What's a Trump Rally Like? What In God's Name Talks to People In Line
Season 2, Episode 201, Sep 05, 2019, 09:54 AM
To begin Season Two, Chris and Shayna go to a Trump rally to talk with people in line waiting to get in. Our questions: What makes America great? What attracts you to a Trump rally?
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Here are timecodes to help you navigate through today’s show:
01:30 Chris explains the purpose of attending a Trump rally, and the approach we took to talking to people. What In God’s Name was there neither to protest or to support, but to seek understanding and to discern the spirits.
05:00 People respond to the question: What draws you to a Trump rally?
08:30 Chris gives a generous interpretation of what draws people to a Trump rally. Can a generous interpretation be given for such an event, without considering the morals and values expressed in them?
09:55 How does the scapegoating mechanism work in human societies? Shayna wonders about de-centering forces at work in American society, and how those forces drive the desire for unity.
14:22 Our interviewees answer the question: What makes America great?
17:24 Shayna reflects on some of the people she encountered—the warm-hearted and the cold, the gentle and the abrasive. It was a gathering of humans.
20:37 Is Donald Trump a great orator? Does he have some characteristics of great oratory?