Posted on 08/23/2016 11:51:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
Get this: According to The New York Times, some wives are threatening to divorce their husbands if the fellows vote for Donald Trump.
The Times featured one couple, a male dentist and a female a doctor, who had never talked much about politics before. When the wife learned her husband was for Trump, she threatened to divorce him and move to Canada.
Sheesh. It makes one long for the good old days when a fellow had to run off with a cocktail waitress before his wife called in the lawyers.
The Federalist shared some interesting insights on The Times article. Journalist Denise C. McAllister argues that in 2016, "you are who you vote for."
"Why are voters not merely being associated with Trump, but actually and essentially being identified with him, sharing the same characteristics of racism and sexism that have been attached to him (justified or not)?" she writes.
And why, she ponders, do some voters who loathe Trump for what they perceive to be his negative characteristics give Hillary Clinton a free pass with hers?
Hillary does have a long history of habitually telling tale tales. She failed to be a good feminist by aggressively attacking the women her husband was caught having dalliances with. Even an ardent Hillary supporter has to concede that she used her power in the State Department to dole out favors in return for massive contributions to the foundation she and her husband own.
"Looking at Clinton's sordid history of political and personal corruption, we have a profile of a person who is deeply untrustworthy, selfish and motivated by money, not the general welfare of American citizens," writes McAllister. "Yet little, if any, stigma is attached to those who are voting for her."
So why is Trump getting hit so hard whereas Hillary is largely given a free pass? McAllister argues that it is a reflection of the pathetic state of our culture.
"In our society, the Left has effectively shifted our culture's values away from traditional morals to a specified group of behaviors they deem intolerable above any other," she writes. "The new commandments are: Thou shalt not be a racist. Thou shalt not be a sexist. Thou shalt not be a homophobe. Anything else is acceptable."
Being a middle-aged Caucasian male with libertarian leanings, I know I'd be wise to not comment on this matter. But McAllister offers some compelling points.
Free and open societies are supposed to talk freely and openly about common issues and ideas ---- but a fellow can be run out of town on a rail if he is on the "wrong" side of an issue or holds the "wrong" idea.
Too many of our universities, which were founded to foster free and open debate in the pursuit of truth, are now in the indoctrination business. Rather than teaching students how to think, too many are teaching them what to think.
Ironically, it is because of the politically correct groupthink that has infected our culture that Trump became the Republican nominee.
Time and again, during the primaries, he outmaneuvered the groupthink tactics that destroyed many Republicans before him. Many found Trump's anti-PC persona refreshing.
He's faltering in the general election, however, and one of the reasons is that lots of otherwise well-educated and thoughtful human beings see him as the devil incarnate at the same time they're able to look blindly beyond Hillary's peccadilloes.
So if you're a husband who plans to vote for Trump, you better lie about it ---- unless you want your wife to divorce you and move to Canada.
Oddly enough dishonesty, criminality and the apparently psychotic ability to live in a complete fantasy world without any impingment of the facts are considered virtues by Democrat voters. Normal people consider these vices.
Yep. Before the days of the no fault divorce this was impossible. The feminist told us in the 70s that the no fault was a more “humane” way of adjudicating the divorce. Translation: We want a way to divorce our husbands for anything at anytime.
BTTT
The average American man is either effeminate and faggoted, or a cuckold.
I sometimes wish it was a cultural taboo to tell who you plan to vote for and who you actually voted for. In any case it’s still a secret ballot.
Freegards
Exactly. Maybe confess on your deathbed.
When the wife learned her husband was for Trump, she threatened to divorce him and move to Canada.
Sounds like if she moved to Canada, it would help make America great again.
So, all he has to do is keep his mouth shut and vote for Trump. I’m not sure about men today.
I remember when I was little, Dad was a Republican and Mom was a Democrat. This was back in the 50’s and 60’s. Mom didn’t learn to drive until I was about 10 and Dad refused to take her to vote if she wouldn’t vote Republican. She finally saw the error or her ways and registered Republican and is a conservative Republican to this day.
Driving women to move to CANADA? :)
Bald-faced lie.
He's kicking her @ss.
I say that he files for divorce first.
There’s that whole secret ballot thing that seems to have gone by the wayside.
“And why, she ponders, do some voters who loathe Trump for what they perceive to be his negative characteristics give Hillary Clinton a free pass with hers?”
I have been thinking about this and have been talking to some of my friends who are still stuck on stupid. They said they won’t vote for Trump, but they will be damned if they vote for Hillary.
I think this election is going to shape up where neo-cons are going to stay home, possibly giving Clinton the election. I hope Trump wins.
When I met my ex-wife, she was wishy-washy on politics.
In 2016, I am very much for Trump, as is she. By the end of our marriage, she agreed with me on politics, at least. It didn’t stop her from filing for separation, and me filing for divorce in the last year.
My view: If a married couple argues bitterly over politics, it’s a proxy for dissonance on deeper issues.
And afterwards calls a taxi that takes her to the airport
I thought the lawyer’s death was several months ago? Not sure.
That's the way it was when I grew up. It still is for me.
"Nunya Bidnit!"
If someone divorces over an election, then good riddance.
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