Hope, Trust Deficits May Help Fuel Populism | Gallup

Hope, Trust Deficits May Help Fuel Populism | Gallup:



From the article:

• "Eighteen EU countries more disaffected, short on hope than U.S."

• "Among EU countries, France high on both indicators"

• "Greece tops ranking on both disaffected and short on hope"

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Tea party to Trump’s base: Drop dead - The Washington Post

Well.





Tea party to Trump’s base: Drop dead - The Washington Post

Catalog of Trump's disaffected fanatics

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/opinion/campaign-stops/a-final-plea-to-trumps-america.html


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Because they are afraid of his "almost fanatical base."

ALMOST???

http://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2017/2/6/14524000/why-congress-isnt-stopping-trump


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The need for alternative narratives in the face of fanaticism

They offered no vision to counterbalance ...

Extremism from both sides: What does the research tell us about Islamist extremism and far-right extremism? - Salon.com

Extremism from both sides: What does the research tell us about Islamist extremism and far-right extremism? - Salon.com

Reverse Tea Party? Republican officials facing more protests across country | Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/11/reverse-tea-party-republican-officials-facing-more-protests-across-country.html
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NYTimes.com: Who Are We?

Hoffer indicates that fanatics are not persuaded by logic. It is the narrative - specifically an identity narrative - and the holy cause and brotherhood it promotes that is influential. Douhat, among others, has highlighted the failure of liberals to craft a compelling competing alternative narrative that will be inclusive and powerful enough for Trump fanatics to jump ship. Policy arguments - even moral shaming - are not the rhetorical tools needed.

Obama had such a narrative - the people who voted for him in 2012 but Trump in 2016 were the margin of victory for the GOP.

One person who seems to get this is Evan McMullen. I predict he will be the one to beat Trump in 2020 with a compelling alternative narrative.

From The New York Times:

Who Are We?

The counternarrative to Trumpism excludes too much of America.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/opinion/who-are-we.html?mwrsm=Email


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LML shared a link: Steve Bannon: Donald Trump's chief strategist has a grand vision for remaking America — Quartz

Steve Bannon: Donald Trump's chief strategist has a grand vision for remaking America — Quartz from Chris Boese's Tweet

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Fear of refugees isn’t logical. It’s emotional. And that’s why it’s so powerful. - Vox

File this under emotional logic, narratives, true believers, and demagogic rhetoric...



Fear of refugees isn’t logical. It’s emotional. And that’s why it’s so powerful. - Vox:



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Symbolic Devils

A Lesson on How to Survive Trumpism—From the McCarthy Era | The Nation :

"And political repression does require an enemy, otherwise the authorities will be unable to frighten the nation into accepting massive violations of people’s rights. During the McCarthy era, the supposed threat to the USA was the international communist conspiracy; now it’s Islamic extremists, racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and left-wing professors. And they may be dealt with using methods J. Edgar Hoover embraced.

Newt Gingrich, for instance, has called for Congress to revive a World War II–style Un-American Activities Committee. Our president-to-be—who, it’s worth noting, took advice from Joe McCarthy’s sleazy amanuensis, Roy Cohn—has suggested depriving flag-burners of their citizenship. And, just last month, Turning Point USA, a right-wing student organization, posted a “Professor Watchlist” of one or two hundred (the numbers, like McCarthy’s, keep changing) academics who “advance a radical agenda in lecture halls” and make life hard for the conservatives in their classes. Their abuses: criticizing the Republican party, the NRA, and the current Israeli regime."

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