The
handout reading for this assignment, Clues to Critical thinking says, "critical awareness of what our leaders are doing and the ability to understand
and evaluate what they tell us is the lifeblood of democratic government.”
In his article from the Patriot Post, Feb 2, 2016, “When anger trumps all,” Daren Jaonescu explains, “The reason no one can figure out whether Trump is a conservative or a liberal, a Democrat Trojan horse or a patriot, is precisely because the one thing we know about him, from his record and his own self-descriptions, is that his political speech and action are for sale whenever he sees personal gain in the deal. No one who loves America would spend thousands of dollars supporting politicians hell-bent on destroying her and then defend himself by saying it was good for business.”
Daren Jaonescu, takes a deeper look at "who" Donald Trump really is, what his real motives are and cautions the voter to be aware of the danger of letting anger rule our reasoning and conscience, which he states "is the enemy of sober judgement." Jaonescu points out that Trump supporters, ironically, have “chosen to vent all their anti-establishment anger against Cruz," when in reality it is Trump who boasts of making deals with the establishment, donating large sums of money to the left party and avoids criticizing key players in the establishment but, openly criticises and refuses to support any nominee from the his own party.
Daren
Jaonescu, has a PhD in philosophy and teaches English language and
philosophy at a University in South Korea. He is a strong advocate of
home-schooling your children, and author of many political articles including, “100
reasons to abandon public education now.” We get the idea he is an
anti-establishment guy.
In his article from the Patriot Post, Feb 2, 2016, “When anger trumps all,” Daren Jaonescu explains, “The reason no one can figure out whether Trump is a conservative or a liberal, a Democrat Trojan horse or a patriot, is precisely because the one thing we know about him, from his record and his own self-descriptions, is that his political speech and action are for sale whenever he sees personal gain in the deal. No one who loves America would spend thousands of dollars supporting politicians hell-bent on destroying her and then defend himself by saying it was good for business.”
Daren Jaonescu, takes a deeper look at "who" Donald Trump really is, what his real motives are and cautions the voter to be aware of the danger of letting anger rule our reasoning and conscience, which he states "is the enemy of sober judgement." Jaonescu points out that Trump supporters, ironically, have “chosen to vent all their anti-establishment anger against Cruz," when in reality it is Trump who boasts of making deals with the establishment, donating large sums of money to the left party and avoids criticizing key players in the establishment but, openly criticises and refuses to support any nominee from the his own party.
Trumps past and present behavior demonstrate that he is "politically unprincipled, delusionally self aggrandizing, habitually duplicitous, and profoundly unserious." I am more convinced than ever that, as Jaonescu says best, “Unbridled anger in politics
threatens both those succumbing to it and those victimized by it.”
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