The RNC, Revisited

Wow, I don’t even know where to begin with this article. Full of irony and cheap slander designed to somehow detract from Trump’s presidency. I found it extremely interesting how hyperbolic and crude the language the writer used in the article was, as well as how many negative adjectives he used to describe what seems to be every person at the convention. Throughout the article, he tries to discredit Trump and the Republican Party by reporting on how racist, racist, homophobic, etc. Trump supporters are based on the behavior he observes at the convention; however, the problem arises when he tries to then use this evidence to then vilify Trump and the Republicans who in no way are accurately represented by the actions of individuals at the convention. Clearly, there is some irony here, as neither Republicans nor Democrats are innocent of extreme behaviors/expression -- I mean, just talk about all of the riots that broke out after Trump became president and people tried to claim that he wasn’t their president, even though he was democratically elected by the people.  It’s a cheap shot to target the actions of individuals at the Republican Convention when in reality many of these people represent the extremes of the Republican party as a whole, and do not reflect on president Trump in terms of his leadership ability: appealing to a majority of voters is a part of becoming president, and oftentimes many of these voters have radical beliefs. However, just because the supporters are radical, does not necessarily mean the president is radical: there is no correlation between the behavior of Trump supporters at the Republican Convention and Trump’s ability to serve as president of the United States. I do agree that the behavior of certain people at the convention is detrimental, and that certain conservative figures such as Alex Jones are indeed taking advantage of their popularity to spread wild conspiracy theories and propaganda. Yet, people such as these will exist at any convention, and there is nothing that can be done to stop them due to their right to the First Amendment. The most important thing to realize is that their actions are not representative of the larger group, and that extremes exist on both ends of the political spectrum yet most citizens lie closer to the middle. Additionally, I disagree with the article’s widespread condemnation of Republicans because of the unwarranted division it causes. The strong, offensive language in the article serves to inaccurately tarnish the reputation of Trump and the Republican Party, which in turn promotes unnecessary division within the country due to the article being geared more towards attacking Trump than actually offering insightful criticism of what he is currently doing as president. My question to Sexton would be what is his opinion of Trump’s actual policies, as well as whether or not these policies reflect the traits Sexton accuses him of being(racist, misogynist, etc.).