Amen, brother! > From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:44:57 -0700 (PDT) > > > From: "Disqus" <http://www.disqus.net/~notifications> > > Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:16:49 -0000 > > > > geraldfnord wrote, in response to Noelle: > > > > I repeat: the calumny and bile and disparagement are more important to many > > of his core supporters than actually doing anything. The core Trump > > supporters are slightly higher in income than average, work jobs not > > generally going to immigrants, and live in states with lower immigranta > > fractionsâ??but they are riddled with anxiety over control of their > > destiniesâ?¦which they never had, really, but that was masked and palliated > > by their status as The Right People, a.k.a. Real Americans. Demeaning and > > verbally assaulting people with impunity is a prime status-markerâ??nothing > > says Top Primate like beating-up another and getting away with it. > > > > Noelle wrote: > > > > If the people who are worried about illegal immigration could make their > > arguments without dehumanizing these people then I would not argue with > > them. I probably could agree with them in some points. Our immigration and > > naturalization system is a total disaster.