That's a lot of people: "There Is a Reason That The Media NEVER SHOWS The Crowds At a Donald Trump Rally. They Don't Want The People To Know How Popular Donald Trump Really Is."

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[–]HopeThatHalps 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There are a lot of uneducated, low information voters in this country who want a strong man xenophobe to make them feel safe. At least sixty million. The fact that he gets a large crowd is more unfortunate than impressive.

The media generally never shows the crowds at any political event, the cameras are always faced forward at the podium. There's almost never any journalistic question, or value, as to the crowd size. We're supposed to be listening to the what the politician has to say, regardless of the physical turnout. If too much hay is made of crowd sizes, politicians will be inclined to avoid constituencies where a large crowd isn't assured, and that's not good for democracy. Trump and the Republicans get a lot of mileage with their base by portraying themselves as victims.

[–]ScoobyDoo 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Despite the mainstream media's talking points: Nationalist ≠ xenophobe or "racist" for that matter.

[–]HopeThatHalps 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They correlate strongly.

[–]Drizzt 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

sure, it's morally correct to say nationalism is a bad thing. but you forget that a whole lot of people want to kill you based off your nationality, regardless if that be a united states citizen or a swedish person. the current geopolitical climate restricts the ability to act morally in place of defensively. to think otherwise is plainly naive.