trump won in 2016 because "democrat" became synonymous with "anti free speech" in the decade prior. that's all there is to it. if the left allowed the right to have their opinions, trump wouldn't have been necessary. the 2016 election would have been about policy, hell maybe the left would have even conceded points like the border issues. but democrat politicians noticed their voter base were increasingly radical in their censorship of right wing talking points like mass immigration. so (((they))) decided that free speech was now a far-right concept. big mistake. the election turned into a battle of free speech vs censorship. the us is majoritarily a free speech fundamentalist country, and the radical left started talking about censoring every opinion they didn't like. maybe they were getting cocky after 8 years of obama, but they were actively moving from a standpoint where your political opponents are allowed to have their opinions to one where they will do everything in their power to get you fired from your job if you disagree with them. it wasn't just the fact that the discussion of certain topics was being silenced on cucked websites like r*ddit, it was the way these lefties were absolutely rabid about their attempt to silence, shame and punish anyone holding any opinion they deemed bigoted.  trump was a walking middle finger to this entire agenda. his entire political personality is "i speak my mind and refuse to give a fuck about hurting some feelings in the process".
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