I have American friends, some of whom support
Trump. This is actually what an American friend wrote today. "How to
consider Trump. Learn to listen with a filter. Filter out the noise and only
attend and hear the content. You will like what you now hear."
To
which I said, "I was wondering how my friends arrived at peace with a
Trump endorsement. A filter, that's it. A filter to filter out Trumpisms. A
filter that delivers only authentic policy.
The downside is that the filter is effective for only pre-election
months, after which it becomes reality-degradable. Alas, the filter cannot
eliminate the toxicities of the true Trump. The seeming unalloyed policy will
be serviced by an unfiltered oval office occupant.
Further,
hindsight will reveal that the personal cost of filter development was enormous
for the otherwise conscientious voter. A case could also be made for a Hillary
filter. It would require entirely different criteria and variables. It may even
require greater effort and filtration to endorse another Clinton.
When
the campaigns began, every voter employed a filter. As candidates fell away,
filters became more complex to impede the contaminants so voters could be
comfortable with remaining candidates. Until we are here, with a choice between
two residual candidates that demands that voters delude themselves."
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