This is a brief exercise in what you might call Brooksological hermeneutics. I'm afraid if I try to explain it it will wilt, so I'm just throwing it out here.
Verbatim David Brooks, "The Sexual Politics of 2016", March 29 2016:
"About what?" asked Father Phil.
"How much I should blame Trump's supporters. I can't seem to determine it. I'm really grappling."
"Blame them for what?"
"For Trump's rise. I'd like to blame them a lot, but it's hard."
"Hard?"
"A lot of them are victims, you know? Economic dislocation. They're just seeking a change. So I'm finding it hard to fault them."
"It's simplistic and ignorant to fault them, too."
"I know right. That's the worst part. It should be easy. I can't understand what's wrong with me."
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| Conradt Veidt in Paul Leni's 1928 The Man who Laughs. Image via some Tumblr where I can't find it. |
I’ve grappled"I'm having such a tough time," Brooks remarked.
with determining
how much to blame
Trump’s supporters
for his rise.
Many of them are victims
of economic dislocation
and it is hard to fault them
for seeking a change, of course,
even if it is simplistic and ignorant.
"About what?" asked Father Phil.
"How much I should blame Trump's supporters. I can't seem to determine it. I'm really grappling."
"Blame them for what?"
"For Trump's rise. I'd like to blame them a lot, but it's hard."
"Hard?"
"A lot of them are victims, you know? Economic dislocation. They're just seeking a change. So I'm finding it hard to fault them."
"It's simplistic and ignorant to fault them, too."
"I know right. That's the worst part. It should be easy. I can't understand what's wrong with me."
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