Harry Belafonte Is Really Concerned About Trump Supporters

[sheshe2]

It’s not The Donald, it’s his supporters who scare him most.



The legendary entertainer appeared on Saturday’s episode of “CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield” and shared his thoughts on the election season, including his concern over Donald Trump’s number of supporters.

“I think America sits at its most critical space I’ve every known our country to be,” he said to Whitfield. “I think it’s one thing to flippantly dismiss Donald Trump as some phenomena or some peculiar phenomena. I think Americans think of him very seriously. I’m not as concerned about him and the distortions of his character, as I have about the fact that obviously 13 million people have declared themselves committed to his ideology, and committed to his philosophy. That’s a big number.”

When asked what impact he thinks the election will have on the current climate, Belafonte summed it up when he said there’s no “ambivalence” between the ideologies of the two candidates.

Welp. He’s right about that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harry-belafonte-donald-trump-supporters_us_57f28550e4b0c2407cdef3f8?section=&

[radical noodle]

1. I think he's right on target

Some of his supporters are like cult members and are so delusional that we may see a jump in white nationalist style violence.

[sheshe2]

2. Yes.

Hard to believe 13 million people are so full of hate. That won't change one iota after a Trump loss, may even ramp it up.

[radical noodle]

3. While that's only about 5% of the population

It's still too many. I'm seriously worried about Hillary.

[sheshe2]

4. Still to many, yes.

I worry for her as I worried for Obama. I always tried not to voice it.

[longship]

5. I sincerely hope that that's wrong.

Gees! What kind of nightmare has been brewing?

Somehow, we have to deal with it.

I keep going back to John Dean's book, Conservatives Without Conscience where he takes apart and interprets the GOP under the rubric of the authoritarian personality as documented by Bob Altemeyer. Yes, it is that John Dean, of Watergate fame. He is a rather brilliant guy, and is no doubt a Hillary Clinton supporter. That book is one of the best political books I've read in many decades. I bought it when he came to speak when I lived near LA. I found him to be a rather soft spoken and gentle person. He signed my copy and he spoke with me briefly. As the line was long, I didn't want to take too long. I wouldn't mind having lunch with him sometime, though. Not going to happen. Keith Olbermann often had him on Countdown. I can recommend the book, though.

Always glad to interact with you, she.

[johnnyrocket]

6. Yep, terrifying and sad there are fellow Americans who think like Trump. They need to disappear...

...from mainstream society, and forever shunned into the trashbin of history.

[brer cat]

7. Many of his supporters

are angry, easily riled, and armed. That is not a healthy combination. Many will see Hillary's election as a one-two punch coming after President Obama, and they may well decide they are not going to take it anymore. Scary times for sure.