Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

[RAFUH]

And mental health is only discussed after some shootings


The American Psychological Association weighed in on Monday in a statement: “Routinely blaming mass shootings on mental illness is unfounded and stigmatizing . . . The rates of mental illness are roughly the same around the world, yet other countries are not experiencing these traumatic events as often as we face them."

And if mental health is the issue why are the GOP trying to cut Medicaid and other health insurance options?

 

[JimmyJeffers]

The left in America isn't as 'left' as here, but it's an undeniable fact that the Republicans are broadly VERY right wing, whilst the Democrats - whilst not of course socialist in the way of Corbyn or even Milliband - are still so far to the left of the Republicans as to be considered comparatively 'left wing'.

Of course, the response to Trump has seen the Democrats go further left in recent years, with Sanders influence and, very recently, 'The Squad' revealing a shift for the Democratic identity overall. It would be a mistake for the Dems to counter Trump by going more extreme in the opposite direction - they just need a common sense voice.

I see what you’re saying. From what I’ve seen and read, I can’t say I think that the democrats are going especially further left. Maybe a few sound bites. Sanders identifies as socialist, which was unthinkable for a mainstream US politician even 20 years ago, but his understanding of socialism is a lot different to mine. Still expect Biden to win the nomination. Could be wrong like.

 

[RAFUH]

I see what you’re saying. From what I’ve seen and read, I can’t say I think that the democrats are going especially further left. Maybe a few sound bites. Sanders identifies as socialist, which was unthinkable for a mainstream US politician even 20 years ago, but his understanding of socialism is a lot different to mine. Still expect Biden to win the nomination. Could be wrong like.

Sanders isn't a socialist. He is a democrat socialist

 

[tsubaki]

It's all very Nazi Germany

In a normal world this statement would be condemned, but you are not wrong. One of the best early accounts of Nazism is that of Konrad Heiden, a German journalist who saw Hitler's rise and had the good sense to write down a warning to everyone in a series of books, culminating in the 1944 book "Der Fuhrer". This is from a description he gives of Hitler which is scarily applicable to Trump:

In great questions and conflicts, every attempt at proof or deduction soon leads to ultimate beliefs beyond the realm of the demonstrable - to basic conceptions regarding the world and man; and Hitler cannot afford to speak publicly of his basic conceptions. They arise from a deep contempt of human nature and run sharply counter to the comforting self-confidence which he then was trying to instill in the masses. When he calls upon them to demonstrate their noble breed and heroic nature by staking their health and their life; he means essentially: for you rabble are worthy of nothing better, and this attitude would come out in the end if he were to pursue his conclusions, statements, exhortations, and commands, step by step, back to their sources and grounds. Actually he has never concealed his contempt of mankind, though always giving those present to understand that he was not referring to them. But he cannot well reveal and name the chief source of his contempt for humanity: his own person. The true source of his belief in human vileness is self-observation. He is so ashamed of his humanity because, as an historical phenomenon, beguiled by his own star, he expects superhuman things of himself. In the contemplation of human affairs, all logic ultimately leads back to the human individual; a logical analysis of National Socialist politics would have to end with an analysis of Hitler's person; hence Hitler's unconcious resistence to logic and factual truth.

(from Der Fuhrer, page 298 and 299)

 

[Carl O'Ancelotti]

Is he so thick that he doesn't understand that "mentally ill' people cannot use these weapons weren"t if they available in the first place? The man needs sectioned himself.

 

[RAFUH]

Oh my...
lol

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Predictably vomit-inducing responses to the shootings from Republicans, led by Trump. Interesting that we’re back to the violent video games argument, which has been pretty much disproven by all available research.

In the UK we have violent video games
In the UK we have violent movies
In the UK we have racists
In the UK we have mental illness
In the UK we have gun control

In the UK we don’t have mass shootings.

IT’S NOT COMPLICATED.

 

[Walken]

Old men in suits talking about the ills of video games

 

[Mr. White]

It's all very Nazi Germany

No. No, it's not....by any stretch of the imagination. You cheapen what really happened.

 

[larrygobfiend]

No. No, it's not....by any stretch of the imagination. You cheapen what really happened.

What really happened?

 

[RAFUH]

No. No, it's not....by any stretch of the imagination. You cheapen what really happened.

Okay.... it’s only very early stages Nazi Germany so lets not raise any concerns until we are transporting undesirable folks off to camps.

 

[larrygobfiend]

No. No, it's not....by any stretch of the imagination. You cheapen what really happened.

Not saying it's the same level, mate. You've gotta admit, when a president smirks when he hears a guy shout "shoot them" and uses words such as infestation, vermin and invasion when referring to migrants, you've gotta see the parallels.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I don't think China is going to be in any mood to put pressure on North Korea

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[SteveSC]

Must be a crap life he leads if that's what he thinks about when he wakes up. Typical though people on the right still obsessed with the Clinton's.