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| Donald Trump, real vote rigging and the politics of hate | |
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| Jonathan Freedland’s excellent piece (The man who cried rigged, G2, 18 October) illustrated the dysfunctional broken democracy in the US, where the poor and minorities are driven from the electoral register, and incumbents from both parties collude with Republican-led gerrymandering of constituencies to suit themselves. | Jonathan Freedland’s excellent piece (The man who cried rigged, G2, 18 October) illustrated the dysfunctional broken democracy in the US, where the poor and minorities are driven from the electoral register, and incumbents from both parties collude with Republican-led gerrymandering of constituencies to suit themselves. |
| Can he now do the same for the UK, where the Tories – following US Republicans – have driven more than a million young and poor people off the register, and are, in the name of financial saving, reducing the size of the House of Commons – but not the Lords – to the optimum size to suit themselves? | Can he now do the same for the UK, where the Tories – following US Republicans – have driven more than a million young and poor people off the register, and are, in the name of financial saving, reducing the size of the House of Commons – but not the Lords – to the optimum size to suit themselves? |
| All topped off the recent proposal from Theresa May’s “anti-corruption champion” Eric Pickles that, to fight effectively nonexistent electoral fraud, in “certain” constituencies – you can bet that’s not the home counties – police will surround polling stations and demand passports, driving licences or utility bills from any of the young who made it this far in the system before they can vote.Glyn FordCinderford, Gloucester | All topped off the recent proposal from Theresa May’s “anti-corruption champion” Eric Pickles that, to fight effectively nonexistent electoral fraud, in “certain” constituencies – you can bet that’s not the home counties – police will surround polling stations and demand passports, driving licences or utility bills from any of the young who made it this far in the system before they can vote.Glyn FordCinderford, Gloucester |
| • Jonathan Freedland’s article about the “Trumped-up” claims of US presidential election rigging reminded me of a quote by the “father” of modern psychology, William James (1842–1910): “There’s nothing so absurd but if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.” | • Jonathan Freedland’s article about the “Trumped-up” claims of US presidential election rigging reminded me of a quote by the “father” of modern psychology, William James (1842–1910): “There’s nothing so absurd but if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.” |
| More sinisterly, given The Donald’s bigotries, Adolf Hitler put it another way: “The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly … It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.” | More sinisterly, given The Donald’s bigotries, Adolf Hitler put it another way: “The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly … It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.” |
| That the sheriff of Milwaukee county in Wisconsin, the community law-enforcement officer, could say that it is “pitchforks and torches time” is chilling to the bone and demonstrates how successful Trump has been in peddling his self-delusional half-truths, untruths and half-baked policies. If there were a Nobel prize for propaganda, Trump would win it by a mile.!Paul FaupelSomersham, Cambridgeshire | That the sheriff of Milwaukee county in Wisconsin, the community law-enforcement officer, could say that it is “pitchforks and torches time” is chilling to the bone and demonstrates how successful Trump has been in peddling his self-delusional half-truths, untruths and half-baked policies. If there were a Nobel prize for propaganda, Trump would win it by a mile.!Paul FaupelSomersham, Cambridgeshire |
| • Like many people, I expect, I was brought up by my parents never to say that I hated someone. I could say I disliked them, perhaps strongly, but not to add to all the hatred in the world by the use of such a harmful four-letter word. I think my parents were wise teachers and it always saddens me to see or hear the word used towards someone whom the user simply disagrees with or to political or sporting opponents – for example in the headline of Aditya Chakrabortty’s column (I hate Trump, but on the issue of free trade he has a point, 19 October). If dislike seemed too mild an epithet, the headline could perhaps have said that the writer abhors Mr Trump without diluting his strong feelings towards Mr Trump. The latter is definitely adding to the store of the world’s hatred and there is no need for your headline to emulate him.Geoff SmithHuddersfield | • Like many people, I expect, I was brought up by my parents never to say that I hated someone. I could say I disliked them, perhaps strongly, but not to add to all the hatred in the world by the use of such a harmful four-letter word. I think my parents were wise teachers and it always saddens me to see or hear the word used towards someone whom the user simply disagrees with or to political or sporting opponents – for example in the headline of Aditya Chakrabortty’s column (I hate Trump, but on the issue of free trade he has a point, 19 October). If dislike seemed too mild an epithet, the headline could perhaps have said that the writer abhors Mr Trump without diluting his strong feelings towards Mr Trump. The latter is definitely adding to the store of the world’s hatred and there is no need for your headline to emulate him.Geoff SmithHuddersfield |
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