It's not like he proudly boasted about his sexual assaults. Nor has he spoken at conferences for white supremacists. He hasn't even said that Mexicans are rapists and drug dealers (and some, he assumes, are good people). He definitely doesn't have a VP that supports gay conversion camps. And he isn't trying to take healthcare from millions of individuals.
Really, as a white man in the highest tax brackets, I have no reason at all to fear Trump, so why would anyone else?
Because if not, let me rewrite your last sentence: "Really, as a member of the inoculated group, I have no reason to fear the plague, so why would anyone else?"
250 years ago, Europe was still ruled by kings.
Basically, contrast the American revolution to the French one.
Anyway, the American right has generally been for preserving liberal democracy, not a monarchy or a cultural identity. Trump is a bit of an exception to this pattern, and doesn't have full support from the Republican party in the aspects of his politics that mirror the European right's (building walls, America first, etc.). The fact that the American congress has problems passing significant legislation demonstrates this fact.
Many others share GP's view that the whole Russia thing is potentially overblown. Personally, I'm still rather skeptical of the whole matter, considering I haven't been presented with sufficiently strong evidence to make me agree that it played a large role in the 2016 election.
Because this kind of comment usually incites a debate that is below the intellectual standards of HN.
This is not a statement about the comment's merit. Just a few days ago, there was a submission about how the US and Israel are leaving UNESCO. I was initially disappointed to see it being flagged off the front page because I was hoping for some insightful commentary on this development, but 90% of comments was arguing about whether there is a Jewish world conspiracy going on. That's why political stories and comments are very often flagged or downvoted to death.
Can someone please explain why the left's frustration over a Trump presidency is any more justified than the right's was over the Obama presidency. And can they also explain how screaming "RUSSIANS" is better than developing a platform that works for the fly over states and not just the coasts.
Honestly, is couching everything in the Socratic method the blessed way to comment on HN?
Sometimes I don't want to discuss I just want to make a statement.
Even if I agreed with the man's vile philosophy, if I was a supporter I would be frankly embarrassed by the man's performance. He is not even able to staff his branch of government.
The man is a failure by every metric. I am speaking now more to the "frustration" over a Trump presidency that the entire country has, not "the left" as you identify them.