Thursday, February 8, 2018

I detest Trump, but a redneck fixed my Prius with zip ties.

It's characterized on conservative sites as unintentional liberal self parody. The story is about a woman seething with hatred for Trump who characterizes her emotional disability due to Trump and her deep animosity towards all who elected him, and her sixteen-year-old daughter who cried on election night, driving home from a resist Donald Trump protest and experiencing car trouble on the way home.

Elitists driving and not flying is not explained.

A man followed her onto the highway ramp and began fixing her vehicle without even being asked. He just got right to it and assured her she'll be okay all the way home. He self-identified as a redneck. It's what he called himself, not what she called him. But because of that she assumed that he also voted for Trump.

Her story is funny, loaded with details of her describing herself, her daughter, her friends and acquaintances, her activities, her stickers on the side of her car. Everything that she does puts her above others in her own mind.

She cannot reconcile her hatred for Trump and for his supporters with this new insight to helpful human nature. She must make mental adjustments to account for this experience so she allows that some rednecks can still be nice people. But she still blames Trump for her hatred. That's the part readers find hilarious. She cannot bring herself to reevaluate the real source of her hatred. It must be outside herself. Her hatred cannot be her responsibility. With nobody else to blame that she can see, she blames Trump. So after all that self-evaluation and reflection she gets nowhere. Real emotional progress is not possible. Although forced, she cannot check her premises completely. That is impossible for her to do. After claiming intellectual superiority to all who voted for Trump, she's too dumb to look at herself to solve her own sef-inflicted emotional problem.

The full story originates with Tampa Bay Times.

The comments there run 50/50 pro/anti Trump. Tampa Bay Times readers are dummkopfs.

I read the story at Legal Insurrection.

Comments there are wise, worldly, and knowing. Legal Insurrection readers are more intellectual.

There is a world of difference between groups of readers. The only thing they have in common is they all have internet connection and they all can type.

7 comments:

edutcher said...

It also tells us that without the Deplorables, Lefties could not survive.

AllenS said...

Yes to that. They would starve or freeze to death.

bagoh20 said...

Different people have different skill sets. Some people excel at the study, and practice of feelings. They may not be real useful to the rest of us, but they have the same rights to speech, and voting. Seems unfair, but us hillbillies are a tolerant bunch. We try to fix what we can, and care for even those who despise us.

windbag said...

Comments there are wise, worldly, and knowing. Legal Insurrection readers are more intellectual.

I do my best to bring that average down over there.

I replaced the water pump in my truck parked (legally) in the middle of town. I was lucky to be able to pull over into a spot, and was able to leave it there to go retrieve the parts. One time I saw a car being worked on in the middle of the street. People just drove around them. I felt sympathy for their plight, not impatience for blocking traffic. There was a cop standing by, I think just to make sure people went around, but heck, he may have been helping. There is a subset of redneck that lives to rescue stranded motorists. Yeah, I know, that's deplorable behavior.

Rabel said...

You kids with your fancy schmancy zippy ties. In my day a piece of rope or a roll of duck tape was enough.

AllenS said...

I haven't bought any duct tape in a long time. Buy Gorilla Tape. It's like duct tape, but on steroids. It will stick to anything, and it won't break down and shread so quickly as duct tape after being in the elements (outside).

Dad Bones said...

Good point, AllenS. My garage has a flat rubber roof that started developing long cracks years ago and the Gorilla tape does a great job of patching them. When it starts to pull loose after a couple years I pull it off and tape it again.