Evidently There Are Ignorant People in Britain as Well

[CajunBlazer]

(Cross posted from DU-2016)

Recently I have been embarrassed that one of the two major political parties in this country actually chose a grandstanding reality show star as its Presidential nominee. It is difficult to believe that anyone other than our most ignorant citizens would vote for the likes of Donald Trump to be President of the United States. To even contemplate that Trump actually received 10.8 Million votes in the Republican primaries, the most for any Republican candidate in history, is mind blowing for people like me.

During the last few months I paid particular attention whenever one our British cousins expressed utter disdain for Trump. British Prime Minister David Cameron called Trumps proposed Muslim travel ban “divisive, stupid and wrong,” and “…I think if he came to this country it would unite us all against him.” Several other high visibility British politicians made similar comments. More than 570,000 Britons signed an online petition demanding that Trump be banned from entering from the United Kingdom and the British Parliament actually seriously considered the question. My thought at the time was, “The British are bright people.”

Well, evidently I formed my opinion prematurely based on insufficient evidence. British politicians may have their thinking caps on straight, but the same cannot be said of the majority of the British people. ....

http://www.cajunscomments.com/evidently-there-are-ignorant-people-in-britain-as-well/

[cosmicone]

1. On a given day in a given campaign

we are all susceptible to voting out of anger without thinking.

We then close our minds to all rational logic and analysis. We want what we want regardless of the consequences.

Haven't we all seen this right here on DU?

[CajunBlazer]

2. Indeed we have.

DU is a Microcosm of the political world where passion often far outstrip those of the general public.

As the article goes on to illustrate, the Brexit vote is far from a indicator that Trump may indeed become President of the US. It is a cautionary tale of what can happen when passions and hate are used by politicians like Trump to overcome reason and good sense.