"Trump has found a way to tap into people's fear of the stranger. Deep-seated emotions like racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, or homophobia, for example, cannot be combated politically because they are rooted in soul sickness, a profound warping of the human spirit."

Fear of the stranger, racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, homophobia? I voted for Trump and I suffer from none of these cliche spiritual illnesses. This is true with the overwhelming majority of those who voted for Trump. If such "soul sickness"  existed as Massingale  believes, then we would not have ten of millions of illegal aliens in this country. Nor would the gay movement have progressed as much as it has over the years. The fact is that Americans, even those who voted for Trump, are the most tolerant, loving and generous people   in the world. It is Massingale who is full of unfounded fear and intolerance, not people like me.