<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">>"here we have a sincere well informed intelligent man that will tell me the truth" </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">That’s not what they are selecting for. They are selecting someone who will aggressively pursue their interests.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">>[Dem. Politician] called extreme right wingers "deplorables", and she got into enormous trouble when she did so</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Well “Dem Types” don’t like this kind of language. They want an air of respectability. They want politicians to “play fair”. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And “Right Wing” types don’t care about the language (because that’s not really their thing), they care about the implication that they’re wrong. They also know that they can use it as a weapon because “Dem Types” will find the language off-putting.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div>> <span style="font-size: large;">Anti free speech.</span><br><div><br></div><div>“Left Wingers” also object to and cancel plenty of speech.</div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div>> <span style="font-size: large;">Anti Free Trade.</span></div><div><br></div><div>There are also plenty of <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Left Wingers” that don’t like free trade. Have you heard of NAFTA? Opposed by US labor unions and US environmental groups since it’s inception?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div>TPP has also been denigrated by <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Left Wingers”.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tide of bipartisan political opposition to free trade: </span><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/20/republicans-and-democrats-oppose-free-trade-in-2020-white-house-race.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/20/republicans-and-democrats-oppose-free-trade-in-2020-white-house-race.html</a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The anti-globalization movement has prominent “left” and “right” elements. </span></div><div><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-globalization_movement">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-globalization_movement</a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div>> <span style="font-size: large;">Anti Euthanasia.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Before reading this, I thought Euthanasia was broadly disliked in the US but it turns out is it broadly favored. (73%)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/211928/majority-americans-remain-supportive-euthanasia.aspx">https://news.gallup.com/poll/211928/majority-americans-remain-supportive-euthanasia.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>55% of weekly church goers, 60% of “conservatives”, and 67% of Republicans say it’s fine. </div><div><br></div><div>So I learned something new today.</div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div>><span style="font-size: large;">Anti high middle and lower classes.</span></div><div><br></div><div>I don’t really understand this. Can you provide examples? But likely I address this in the section below.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><font size="4">And Pro the super ultra high class, the richest 1% of the 1%. And <b>VERY</b> Pro the richest 1% of the 1% of the 1%.... except for Jeff Bezos.... </font></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>While the video had it’s flaws, this is clearly explained in the “Always a Bigger Fish” video by Ian Danskin. <a href="https://youtu.be/agzNANfNlTs">https://youtu.be/agzNANfNlTs</a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">>Trump </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><font size="4">The dynamics of Trump’s “Rabid, die-hard” supporters is described very well in Bob Altemeyer’s “The Authoritarians”. Which is free to read via his website. </font><a href="https://theauthoritarians.org/Downloads/TheAuthoritarians.pdf">https://theauthoritarians.org/Downloads/TheAuthoritarians.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>It should answer almost any questions or puzzlement you have on the phenomenon. </div><div><br></div></div><div><font size="4">SR Ballard</font></div></body></html>