Sailer In TAKIMAG: Trump As Liberation
06/01/2016
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From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
Gotham Goes National

by Steve Sailer

June 01, 2016

The core of the Trump Phenomenon is the question of freedom of expression.

Donald Trump has come to be seen by both his enemies and his supporters as the living embodiment of a potential revival of the American tradition of free speech after the Obama ice age of political correctness. Trump’s backers tend to believe they have more to gain from frank, outspoken debate (whether in pragmatic advantages or simply in entertainment value), while his opponents assume that they, personally, have more to lose from a return to a freer market for ideas.

This is one of those rare cases in politics where both sides may be right.

Read the whole thing there.

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