I received this email from John. 

This is an NYT piece from some tome ago.    In many ways it is TLTR.   The aspect that interested me was the attitudes towards risk.  I find a certain amount of risk tolerance an admirable quality in many ways.

 

This overly long essay is consistent with a broader theme that liberals are comfortable with a “nanny” state.   In many, many ways the attributes associate with women are much better for the general good than attributes associated with men,  But it’s way more complicated than that.

 

Opinion | What We Know About the Women Who Vote for Republicans and the Men Who Do Not - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

 

This could be a good topic over an adult beverage.

 

JB

I have not reponded to the email. I’m tempted but my quick response was yeah, let’s go get a beer and talk about it.

But here are the questions:

Who votes for Democrats 

Who votes for Republicans 

And Who votes for Trump? Because there is a difference.

I have always voted for democrats with the exception of Reagan, who I liked better than Mondale. The Democrats were against the war in Viet Nam, McGovern and they always had more liberal policies towards women's rights and hippies. I was never a full fledged hippie. Didn’t do drugs, didn’t run around naked at Woodstock but I lived with a girl, shacked up, let my hair grow over my ears and liked a lot of music. I wanted to help people less fortunate and I believed in civil rights for blacks.

When I moved from Atlanta back to New Jersey and back to South Carolina the Democrats were still the solid south voting block. So I worked for the Democratic Party here just like I had in New Jersey. But Strom Thurmond announced that he was switching to the Republican Party and when he did the Solid South moved with him. Why was this? The party of white conservative business men had reached out on social issues to become the party of family values. Traditional roles for men and women. Less tolerant of gays and lesbians and recently, marriage only between a man and a woman. Democrats, being more tolerant at first became identified with gays and religious tolerance with un Christian. This gave way to the right wings penchant for catch labels where they were Pro Life and Democrats were Godless deviants and now Socialists. Personally, I’m not a godless deviant socialist. I’m actually still pretty conservative but I feel like Conservatives are now Radicals since the advent and rise of Trump. Whereas Democrats had always provided a refuge for individuals, Trump made a direct appeal to the fringe. People who didn’t like the Liberal Agenda and didn’t see or appreciate that Liberals gave them space to think outside the box were drawn in by a charismatic entertainer who gave them recognition and status. If your not too fond of blacks or Jews or gays, hey that’s ok. You can and you should be proud to be a white heterosexual who wants to marry a girl and have, not abort a baby. Trumps message is the epitome of salesmanship; Keep it Simple, Stupid. Trump does not talk over his peoples heads. He talks to them. He tells them exactly what they want to hear. We’re number One! We put America first! We are not racists but we are not ashamed of being white. To the contrary we are Proud. Trump has football rally’s. He pumps up the crowd. He energizes the crown by making snarky remarks and sneering  at his, at their opponents. He has become the working class all American hero. All of this while lying, cheating and stealing from the very people who support him. His mean tweets became like FDRs fireside chats. He never went to work to govern the whole country it was and still is about the campaign. About staying intimately connected to his crowd and by inspiring them to think that they Shall Overcome the shifting of America from a free and aggressive white man and woman’s world to a multicultural, diluted society of Nansy-pansy Nancy boys and dykes which they define as immoral. They believe in God. They praise Jesus. They love America and they love the American Flag. So when it comes to Trump… he doesn’t have to say or more importantly he doesn’t have to Do Anything. He simply has to repeat those slogans; I love America, put America first, build a wall, keep the foreigners out, create jobs (go to work), masks are for sissies,  vaccinations are meh…

I would say substitute the word Trump everywhere there is an affirmation. I love Trump. Putting  Trump first. But as obvious as it is, it doesn’t matter to his followers and why? Because they are followers. They are not debating the issues let alone reading the New York Times. Trump loves America, he said so and I believe him. Anyone who says otherwise is a liberal traitor and listening to or part of the liberal lame stream press. They are the enemy because Trump said so and We Beieve Trump. We believe in Trump. We believe that He is Our President and that the election was Stolen from Him, from Us.