Trump and the Scapegoat Effect

This election has some strong emotional responses to both Clinton and Trump….I know why I dislike both candidates but I am not sure if others have the same reactions to them as I…….some people will vote for the person that they dislike the less….and these are the people that will tell me that my vote is wasted if I vote for a third party…..these are the same people that call others “sheep”…….

Trump for instance…..those people that drink from the hemlock cup of the Donald almost to a person thinks the country is dead if he is not elected…..but so far I have not heard one reason why I should believe this poison…..

While reading the American Conservative I found an article that tries to explain the hatred for Donald J. Trump…..

Donald Trump is the scapegoat supreme of our time.

Don’t kill the messenger. See, to have a scapegoat is to not know you have one. It is to unite in common cause with other actors in your community to purge a common monster to preserve peace and order. Trump, more than any other figure in our present culture, fits that bill. (Yes, Trump and his supporters scapegoat other groups as well.)

Having dedicated his life to the study of scapegoating as the origin of culture, the late anthropologist René Girard is someone who should join every conservative’s pantheon. He argues that human beings unconsciously stumbled upon a circuit breaker that kept violence from virally overwhelming our ancient communities: the common identification and expulsion of a common enemy. The catharsis and solidarity scapegoating provides led early people to mythologize their victims into gods.

Source: Trump and the Scapegoat Effect | The American Conservative

Now I am looking for a similar article to why the country hates Hilly Clinton….personally, I do not think one is needed…..most of us have known her most of our lives and nothing about her is appealing…..

Please read the press before attempting something clever….which usually is nothing like clever or for that matter….timely.  (I apologize if you took the time to read the press beyond the title)…….

What you guys think?

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