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

[neil999]

So obama care isnt that bad and it isnt that easy to replace...gullible fools

 

[Prevenger17]

Bad. Losers.

It's almost as if they were surprised that their campaign tactic of calling everyone racists and misogynists didn't work

 

[TheFinnFan]

It's almost as if they were surprised that their campaign tactic of calling everyone racists and misogynists didn't work

It's a total core meltdown for them.

 

[mezzrow]

every 8 years or so there's this big push for 'change' and talk of a massive 'rebuilding' job...same rhetoric after Reagan/Bush, then same again after Clinton, Then again after Bush Jr with Obama's big 'time for change' spiel...and lo here we are again.

maybe the americans aren't doing it right.

 

[Prevenger17]

It's a total core meltdown for them.

I'm having a few running battles on Facebook with normally controlled friends who are genuinely aghast at all this and behaving in quite surprising ways. I was almost laughed out of the pub a few weeks back when I suggested that the Don was a more electable candidate than Hillary and the better choice for the US. Soz abar me

 

[Clint Planet]

What's wrong with protest?

Well quite.

https://twitter.com/i/moments/796417517157830656?lang=en-gb

 

[Clint Planet]

 

[Tubey]

Well quite.

https://twitter.com/i/moments/796417517157830656?lang=en-gb

Incredibly predictable I'm afraid.

 

[neil999]

Incredibly predictable I'm afraid.

Maybe people will realise the language a politician uses IS important..

 

[Clint Planet]

Incredibly predictable I'm afraid.

And utterly vile. There really are echoes of Germany (and Britain, for that matter) in the 30s.

 

[Clint Planet]

I sometimes fear that
people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress
worn by grotesques and monsters
as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis.

Fascism arrives as your friend.
It will restore your honour,
make you feel proud,
protect your house,
give you a job,
clean up the neighbourhood,
remind you of how great you once were,
clear out the venal and the corrupt,
remove anything you feel is unlike you...

It doesn't walk in saying,
"Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution."

- Michael Rosen

 

[neil999]

I'm having a few running battles on Facebook with normally controlled friends who are genuinely aghast at all this and behaving in quite surprising ways. I was almost laughed out of the pub a few weeks back when I suggested that the Don was a more electable candidate than Hillary and the better choice for the US. Soz abar me

Perfectly reasonable to be aghast when he was elected after he said what he said

 

[neil999]

I sometimes fear that
people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress
worn by grotesques and monsters
as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis.

Fascism arrives as your friend.
It will restore your honour,
make you feel proud,
protect your house,
give you a job,
clean up the neighbourhood,
remind you of how great you once were,
clear out the venal and the corrupt,
remove anything you feel is unlike you...

It doesn't walk in saying,
"Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution."

- Michael Rosen

And people fall for it time after time, how, any history lessons to people need?

 

[Tubey]

And utterly vile. There really are echoes of Germany (and Britain, for that matter) in the 30s.

Well he has come to power in the same way. Blame perceived problems on minorities, vaguely promise solutions. He's an extremist in the same manner as Mosley and Hitler.

And no, that's not playing the Hitler card - it's a case of it being what it is.

 

[Clint Planet]

A friend on FB wrote:

In answer to the question of why people are so afraid of Trump... Are other politicians any better? I really like this reply by a friend of a friend of mine:

"They're afraid of him legitimising racism. They're afraid of him denying climate change and implementing policies that will lead to the deaths of millions. They're afraid of him legitimising abusing, assaulting and demeaning women. They're afraid of him giving a green light to all those who'd rather dumb opinions down than debate them. They're afraid of a leader who'd rather attack science than understand it, of one who'd rather build walls than knock them down. They're afraid of his inability to take criticism, his childishness, his ego, his tendency toward impulsive rashness and what that means for someone with control of the world's biggest nuclear arsenal. They're afraid of the gleeful triumphalism that his victory has triggered among far-right groups and autocratic regimes around the world. They're afraid of his mockery of learning. And yes, other politicians are better. Being a president is like being a parent; everyone is flawed and [Poor language removed] up, but the job description involves being a role model. He's no role model I'd want my kids to follow. Or grow up in a world surrounded by followers of his ethos. If some fame- or politics-empowered arsehole grabbed my daughter's [Poor language removed] without her consent, I'd want them prosecuted, not elected. I don't like Clinton or much of what she stands for, and she should never have been the democratic nominee, but she at least (in public) espouses some positive values. You know all this... And if you don't, go and listen to Trump's speeches again and ask yourself: is this the best representative of what we want western democracy to be? He scares me. But not half as much as what he may have unleashed."