The left and the right have staked out their respective claims now..
On the left the argument is basically: "OMZ!! OMZ!!! OMZ!! RACISTOMZ!!!"
And the right responds with varying degrees of: "Well.. Maybe he should have chosen another term, but they ARE kinda Shitholes, aren't they?"
But you know what nobody has said about this? The truth: Donald Trump, or someone, needed to use this term and use it proudly.
Here is why:
At first I was somewhat taken back by Trump's (alleged) characterization.
But then I realize why it is necessary - The totalitarian left have practically criminalized so much thought and speech with their baseless, idiotic, memes about race and sex, that the Overton Window needs yanked back to the center so sensitive subjects can be discussed seriously again.
As it is, we can't speak without threats, labels and yelling obscuring the argument to the point that it is fruitless. No one can oppose unlimited immigration from the third world without instantly becoming a racist, bigot, sister marrying piece of neo-nazi trash, etc, etc.. On and on. This is the price America has paid for the politics of political correctness, and the left have been only too happy to fan these flames till even physical violence itself has been rationalized away as necessary and proper.
I thank the president for staking a claim in the opposite direction, so polite discourse can continue in the center.. Where it belongs.