Who Came First, Stupid Leaders or Stupid Voters?

Two things stand out about Donald Trump (peace be upon him). One, that he is popular (at least among Republicans) and two, that he us an asshole. Now it's one thing to be an asshole in private life, and another to be one in public life. Trump is wealthy, popular, famous, powerful and successful, so his being ignorant and hateful gives permission to the public to be those things, freely, openly, publicly, proudly. Where would all the little Trumpettes be if they had to choose between rational, calm, intelligent, non-pig-like candidates? Probably they would stay home. Or they'd vote for Lyndon LaRouche (is he dead? This could be his moment).

But when the worst of human character traits becomes the best a nation can offer itself one has to wonder; are the hateful among the leaders giving permission for the hateful among the voters to come forward, or do the hateful among the public allow hate-filled candidates to emerge as legitimate. Which came first, the bowel or the rectum? (There is probably a biological, evolutionary answer to that question but we are talking politics so there's no room for science, is there?). Maybe it started with Fox News making bigotry and stupidity and hate/fear/lunacy mainstream (and, eventually, one assumes, profitable). Maybe all that really bad ideas in the world need is just time, and they will become legitimate.

If everyone you see on TV is stupid, stupid ideas become regular, everyday, ordinary, perfectly reasonable ones. If everyone on TV says we need war with Iran, then war seems like a legitimate, reasonable, mainstream option to be considered. Maybe we should, in fact, nuke a non-nuclear country...to prevent them from getting nukes like we have and are prepared to use against them. Maybe the President is a Kenyan. Or a Muslim, or a Nazi, or Stalinist, or an alien life form from Mars disguised as a human bent on taking over the earth and enslaving us all. If people in the public eye talk about it in serious tones on newscasts and in public (and televised) forums, there must be some legitimacy to it. If a United States Senator doesn't know if Obama is really Christian, how can I know? Maybe he isn't.

Look at the TV, look at the candidates, I always knew you couldn't trust them foreigners and this proves it. Donald came right out and said it, and he's a star. I was right all along, Mexicans are rapists, Muslims can't be Americans, and Americans are the greatest people in the universe. They wouldn't say it if it wasn't true.