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Thomas Sowell: The 'voice of the people' fallacy
« on: April 18, 2016, 01:51:57 am »
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We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is that, if Donald Trump comes close to getting the 1,237 delegates required to become the Republican nominee, and that nomination goes instead to someone else, then the convention will have ignored "the voice of the people."

 

Supposedly Republican voters would be outraged, many would stay home on election day, and some might even vote for the Democrats' nominee, whether Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

 

Mr. Trump has more than once made the veiled threat that he would run as a third-party candidate if the Republicans failed to "respect" him. And of course Trump would himself decide what "respect" means.

 

In so far as the voting public believes the fallacy that choosing someone other than Trump is ignoring "the voice of the people," when Trump has the most delegates, his threat carries weight.

 

In reality, Trump has never gotten a majority of the votes in any state. In other words, "the voice of the people" has been consistently against nominating Trump.

 

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Re: Thomas Sowell: The 'voice of the people' fallacy
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2016, 02:06:17 am »
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The Republicans in Wisconsin who were scared of the possibility of Trump as President were on to something. We should all be scared.
 
Why? There is not room enough to list all the reasons. But Trump himself has demonstrated, over and over, how he lacks the depth of knowledge -- and sometimes any knowledge at all -- of complex life and death issues that are inescapable for any President of the United States.
 
Ignorance is dangerous enough in itself. But ignorance on the part of an egomaniac, who announces that he is his own best advisor, is incorrigible ignorance. He can surround himself with the best minds in the country and it will not do any good if they are just there for window dressing.

Trump has no business in the Oval Office. He is dangerous because he is so ignorant of policy.  The presidency would be nothing but another bauble to add to the eye candy of three wives and his "business", which has been, at best, mediocre.

If Trump is nominated he will lose, and that will be a very good thing.

Roy Moore's "spiritual warfare" is driving past a junior high without stopping.

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Re: Thomas Sowell: The 'voice of the people' fallacy
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2016, 02:12:08 am »
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In reality, Trump has never gotten a majority of the votes in any state. In other words, "the voice of the people" has been consistently against nominating Trump.

Bingo!!!