There seems to be some confusion among the general population as to why Donald Trump is the GOP frontrunner. How could a “racist,” “misogynist,” “xenophobic” scumbag like Trump possibly be as popular as he is? Could it be that a large part of America is actually racist, misogynistic and xenophobic? If this is the conclusion you have come to after seeing Trump's rise to power, you may be the reason why he’s winning. I will preface this by saying, I do not support Trump; however, I do enjoy the spectacle that comes with the mere mention of his name and I do enjoy what he represents culturally and politically. I cannot in good faith vote for him, but I will defend him, and explain to you what caused Trump's rise to popularity.

What is easily the most distinguishing and appealing feature about Trump is that he is a political outsider. More importantly he is a candidate that absolutely loathes politicians and the current political system, and politicians are terrified about that. To Trump’s base supporters, who consist of veterans, the white working class, etc. He is this larger than life character who reflects their absolute disgust for the political games that are being played every day, often times with their lives or livelihoods, respectively. To both GOP and Democrat establishments, Trump is an engine of chaos that threatens to burn everything they have worked for down to the ground, which scares the bejesus out of the GOP especially. When Republican voters watch GOP politicians come on national television and say, “We choose the nominee, not the voters," we want nothing more than to watch people like that go down in flames, because people like that deserve to burn. The GOP has treated its base horribly for so many years and people are absolutely sick of it. It's come to the point where the GOP thinks it can get Mitt Romney to sway people away from the front runner. On the flip side of the political spectrum, Bernie Sanders is a similar candidate. What makes this election so interesting is that we may have a complete political realignment along the libertarian/authoritarian lines of the political compass.

Even more fascinating is that this is the first election that is not being decided on the issues, but will be decided culturally, and the greatest cultural battle of our generation is political correctness. Trump seems to understand that PC culture has easily been the single greatest cancer on our society. It has killed freedom of expression, it has killed freedom of speech, and it has absolutely killed any and all debate on the most important issues facing us today. In addition to that, politically correct values have taught an entire generation to value feelings over facts and reason. Hence why you have the two most popular candidates appeal almost exclusively to people's emotions, never once really explaining how they're going to accomplish the goals they've set out.

Because of political correctness, we cannot have honest conversations about Islamic terrorism, mass migration, and racism, all out of fear of being offensive to minorities, while simultaneously ignoring the very real feelings and concerns of the people who will have to live with the consequences of these issues. These conversations need to be had and they need to be had honestly, bluntly and in good faith, and Trump has been the perfect person to do just that. If Trump wins the White House, I don't forsee people caring about policing conservative ideas, or "hate speech" as it's now called, on campus because we're going to have a President who says even more outrageous things in the Oval Office. What Trump dissenters need to realize is that any nasty insult you throw at him, any amount of "he's a racist," " he's a misogynist," and "he's literally Hitler," you throw at him will only make him double down on those insults. Beyond that, it will only serve to make him more outrageous. It's the equivalent of trying to put out a candle using only lighter fluid.

Milo Yiannopoulos says it best when he says, "The only way to beat outrage culture, is to be outrageous."

To be honest, everything I just said can be summed up with “Trump upsets all of the right people," and his supporters love that. You can tell quite a fair amount about someone's character by who their enemies are, and Donald Trump has enemies everywhere; from liberals, to the GOP establishment, to annoying Hollywood celebrities, even Wall Street is afraid of him. But the people who love him and rally behind him are the people who have to live the nightmare that's been created for them by politicians that have abandoned them and the educated people who are sick of stifled debate and intellectual homogeneity in academia. Thanks to political correctness and language policing, nobody is having fun anymore. So when it comes to explaining Donald Trump, people are having the time of their lives pissing off the people who have made the world such a stale and boring place. I’m certainly having the time of my life watching the absurdity unfold. Even with the knowledge that Trump will burn the system down, myself and millions of others will be more than happy to pull up a chair and watch as liberals attempt to extinguish a fire using gasoline. Had dissenters let that fire burn itself out in the early days of Trumps campaign, he certainly wouldn't have clinched the nomination. Trump is what happens when you try and beat "bigotry" using censorship and slander. Let that sink in. This is the future that we've been forced to accept, this is the monster that we've allowed to grow for 30 some odd years, and now he's coming for the ones who created him.