Conservatives Are Right, The Left Is Hateful

Keep the knee jerk reactions in check.

Conservatives say the left is hateful. The honest truth is that in many respects they are correct. I am not only speaking of neoliberals on this. I am talking the actual left.

In 2016, I and many others pointed out that Hillary really had no campaign and no policies other than “I’m not Trump”, warmongering and attacking/division regarding anyone who did not bow down to her self-imposed “royalty”. To this very day, I challenge those who supported her to name any policy of hers she promoted and they cannot name anything except “more of the same”. Even though the 2016 election cycle was all about change.

It is absolutely counter-productive to call those on the right “deplorable” or accuse every single person who voted for Trump a racist. There’s no truth to it. Polls and actual discussions in 2016 illustrated that roughly half the people who voted for Trump did not support Trump. They feared Hillary, for good reason. Those who feared her could name the reasons why. Those who supported her could not name why they supported her. By the same token, many who voted for her did not support her, they feared Trump. Also for good reason.

While most of his policies were and are horrible and damaging, Trump has and still does send specific messages in his rhetoric- national pride and hope. Both on false premises but many people feed far more on rhetoric than reality. Both left and right opposed Obama’s TPP, which basically all agreed…