Another Donald Faux Pas
The word of the day is now faux. Not to be confused with the Vietnamese soup, pho, which is savory and delectable. No, I mean faux as in the affected outrage, angst and furor directed at The Donald for any and all of his utterances, which is definitely un-savory. Like jackals baying and snapping at a presumptive victim, the popular media are circling Trump looking to exploit any possible weakness to tear him apart.
It’s like a large scale version of junior high girls whereby any and every utterance of the bullied victim is subject to ridicule and taunting. Of course this is delicious irony since Trump is also no stranger to puerile insults. Name calling now passes as witty debate during this election cycle. But for those with naïve and already made up minds, faux outrage can make an indelible impression on their views.
We recall the last election when Mitt Romney set tongues a cluckin’ with his revelation of placing the family dog on the car roof during road trips, Beverly Hillbillies style. The wailing from the PETA crowd was like keening at an Irish funeral. Unlike eating a dog, which is acceptable if you one day become President, roofing a dog is beyond the pale. So, Romney antagonized the dog crowd and was painted as an insensitive rich guy. Romney didn’t address the incidents directly since it was too ridiculous to answer for. The Donald ain’t takin’ any of that.
The recent ‘trumped up’ incident involving Khizr Khan, father of the hero veteran stirred predictable media outrage at Trump because his retort was ‘insulting’. While Trump did not in fact disparage the heroism of the son, he made an oblique remark about the ability of the Muslim wife to make comment, which would not be unusual for Muslims. So the cascade of ‘racist’, ‘shameful’, ‘intemperate’, yada yada yada condemnations from media and pundits alike, rained upon Trump like expletives at a rap concert. Meanwhile the mother of an American killed in Benghazi was criticized for grandstanding when she spoke of her son’s heroism. Clint Eastwood spoke for many when he today said, “The pussy generation needs to just ‘f**king get over it” Eloquently and succinctly said; the oppression of politically correct speech may finally be coming to an end; which is the primary reason for Trump’s ascendancy to popularity.
The faux indignation for anything connected to Trump would have more validity if not for the Orwellianly labelled Progressives’ penchant for ascribing anything not aligned with their worldviews as being evil and malevolent. Meanwhile, they tie themselves up in Gordian knots explaining the illogical positions of their culture warriors; for example, John Kerry’s assertion that air conditioners are a bigger threat to mankind than ISIS. Laugh out loud stuff from over there. Can’t wait to see what Trump will do next to set the left off in sputtering faux rage. He can tell them they fight like 12 year old girls.