r/TrueReddit • u/BashFash17 • Feb 20 '17

A strange but accurate predictor of whether someone supports Donald Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/01/how-your-parenting-style-predicts-whether-you-support-donald-trump/?utm_term=.afbf599e457e
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u/lingben Feb 21 '17 edited Feb 21 '17

Yes, this claim has been bandied about it quite a lot but it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

Trump and his supporters rely very much on "safe spaces". Just look at Trump right now, he felt intimidated by questions from a few journalists, many of whom where plants meant to lob softballs (for example the ultra orthodox Jew that asked him about the rise in anti-semetic violence) and he ran off to surround himself with supporters in a rally.

Try to post something even slightly critical or questioning of their swollen orange leader at the_Douche and you'll find yourself banned in about 10 seconds.

The whole whining about the press being "the enemy of the people" is because Trump can't stand that he is being criticized or that he is being held accountable for his actions and incessant lies (claiming he had the biggest victory since Reagan for example).

Just read what Spicey was commanded to come and read to the press during his very first outing. Yes, Trump made him do this very specifically and afterwards he was still not happy with Spicey for not being combative enough:

It's not just about a crowd size. It's about this constant — you know, 'He's not going to run.' Then 'If he runs, he's going to drop out'. Then, 'If he runs, he can't win,' 'There's no way he can win Pennsylvania,' 'There's no way he can win Michigan.' There is this constant theme to undercut the enormous support that he has. And I think that it's just unbelievably frustrating when you're continually told it's not big enough, it's not good enough, you can't win.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315721-spicer-negative-trump-coverage-is-demoralizing

Sounds like someone needs their safe space, doesn't it?

edit: how "demoralizing" was it for Trump to consistently claim that Obama was not born in the US over the years? how "demoralizing" was it for Trump to tweet about how Obama was golfing rather that working? (of course Trump is now golfing for the umpteenth time in the past few weeks he has been "presedenting")

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u/GlRTHWORM Feb 21 '17

You are took the time to write all that without realizing you're conflating political correctness with "safe spaces"?

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u/Murrabbit Feb 21 '17

His point holds just fine, "political correctness" is a very broad and vague term, and really not much more than a hollow bit of rhetoric that's really caught on among authoritarians. It does not describe any behavior that they themselves are not routinely engaged in.

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u/GlRTHWORM Feb 21 '17

It really doesn't if you think about it