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So why, then, was a wotsit-faced skunk-headed billionaire demagogue seen as the better option? Well, with the idea that Clinton was seen as the crookiest of the crooks looking to hand out favours in every direction to gain some money, Trump was exalted as somewhat of a messianic outsider. Much was made of the man who was able to fund his own campaign, who supposedly barricaded himself against the hunger of those desperate for policy influence. (All the while, however, behind closed doors, one imagines that Trump, imploding with his ineptitude, opened his ears to the unsexed Mike Pence and his born-again spirits.) Nevertheless, that image of political outsider was not one that aroused shock and derision but was his biggest allure. Not only was he a political outsider but, perhaps more importantly, he was an unabashedly political outsider who was happy to throw around off-the-cuff ‘facts’, make up policy that prerogative power would allow him on the spot, and perform as a horrendous orator. But what this then created was a peculiar aura in that anything that the media accused Trump of doing – labeling him a racist, xenophobe, sexist, even a rapist – became void of any real substance upon impact. Because Trump was so unashamed of his behaviour and spoke with such spontaneous carelessness people became desensitised to all the genuine concerns the media were trying to make them take heed of. The reason why labels such as ‘racist’, ‘xenophobe’, ‘sexist’ and ‘bigot’ lack so much substance now, though, is because of a trend that has been picking up pace in recent years. It is because the liberal left, which most of our generation raise their arm in patriotic pride for, has begun to throw them around so easily, angrily and inaccurately that anyone who is labeled as such, rather than being seen as detestable, is not seen as any different. Our generation is in a state of ‘blind liberalism’, which, if you read my article on why we need a better discussion on religion, you will see more of my view on. Within this climate, we have molded arguments to such narrow parameters that any view that may stray even on the margin is seen as ‘bigoted’, ‘racist’ or ‘sexist’ to the point where people are tentative to put forward a view because they are aware they will leave with such epithets. So then comes along Trump who, with a rash remark of ‘there needs to be a shut down of all Muslims entering the country’, completely shatters the notion of these strict parameters. And all those that held a view, even remotely on the fringe of what we call a ‘liberal’ perspective, rallied around this figure of the ‘voiceless’ and any accusation made, whether it be racism or rape, made no difference, for here was their vessel for change.

So we must, before we label everyone who voted Trump a racist, look into the more complex issue at hand. Are those that were so against Trump so blameless in his victory?

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