I fully get what you’re saying. The problem is, who becomes the arbiter of what can and can’t be said. And how do you enforce it. It is its own slippery slope. Say what you want, but when you raise your hand you’ve crossed a line. That’s my philosophy and it makes things a lot simpler.
As for the Trumpinator and Jones and men of their ilk, what is sad is not so much that they exist and say their vlakies, but rather that so many (oh so many) fall for it. But the truth is, the sort of people that follow Trump are looking for that sort of a person to lead them.
In some ways, Trump is a good thing (hear me out) because the US is so so so divided. No one (well the media really) saw it coming and I have to ask why not ? I can only assume the media live in their own bubble and don’t see the reality on the ground. Why have so many voted for Trump ? It’s an important question. Many dismiss it saying they’re just rednecks etc. but I don’t think that’s a cool response.
I don’t see this situation changing anytime soon either. The establishment cries foul but they should look at themselves and how they allowed an imbecile to become the most powerful politician in the world.
I remember during the GFC seeing a protester wearing a t-shirt that made me smile. He’d written on it “Dont worry, the French aristocracy didn’t see it coming either”, ha ha, it made me laugh. But hey, f##k main st, throw trillions (trillions!) at Wall St. and then wonder why the country is mangled and is run by a baboon.
I don’t follow US politics closely enough to know if the establishment has woken up but if I had to guess I’d say probably not.