{"id":1223,"date":"2015-12-05T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2015\/12\/why-is-donald-trump-popular.html"},"modified":"2015-12-05T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T11:24:00","slug":"why-is-donald-trump-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2015\/12\/why-is-donald-trump-popular.html","title":{"rendered":"Why is Donald Trump popular?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Because despite the horrible things he says, they are horrible things based on truth and facts. \u00a0Compared to that, the soft and gentle and caring things coming from the White House and the liberal propaganda ministries are clearly based on lies and falsehoods. \u00a0To wit:<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the media ponders the shocking fact that the FBI might be considering this a terrorist act<\/a>. After all, can we really jump to that conclusion? \u00a0Who\u2019s to say, right? \u00a0It\u2019s not like the Charleston Church shooting in which the shooter was racist, and nothing else. \u00a0America is racist. \u00a0Racism. \u00a0Period.<\/p>\n

Interesting observation on my boys\u2019 part: \u00a0When the Charleston Shooting happened, not only did they only focus on American racism, but that was it. \u00a0They didn\u2019t link it to some other form of radicalism, like Islamic fundamentalism. \u00a0As opposed to now, in which the media is trying to remind us that even if radical terrorist who just happened to be Muslim did this, Christians can be just as bad (and only Christians are being mentioned, by the way). \u00a0Like agnostic Timothy McVeigh proves.<\/p>\n

This is why I\u2019d wager Trump, despite the stupid and wicked things he says, has a following. \u00a0In the end, at least he is telling the truth about a major issue in our world today, Those in the media and politics who would criticize him \u2013 and rightly so \u2013 are nonetheless in a world no more real than one populated by Jedi Knights and House Elves. And worse, a world of denial that doesn\u2019t sound like blind stupidity or naivety. \u00a0But one of falsehoods and lies that value flawed narratives and agendas over the well being and safety of those they would seek to oppress. <\/p>\n

Update<\/b>: Speaking of truths and falsehoods and ideologies and ignoring reality, it\u2019s now Day 3 at CAEI <\/a>in which the San Bernardino shootings have not been mentioned. \u00a0They have not been referenced. \u00a0No prayers. \u00a0No reflections. \u00a0Nothing. \u00a0To his credit, Mark didn\u2019t jump on the media bandwagon and try, early on, to pin it on anti-abortionists, the NRA or conservative Christians. \u00a0And at least he\u2019s not being like the MSM making a spectacle of itself trying to avoid the obvious and spin reality into a sad joke. \u00a0But still, the silence is noticeable. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because despite the horrible things he says, they are horrible things based on truth and facts. \u00a0Compared to that, the soft and gentle and caring things coming from the White House and the liberal propaganda ministries are clearly based on lies and falsehoods. \u00a0To wit: Meanwhile, the media ponders the shocking fact that the FBI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy is Donald Trump popular?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Because despite the horrible things he says, they are horrible things based on truth and facts.  Compared to that, the soft and gentle and caring\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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