For a presidential candidate whose views are as controversial as they get, Donald Trump owes a lot of his support to the fact that he is not afraid of giving a clear voice to philosophies that are well outside the confines of public respectability. It therefore, goes without saying that the problem is not Trump, but these philosophies. It is natural to think that in some sense, Donald Trump's views are reasonable.
A presidential candidate giving voice to such philosophies can only drum up support to the extent to which those views have an underlying support. If this is indeed the case, then a bigger percentage of the criticism that has been pointed towards his candidacy is injudicious. Perhaps he should be accredited for bringing to the surface what has been present all this time but denied in a false sense.
In truth, Donald's views and general campaign strategy are the perfect choices for Democrats' biggest foes. While the acceptance of Islamophobia, commitment to strict retributive justice, xenophobia and racism are out rightly problems that are free of Trump, but his views to a large extent pose an added threat to the practice of democracy.
The fact is, even when primarily bigoted views are publicly renounced, they serve as obstacles to the fair deliberation of democracy as political figures express their opinion through coded language such as 'clean-up.' The thing with Donald Trump is that he does not deny any of his views and he talks about them openly in public forums. In doing so, he adds a validity factor to his philosophies. The important point to consider is that when a political figure uses terms that expressly represent a particular group in the negative light, it emasculates the social rule that allows us all to live in unity.
Donald's candidacy is fundamentally fixated on policy issues whose organization matches that of the criminal justice talks where there a distinct line between friend and foe that can be exploited for political and economic gain. A great example is a debate on terrorism and immigration. His current views are reminiscent of the early 90s debate on criminal justice.
This is no surprise considering Donald Trump had a full page write-up in a couple of New York newspapers back in the day when the trial of the five teenagers accused of brutally raping a jogger was going on. One of his headlines was an appeal to bring back the police and also the death penalty. His argument was that the people responsible for making the streets unsafe should suffer for their actions.
In his campaign today, Trump still bears the same tough outlook on crime saying that we need to take a tough stand on crime and openly advocating for increasing the application of the death penalty. At the beginning of his campaign, he showcased a very degrading representation to drive a point where Mexican immigrants were portrayed as insects scattered everywhere. Though this view can quickly be dismissed as very unlikely to have any real impact on the larger public, this is a dangerous tactic that was used by the Nazis to degrade the Jews, and should therefore not be stomached.
Whether his views are reasonable or were simply meant to attract some attention, is something up for debate though we have to admit that the last phase of his campaign turned very reasonable as he shed some of the tough-line stands on key issues thus acquiring quite a decent following.
One thing most people appreciate about Trump is the fact that he gives it and tells it as it is. Voters also admire the fact that he has built his way to the top from nothing and hope that he can do the same for America. His promise of the greatest tax reforms that include a standard 15 percent rate for all businesses and people earning less than $25,000 annually not paying any taxes, among other propositions is what endears him to his supporters.
Love him or hate him, the fact that he is the chosen Republican flag bearer means that his views are reasonable according to a large group of Americans. We just have to sit and wait to see what the polls have to say.