Nonetheless, there should be no ignoring the real distress Trump voters have experienced . As a moral matter, writing off Trump voters as unenlightened and backward-looking is to engage in the very same kind of bigoted behavior that we condemn in other spheres. Let’s begin by disentangling the causes of both Trumpism and the related rise of far-right parties in Europe. But his voters should not be demeaned or ignored, and his rise should shatter the complacency of the comfortable. Simply by revealing who he really is, Trump sent millions of voters fleeing him in disgust.

Source: Washington Post August 07, 2016 23:48 UTC