About the ‘Basket of Deplorables’

[KamaAina]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/opinion/about-the-basket-of-deplorables.html

What Clinton said was impolitic, but it was not incorrect. There are things a politician cannot say. Luckily, I’m not a politician.

Donald Trump is a deplorable candidate — to put it charitably — and anyone who helps him advance his racial, religious and ethnic bigotry is part of that bigotry. Period. Anyone who elevates a sexist is part of that sexism. The same goes for xenophobia. You can’t conveniently separate yourself from the detestable part of him because you sense in him the promise of cultural or economic advantage. That hair cannot be split.

Furthermore, one doesn’t have to actively hate to contribute to a culture that allows hate to flourish.

It doesn’t matter how lovely your family, how honorable your work or service, how devout your faith — if you place ideological adherence or economic self interest above the moral imperative to condemn and denounce a demagogue, then you are deplorable.

[HuckleB]

1. K & R!

[Wilms]

2. She was wrong to paint half of Trump's supporters in that way.

It's probably much closer to three-quarters.

[Adrahil]

3. We need a bigger basket. NT

[madaboutharry]

4. I love Charles Blow.

[KamaAina]

5. Ditto.

His son attends my alma mater Yale, where he was roughed up by campus (not even New Haven!) cops for, you guessed it, "fitting the description".

[The Wizard]

6. Tramp supporters are

the worst element of humanity. They're just a collection of vile degenerates and pus bags. Civilization will be better off if they're marched into the sea.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

7. I couldn't agree more.

I worry about the destructive effect they have, and how to manage the negative consequences of their running rampant.

[kentuck]

8. Excellent!

Cheers to Charles Blow!