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Hillary Clinton called them "the deplorables." Barack Obama called them losers who "cling" to their Bibles, bigotries and guns.
To President Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Commission, they are "these populist, nationalists, stupid nationalists... in love with their own countries."
Well, "stupid" they may be, and, yes, they do love their countries, but last week they gave Juncker a thrashing, as they shook up the West and the world.
Elections in the world's largest electoral blocs -- the 28-nation EU, and an India of 1.3 billion people -- showed that the tide of nationalism continues to rise and spread across Europe and Asia.
"these populist, nationalists, stupid nationalists... in love with their own countries."
I'll drink to that. Cheers.
The former is an idea that appeals to the intellect; the latter, rooted in love of family, faith, tribe and nation, is of the heart. In its potency to motivate men, liberalism is to nationalism what near beer is to Bombay gin.
originally posted by: Rewey
a reply to: 727Sky
I believe the result of the Brexit referendum was a key starting point, ahead of the 2016 US election. I remember the morning after the Brexit result, I messaged some of my family and told them that Hillary and Co would be soiling themselves after that. That was the point at which I firmly believed that Trump was likely to win, contrary to what the media and polls were saying.
Australia also had a federal election a fortnight ago in which the left wing party had been all but assured a victory for months, only to be surprised by the conservative party snatching victory with a simple majority (ie. they didn't need to form a coalition with other minor parties to govern).
originally posted by: Bone75
"Is the Liberal Hour Ending in the West?"
No. In fact we haven't seen anything yet.
You don't spend much time around young people do you?
If we don't raise the voting age to 40... like... NOW....... we're done.
I'm not sure he's completely right on that. I think they've made themselves so obnoxious they can't win over people because they've purged everyone who isn't exactly like them in every thought and belief.
My daughter recites the Pledge of Allegiance and knows all about our Flag.
originally posted by: Bone75
"Is the Liberal Hour Ending in the West?"
No. In fact we haven't seen anything yet.
You don't spend much time around young people do you?
If we don't raise the voting age to 40... like... NOW....... we're done.