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- sarahfailin2
I thought I was beyond shock with regard to Donald Trump. Not believing his sincerity about any hyperbolic, right-wing stuff, I figured he was cynically posturing to gain earned media, stir the pot, and out-republican the republicans. I anticipated the so-called "presidential pivot" to moderation.
But what he has said in response to the Orlando shooting has shaken me, and I'm now convinced that he actually is a fascist who would try to do exactly what he says. Stoking fears rather than assuaging them, claiming Obama sides more with the terrorists than Americans, saying that Muslim immigrants would "wipe out" the entire United States and that they are an existential threat to us -- all these are clear hyperboles with a nearly genocidal edge to them.
The man is unhinged, and I don't think anyone should expect that what he's doing is merely posturing. He's never going to dial it back, and the fact that he's continuing to indulge his provocative knee-jerk responses after becoming the presumed nominee is evidence of that.
What's left to see is whether America, in a general election, will get behind the flag of fascism, whether we will keel to our base fears of the other in the face of all facts and reasoning. I am nearly as afraid as hopeful.
- Think his words r bad? you should read up on Hilary, she's waged war, gotten people killed, broke fed law and the press doesn't investigate because shes female.robotron3k
- oh wow~ i never heard of hillary before. gr8 point robo. i guess i'll vote trump.sarahfailin
- ^ lolkona
- lol @ "press doesn't investigate" ... get your head out of the sandmonospaced
- mono what are you doing here?! Shouldn't you be painting your face and making home made posters and pom poms to attend a Hilary rally later today??robotron3k
- I literally have no idea what you're talking aboutmonospaced
- oh, wait, you're just being a cunt, making assumptions about me again, despite being corrected numerous times, because you are an assholemonospaced
- I guess that's all you've got left now that everyone associates you with liking Trumpmonospaced
- lol that was funny, who are you voting for mono. just curious.yurimon
- yes, hillary is a scumbag, she hasn't gotten away with it quite yet though robo, there's no need to get all emotional. the press does tip toe around the matter********
- they want only to please their target demographics, if it's a gender thing like you say than it is so because it fits the audiences agendas********
- we tend to give the media more credit than they are due, they only tell us what we want to hear, we effect their content not the other way around. if you don't********
- like the message don't watch/buy the product********
- * -s in demoraphic********
- * -than +then********