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Intolerance in both Britain and America
I slept all morning. My headache is a little diminished. I've taken some more painkillers with some coffee. I am curious about what's going on with headaches; this one much favors my right side, at the center and front. I can bear a little more computer screen time:
I am surprised that I feel more affected by Trump's win than by Brexit. It is mostly,
For me this shines a harsher light still on Brexit: We have to suspect that the UK's vote was more against immigrants than it was for, say, Britain's economic possibilities outside the common external tariff. Polling got both Brexit and the US election wrong, the latter badly indeed, suggesting that voters had opinions that they preferred not to advertise. In both countries, immigrants and Muslims (or people who seem such) must be wondering who around them secretly detests them and wants nothing to do with them. Even from my position of occupying the favored demographic it is horrible to think about how that must feel and what it says about how far much of society might be from anything that welcomes social inclusivity. In the wake of Trump's victory we are already seeing enough incidents of ugliness and intolerance among the American public that one must wonder how many more people privately support it.
I much hope to be persuaded by post-election analysis that people's reasons for voting for Trump are more about abstract policy ideas, such as favoring protectionism, rather than animosity toward others unlike them.
I am surprised that I feel more affected by Trump's win than by Brexit. It is mostly,
Did I ever know these people?. How did voters manage to so look past the heartlessness and demonization in the rhetoric at Trump's rallies? The answer could indeed be that they didn't find it odious after all. Or is Clinton really comparably bad in their eyes? For Brexit I could still imagine that many people were instead annoyed at issues like a substantial net flow of money into the EU without corresponding representation on the European Commission.
For me this shines a harsher light still on Brexit: We have to suspect that the UK's vote was more against immigrants than it was for, say, Britain's economic possibilities outside the common external tariff. Polling got both Brexit and the US election wrong, the latter badly indeed, suggesting that voters had opinions that they preferred not to advertise. In both countries, immigrants and Muslims (or people who seem such) must be wondering who around them secretly detests them and wants nothing to do with them. Even from my position of occupying the favored demographic it is horrible to think about how that must feel and what it says about how far much of society might be from anything that welcomes social inclusivity. In the wake of Trump's victory we are already seeing enough incidents of ugliness and intolerance among the American public that one must wonder how many more people privately support it.
I much hope to be persuaded by post-election analysis that people's reasons for voting for Trump are more about abstract policy ideas, such as favoring protectionism, rather than animosity toward others unlike them.