Donald, You Ignorant Slut, by Joe Bob Briggs. The US media have lost any semblance of balance (and the Australian media copies):

What is it about Donald Trump that makes journalists go insane? ..

Of all the words used by the press to describe Donald Trump, the million-hit wonders are these:

bully 1.4 million
self-obsessed 2.5 million
vicious 9.1 million
rude 13.3 million
cruel 13.3 million
liar 16.2 million
angry 19.3 million
And the winner—drum roll, please:
idiot 20.5 million

Notice that five of the eight are internal attributes, only one can be fact-checked, and the most popular epithet of them all is the last refuge of sputtering incoherent rage. It’s reminiscent of the old Saturday Night Live routine, with Dan Aykroyd responding to anything Jane Curtin said with, “Jane, you ignorant slut.”

So who, the media asks, would vote for Trump? No one they know. The only explanation they can come up with is “The Angry White Man”, but they were mainly decades ago and there aren’t nearly enough of them.

So, for those in the US media, here is why Trump is popular:

[I]t’s the very people who hate Trump the most who created Donald Trump. …

Donald Trump voters have consistently told us why they’re voting for Trump, but it doesn’t fit any of the stereotypes and so it’s never mentioned. What’s the first thing out of a Trump voter’s mouth when he’s asked about it?

“I like him because he says what’s on his mind.”
“He’ll say anything.”
“He doesn’t sugar-coat it.”
“He says things no one else will say.”

It’s a political movement based on the First Amendment. …

Most Americans have no problem with profiling. Most Americans would willingly submit their data to a profile if it made the community safer. But again, they feel they’re not allowed to speak up about that. …

And then there are the examples with real, immediate consequences. A private joke at work becomes a disciplinary matter and possibly a loss of employment. An allegation of “sexual harassment” based on locker-room humor turns into an article in the paper and a civil lawsuit. … You’re constantly put in situations where you’re not sure whether to mention your church affiliation for fear of being branded a yahoo. You post some photos on Facebook of your child’s first deer hunt and you’re smothered with online abuse as a Neanderthal killer and child abuser. God forbid you say something with a racist tinge, lest “hate speech” laws send you to jail.

Most Americans don’t believe in dividing speech into “protected speech” and “hate speech.” Most Americans believe that all speech is protected, even speech that some people regard as hateful. Most Americans think it’s okay to be an old coot with unpopular opinions. Most Americans feel that the federal government should get out of their business.

And many Americans blame the Supreme Court for allowing the national social norms, set in New York and Washington, to filter into their communities in Wichita Falls, Boise and Spokane. They fear Hillary because they fear that more of their speech will be taken away, and more of their local control. They don’t love Donald but they know he’ll “say whatever he wants.” …

[T]he very fact that the media opposes them means they’re even more certain that it’s the right decision.