THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY

[Fry Guy]

FryGuy, I find the scenario you just described as frightening. This polarization is destroying the country. Can this be their intention?

It depends who the THEY in the equation is. If it is true that Progressives on the Left have been Authoritarian and othered those that present different political views by calling them Deplorables, Nazis, racists, sexists, xenophobic and the like and censoring, outing, banning, firing and excluding those people with differing points of view.....then YES.

But if what you are saying is that Trump reacting and responding in a way that his opponents have laid precedent with going after him, then probably not.

I am not a huge proponent of strictly traditional values. I understand them and such but I do not think I could be a Conservative myself. But the average Conservative IF I do not agree with everything I say will not react like the Progressives. I think that Progressives and the Establishment is the problem at the moment and Trump is likely the best person of our generation to do anything about it.

Now in another era it may have been Abraham Lincoln or Washington or JFK or Margaret Thatcher or Winston Churchill. Right here and right now I think Trump is that guy and in a funny way I think he flaws are not only an acceptable trade off but perhaps necessary.

I think by the time he is through there will be a fair bit of carnage. I think some really bad actors will be put away and no one or two. I think the establishment on both sides will get hammered and there will as a result be a cultural shift as the decimated and divided Democrat Party will have to go be to traditionally moderate Liberal values. Voila, back to my territory. I think there is far more strength in that and I think it was our fault we let Progressives have too much of a platform.

I think going back to the roots of Liberalism and promoting reasonable views and working co-operatively with the Conservatives and getting a bit of humility back. Not being the font of all morality and wisdom but rather being people with different ideas worth defending and promoting. Whilst excluding the Progressives. I think if Liberals can go through this reformation as a result of Trump dominance and Conservative dominance then they can save or claim back Liberalism and be stronger and better in the long run for it.