He has effectively neutralized the media and called them out for what they are (simply a group that spews propaganda) and has allowed the country to have a conversation (one that was very much needed). For better or worse, Trump is using tweets to communicate directly with the public and not allowing things to be filtered by the media first so they can put their spin on it. And although I wish he would get a second set of eyes on some of these tweets before he sends them, given a choice of whether he should continue with it or not, I say tweet away. It's more than clear that this is one of the biggest reasons the media is having a hissy fit since they're all about brainwashing people. We've been at a point for quite some time where "reporters" no longer report. The Op-Ed section is now the front page and people are encouraged not to use their minds. And that's more than apparent by the people that go to forums after actively searching for every negative news smear they can find and post this information (which I find laughable as it's clear they need to let others do their thinking for them since they couldn't possibly have a reasoned conversation with others).
In regards to having a conversation. let's think about what we've been exposed to for the last 8 years....
-Immigration: Many of you watched the Superbowl and got to see a variety of commercials showing things like the poor mother and daughter, heroically trying to illegally cross the border in search of a better life for themselves. And yet we never hear about the other side of the story. The Kate Steinle's and the Bologna families (in my neck of the woods to name a few). Can you imagine Obama having a speech and bringing in a family who's daughter was murdered by an illegal alien or pointing out all of the illegals in our prison (yeah, don't think so...that doesn't work for their agenda). And Liberals appear to be fine with just tossing people under a bus and pretending they don't exist if it doesn't support their agenda. Not to mention, who in their right mind could possibly be against taking steps to secure our border (be it by an actual structure or tighter vetting). I'm not even going to say I love the way this has started out since I wouldn't isolate out any countries, I would just simply say make it more thorough for anyone entering the country, since it's not like a terrorist couldn't infiltrate an ally of ours and come in that way. The bottom line is, if you think securing our border is a bad thing, then you are essentially saying that you think the U.S. should have open borders. And if that's the case, feel free to explain how we could possibly do that.
-Health Care: How often do we hear how cold blooded Republicans are for not covering pre-existing illnesses (a group that represents about 1/2% of the country). And yet the hardship placed on others (which represents significantly more people) is simply ignored. Yeah, fuck those people if they're having problems putting food on their tables because they have to pay more for health care....not their problem. How convenient. This is typically followed by how we need single payer. Of course, the people that spout that are quick to ignore that people in countries that are at least somewhat larger in scale (i.e. UK, Germany, France) tax its citizens anywhere from 50%-70%. Somehow I'm thinking the 90% of people in this country that get their health coverage from their employer or the government are not paying that high a price for health care. Spare me the cherry picking of the smaller countries like Canada who are only 11% of our population. There's a big difference dealing with the size and scale of the U.S. and health care.
-School Choice: I live in a state that pays it's teachers at the high end of the scale and for that we get a 47th placing out of 50 on our ranking for education. But lord forbid you mention school choice because they're clearly doing such a fine job with our children. Yeah, sorry. Results do matter and frankly I'm tired of hearing excuses from a group that are more than happy to vote for any politicians that want to do nothing about making sure that many of the children in our schools speak English as a 1st language (can't have it both ways). CA spends over $11k per student and the teachers here complain it's not enough (funny). I've lived in SF or a stone's throw from it for 50 years and we have the worst schools in the nation. Given a choice to have the ability to put the kids here in Parochial schools over the public schools, I don't know a parent that wouldn't pick the former. And $11k a year would put a kid in Parochial schools from Kindergarten through High School (I've already done the math and know the prices of schools in our area).
Unfortunately, you can't have a conversation with most people in this area. They're too busy hurling insults or starting off conversations with "who would be so crazy.....(fill in the blank)". Needless to say, when you start off conversations like that, you're not interested in an opposing viewpoint, and you simply show how intellectually rigid and close minded you are.
In regards to having a conversation. let's think about what we've been exposed to for the last 8 years....
-Immigration: Many of you watched the Superbowl and got to see a variety of commercials showing things like the poor mother and daughter, heroically trying to illegally cross the border in search of a better life for themselves. And yet we never hear about the other side of the story. The Kate Steinle's and the Bologna families (in my neck of the woods to name a few). Can you imagine Obama having a speech and bringing in a family who's daughter was murdered by an illegal alien or pointing out all of the illegals in our prison (yeah, don't think so...that doesn't work for their agenda). And Liberals appear to be fine with just tossing people under a bus and pretending they don't exist if it doesn't support their agenda. Not to mention, who in their right mind could possibly be against taking steps to secure our border (be it by an actual structure or tighter vetting). I'm not even going to say I love the way this has started out since I wouldn't isolate out any countries, I would just simply say make it more thorough for anyone entering the country, since it's not like a terrorist couldn't infiltrate an ally of ours and come in that way. The bottom line is, if you think securing our border is a bad thing, then you are essentially saying that you think the U.S. should have open borders. And if that's the case, feel free to explain how we could possibly do that.
-Health Care: How often do we hear how cold blooded Republicans are for not covering pre-existing illnesses (a group that represents about 1/2% of the country). And yet the hardship placed on others (which represents significantly more people) is simply ignored. Yeah, fuck those people if they're having problems putting food on their tables because they have to pay more for health care....not their problem. How convenient. This is typically followed by how we need single payer. Of course, the people that spout that are quick to ignore that people in countries that are at least somewhat larger in scale (i.e. UK, Germany, France) tax its citizens anywhere from 50%-70%. Somehow I'm thinking the 90% of people in this country that get their health coverage from their employer or the government are not paying that high a price for health care. Spare me the cherry picking of the smaller countries like Canada who are only 11% of our population. There's a big difference dealing with the size and scale of the U.S. and health care.
-School Choice: I live in a state that pays it's teachers at the high end of the scale and for that we get a 47th placing out of 50 on our ranking for education. But lord forbid you mention school choice because they're clearly doing such a fine job with our children. Yeah, sorry. Results do matter and frankly I'm tired of hearing excuses from a group that are more than happy to vote for any politicians that want to do nothing about making sure that many of the children in our schools speak English as a 1st language (can't have it both ways). CA spends over $11k per student and the teachers here complain it's not enough (funny). I've lived in SF or a stone's throw from it for 50 years and we have the worst schools in the nation. Given a choice to have the ability to put the kids here in Parochial schools over the public schools, I don't know a parent that wouldn't pick the former. And $11k a year would put a kid in Parochial schools from Kindergarten through High School (I've already done the math and know the prices of schools in our area).
Unfortunately, you can't have a conversation with most people in this area. They're too busy hurling insults or starting off conversations with "who would be so crazy.....(fill in the blank)". Needless to say, when you start off conversations like that, you're not interested in an opposing viewpoint, and you simply show how intellectually rigid and close minded you are.
