Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:10 pm
Donald Trump, who has spent his entire campaign demonizing Americans – Mexicans, Muslims, blacks, women, and others, addressed Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” remark at a National Guard Conference in Baltimore today.
He seized the opportunity to accuse her of demonizing his followers, whom he says are “decent American citizens” who want to “keep our country safe.”
The literally “ivory tower” Trump accused Clinton of living a “cloistered” life, of thinking herself above all Americans. The guy who brags about being a big donor and uses special interests for his own economic gain, accused her of being indebted to special interests.
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“You cannot run for president if you have such contempt in your heart for the American voter,” he claimed, or such a “low opinion” of its citizens. He accused her of failing to apologize – after all the appalling accusations he has made.
In short, the man who accused Mexicans of being rapists and Muslims of being terrorists, accused her of precisely what he has been guilty of, saying it is part of the Democratic playbook to smear people and “try and seriously scare.”
Needless to say, without his own campaign of fear, Donald Trump would have no campaign. He has done his level best to frighten white voters worried about loss of privilege, and while claiming to represent all Americans, has demonized virtually everyone who is not white.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.
