Open Thread Wednesday

Absolutely correct.

In no way, however, does this mean that the changes and solutions he offered were the best ones, or even appropriate ones, but as I’ve been saying, if we want politicians to present well-researched, maximally beneficial solutions to our problems, we need to do at least one of several things: implement standards for who is permitted to seek public office, implement standards for what statements they are permitted to make while seeking that office, and prohibit them from soliciting campaign financing from any entity or organization that might directly benefit from their election.

Donald Trump’s idiotic and boorish campaign platforms, in the form of his upcoming PRESIDENCY, are a product of democracy (and its need to cater to the lowest common denominator of thought), not of some pocket of American racism or even blue collar disenfranchisement.

To clarify: I meant he convinced the people who voted for him he had a solution. I didn’t mean he actually had one.

Racism was not made prominent by the media; it was made prominent and encouraged by Trump at his rallies.