Quote Originally Posted by Drummond View Post
Criticism can and does exist, post-election. HOWEVER, it doesn't, ever, reach the pitch that the American Left have been foisting in Trump's direction, ever since he became President ! Equally .. the attacks launched on Trump, pre-election, have no equivalent in British politics I've ever been aware of. This last election of yours leaves the impression that American politics can be a far dirtier business than our own.

Trust me, your Left does itself no favours abroad, when it shows itself capable of such vitriol.

That said ... on my side of the Pond, too, anti-Trump sentiment seems unprecedented for any properly elected Leader ! My, how the Left hate Trump !! My impression is that your Left actually believe you have a right to DICTATE a win for yourselves, whenever you require it.

I hold a simple view. Trump was elected. He was elected because promises he gave, your general Public voted to see him work to achieve. So, on what decent basis do your lot work so very hard to prevent him from succeeding ?? Don't you CARE about the democratic Will of the People in your country ??
Really.

Where have you been between, roughly, from 2009 to 2016?

Secondly, pointing out the unmitigated disaster the Trumpy is isn't the equivalent of trying to steal an election.

Third, pointing out that a criticism is "unprecedented" is a meaningless metric, particularly in the face of a man whose intellectual decrepitude and moral bankruptcy are also unprecedented, warranting the most scathing, even "unprecedented" criticism (which it is not).

Fourth, when talking about the "Will of the People", how does a 46% minority, who brought about that electoral result, figure into your argument?

Fifth, if someone, President or otherwise, openly - as guided by one Mr. Bannon - goes about tearing the place down, everybody with some sense of decency in the nation should feel compelled to prevent this person from succeeding. Isn't that the most blindingly obvious thing ever to emerge on the political landscape?

Sixth, and finally, I, for one, couldn't give a rat's posterior whether or not the "Left" does itself any favors abroad. But then, in the face of outright disgust with the Trumpy all around the world (with the possible exception of Russia), I suspect that whatever counts as "left" in the U.S. is pretty much the country's saving grace abroad, ranging from Congressional Democrats to the "Resist" movement, of which the world, in my perception, is eager to hear more.