OTWO: I believe the underlying message behind "Make America Great Again" is nostalgia for a pre-Civil Rights time.
This comment by OTWO, raises some important and often ignored questions that need to be asked about this "Make America Great Again" slogan:
- What is it -- right now (or 2016,if you prefer) -- about America that isn't great? (Be specific.)
- When was it exactly exactly that those who endorse this slogan believe that America "was great"?
- Why exactly do they think that America "was great" then, but not now?
- What values and beliefs are implicit in accepting this slogan and everything that goes with it?
- Correspondingly, what values and beliefs does accepting this slogan require a person to thereby reject?
I have some very specific ideas about the answers to all of these questions, but would be very curious the hear the answers from members of our forum.
jp