Also, about the original topic, I don't think we are helping anything by calling Trump supporters deplorable...even if it's true. I don't blame Clinton, she's mostly really kept her cool considering the side show this particular election has become, but as a nation, we need to be more understanding.
I was recently reading an article discussing reasons people vote against their own self interests, Trump supporters in particular.
The article said these people value DIGNITY above almost all else, and they are often poor blue collar workers. They hate welfare because it robs them of the one thing they have, supporting their families through their own hard work. And many are racist, because if someone is lower than them on the social ladder, then they aren't on the bottom themselves.
Yes, I still find these ethics to be selfish and.....deplorable. However, just calling names is doing the opposite of helping address the root cause, which is to help them retain their dignity, or else make our society train the next generation to know that such pride is hurtful to self and others, and put the wellbeing of all above the petty notions of pride at the expense of others.
Good luck with the latter, though.
I was recently reading an article discussing reasons people vote against their own self interests, Trump supporters in particular.
The article said these people value DIGNITY above almost all else, and they are often poor blue collar workers. They hate welfare because it robs them of the one thing they have, supporting their families through their own hard work. And many are racist, because if someone is lower than them on the social ladder, then they aren't on the bottom themselves.
Yes, I still find these ethics to be selfish and.....deplorable. However, just calling names is doing the opposite of helping address the root cause, which is to help them retain their dignity, or else make our society train the next generation to know that such pride is hurtful to self and others, and put the wellbeing of all above the petty notions of pride at the expense of others.
Good luck with the latter, though.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
