurate, at least to some degree, I would think.
Trump riled people up at the start but softened towards the center when he got closer to election time, like all politicians. But Trump pulled that off supremely because he’s a salesmen. His early-on brazenness pissed off the left and energized the right (the same thing, really), and the right didn’t have a real figurehead for a while up until that point. Most neocons are…neocons, who are just kinda loser versions of the left.
Your post reminds of the endless war of infiltration and takeover by SJWs in entertainment markets. I was still reading Vox Popoli when he explained the SF writers’ battles, followed by the rise of a new SF publisher for conservatives. That infiltration is why so very many hallowed institutions now stink and are losing members. Some of the biggest fights coming will be over public school curricula; we ain’t seen nothing yet in that arena.
I can imagine some conservatives could “infiltrate” organizations and do the same thing, but most seem to just want to be left alone with things like that. They don’t seem to have the crusaderism that lefties do.