THB #510: Fear Itself

This is a political/philosophical column today. Look away, if you prefer to read more movie stuff. It will be back tomorrow…

People keep trying to figure out why the Republican Party in America is so willing to follow a loser who keeps walking them into political walls.

Now… before you get uncomfortable about this piece being about Donald Trump… it is, but not specifically… completely. It is about issues around him. It’s about trying to explain his hold on 35% of Americans. He, personally, is not what interests me or why I think the current Republican Party in America has abandoned its conservative philosophies in the name of following an extremism that assures failure… not constant failure, but inevitable, generational failure.

What Trump represents to so many is a final fist shaking at the evolution of America. It’s people looking for a way to push away their fear of loss… their fear of the death of what they held dear... the power of the white male power structure, even if it never h…