Donald Trump's inflammatory statements about Mexican immigrants, Muslim refugees and women who get abortions may eventually be his campaign's undoing, some analysts say. "No more political correctness," said Kottke, 22, a cattle trucker and construction worker from Athens, Wisconsin, who waited hours last weekend to see the candidate in a line stretching the length of a shopping mall. For years, conservatives have decried political correctness as a scourge of orthodox beliefs and language, imposed by liberals, that keeps people from voicing uncomfortable truths. [...] some Trump supporters — many white, working-class voters frustrated with the country's shifting economics and demographics — applaud him for not being afraid to make noise about the things that anger them but that they feel discouraged from saying out loud. At the same rally, Kottke said Trump's rejection of political correctness is one of the main reasons he supports him, along with the candidate's determination to improve security, protect jobs and keep Muslims out of the country. "[...] somebody's coming in that has the cojones to say something and to do something," said Ray Henry, another supporter. Trump's flouting of political correctness has turned out to be a potent rhetorical weapon, political analysts say, but could prove troublesome. Ayres and other analysts say Trump's rejection of political correctness appeals to voters frustrated by the setbacks of the Great Recession and the global economy; immigration that has made the country more heterogeneous; and cultural trends such as gay marriage and measures to fight discrimination against African-Americans, which make them feel marginalized. "There's this sense of angry, white working-class discontent," said Patricia Aufderheide, a professor of communication at American University who edited a book of essays on political correctness.
Voters Embrace Trump For Speaking Out On Unpopular Topics
By ADAM GELLER and BRYNA GODAR, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Mon, 04/11/2016 - 1:55am
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