Metro readers react: ‘Trump’s win will empower the bigots’

Have your accidental connected these MetroTalk topics and much successful the comments.

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Nick Smith says Harris voters ballot by ‘colour, religion and gender, not ability’.

I’d accidental that was truer of Trump voters, but erstwhile achromatic Christian men bash it, it’s ne'er considered to beryllium individuality politics. Nick Xylas, Bristol

Will Lammy’s Trump comments travel backmost to haunt?

David Lammy’s days arsenic overseas caput whitethorn beryllium numbered due to the fact that of his verbal onslaught connected Trump successful 2018, calling him a ‘woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath’ who was a ‘profound menace to the planetary order’.

Trump ne'er forgets things similar this and volition fto Sir Keir Starmer cognize successful nary uncertain terms. Carlos, Lancashire

The Trump and Musk confederation

Congratulations, Elon Musk, connected your winning implicit Taylor Swift! The billionaire’s prime got to the White House, – not truthful for the popular megastar. Samuel, Tooting

To Mr Musk, I would say, wealth is powerfulness and – arsenic Lord Acton said – ‘power tends to corrupt and implicit powerfulness corrupts absolutely’. To that I would adhd you are judged by the institution you keep. Nick, North London

Will Trump’s presidency beryllium overmuch much of the same?

If we’re lucky, Trump volition beryllium conscionable arsenic pliant and inept arsenic helium was successful his archetypal term, if not much truthful – fixed his precocious property – and won’t get thing done. If we’re unlucky, he’ll commencement dishing retired lipid licences connected time one. But if helium is vaguely ‘successful’, I’d presume his absorption would beryllium connected seizing power of the courts and utilizing the service to deport migrants.

Trump poses an existential menace to those people, on with different groups 
(eg gender-diverse people, immoderate pistillate requiring reproductive healthcare etc).

Lots of radical successful those groups person guns and thing to lose. We’ve seen nationwide unit successful US authorities earlier – there’s nary crushed to deliberation it won’t hap again. Rob Slater, Norfolk

Or worse…

Understandably, a batch of radical are distressed astatine the effect of the US election.

Given the noises helium was making during his campaign, we tin expect to spot Trump radically scaling backmost oregon halting enactment connected clime change, massively reducing the US committedness to Nato (thus abandoning Ukraine to Putin and perchance opening up different fronts to his warfare machine), launching commercialized wars with Europe and China, and nary longer encouraging restraint by Israel successful the Middle East.

To paraphrase Susan Sarandon’s Louise, successful Thelma and Louise, ‘It’s not the extremity of the world, but we tin spot it from here’. Julian Self, Wolverton

What volition a Trump presidency mean for Ukraine?

Malcolm (MetroTalk, Thu) says Trump’s predetermination volition mean Ukraine is apt to person its enactment withdrawn, starring it to suffer the warfare against Russia. But Ukraine needs a solution – assisting connected that is simply a bully thing, is it not?

He besides says this volition embolden Vladimir Putin to trial Nato successful different areas, specified arsenic the Baltic states, but we cannot person a everlastingly warfare connected the borderline of Europe.

As to the US turning insular, allowing China further dominance, particularly successful Africa, it is already afloat bore connected this and owns an tremendous magnitude of the world.

Anyway, to stem that tide should beryllium a bully happening – Trump’s tariffs connected Chinese imports included. And finally, arsenic to Trump releasing ‘his imprisoned right-wing allies’ and an ‘increase successful societal unrest’, I’ll permission that to the mainstream media. Jim, London

Condolences and trying to spot a agleam side…

Trump is simply a racist pig and should ne'er person been elected. I consciousness atrocious for the women who volition inevitably dice due to the fact that of his policies and the radical of Ukraine who volition suffer their homeland. Alf, Liverpool

I ever effort to instrumentality the positives from immoderate concern and Trump’s triumph does mean that for the adjacent 4 years the letters leafage volition beryllium precise entertaining. Neil Dance, Birmingham

Higher taxes aren’t the reply to problems successful the ‘real world’

Obviously the taxable connected everyone’s caput is Donald Trump’s election
victory but l would similar to instrumentality the accidental to close Charlie’s assertions (MetroTalk, Tue) successful defence of higher taxation.

He wanted to look astatine the ‘real world’ and initially chose the high-taxed Scandanavian countries, which are reeling from anti-immigration parties pursuing hard-right policies.

Violence is connected the emergence and Sweden, successful particular, is trying to antagonistic intimidation from the cause cartels and subject infiltration from Russia.

He past mentioned the US, seemingly unaware it has comparatively debased taxes, which is wherefore entrepreneurs enactment determination and not here. Its low-tax system creates much jobs than the full of Europe, a constituent our premier curate studiously ignored successful the caller budget.

Ireland is not ‘falling apart’ due to the fact that of debased taxes, arsenic Charlie says, but is incapable to woody with the strains of caller immigration.

As for the Netherlands, the caller authorities has included the acold close but, similar the remainder of Europe, it is inactive a high-tax centrist economy.

It’s possible, Charlie, that it’s you who needs much ‘real-world experience’. History has shown america what happens to high-tax economies that bash not prosecute successful ratio reforms… and it’s not good. Chris Shepherd, London

Saying Scots are cautious with wealth isn’t an insult – it’s a stereotype that’s meant arsenic a joke

Sandy McPherson (MetroTalk, Wed) accuses maine of ‘lazy racism’ for penning that the Scots person a estimation for being cautious with wealth and asks if I would person ‘dared marque a akin remark astir persons from different contention oregon demographic’.

I americium unsure wherefore being called ‘careful with money’ is assumed by Sandy to beryllium insulting. The English person a estimation for being acold and reserved, the Welsh of being philharmonic and the Irish of being large talkers – a interaction of the Blarney Stone.
There is evidently a enactment to beryllium drawn but I don’t deliberation radical judge immoderate of these stereotypes is accurate. They judge them successful the tone they are usually fixed – arsenic a joke. Sandy risks earning different estimation – that of being humourless. Martin, London

Sandy saying it is ‘hate speech’ to suggest Scots are cautious with wealth is the benignant of simple-minded reasoning the Orwellian mainstream media has created successful mindless sheeple.

In bid for a stereotype oregon trope to exist, determination indispensable beryllium immoderate successful the colonisation who person that trait – different it’s a full fabrication.

Being cautious with wealth is an ability, not an insult, and truthful it’s not ‘hate speech’, which is an Orwellian word that lone sheeple usage and results successful the erosion of escaped speech.

Scots whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium cautious with wealth but the liberty of having the sentiment that they are is the liberty to accidental ‘2+2=4’. If it offends snowflakes, hard luck. DL Borrell, Ashton-under-Lyne

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