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Excellent points. Along the

NCD — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:01:16 +0000

Excellent points. Along the line of followers and enablers.....

Two nations of the twentieth century made tyranny great again. This from a 1935 book by a Finnish author, Prisoner of the OGPU, he quotes a fellow Russian political prisoner:

What did the members of the intelligentsia do when the storm broke, destroying everything in its path? They went to work for the new rulers of Russia. They forgot their democratic ideals and placed themselves entirely at the disposal of the communists. They did not rise in arms against the tyrants, but entered their service.

Bakhtiarov

This is an apt description of the Republican Party and its media organs today.

Serving a monster, forgetting democratic ideals and norms.

That is our scary reality.

rmrd0000 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:29:21 +0000

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That is our scary reality.

Thanks.

Doctor Cleveland — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:09:31 +0000

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Thanks.

Thanks, aa. I think boxing is

Doctor Cleveland — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:09:13 +0000

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Thanks, aa. I think boxing is a great example. It was weight classes. No one applauds a heavyweight for fighting a welterweight. No one will permit that bout. You fight your own weight class.

I certainly don't mean to

Doctor Cleveland — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:07:45 +0000

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I certainly don't mean to minimize Trump's monstrosity.

But Trump is not alone. He has a base that likes and cheers him. When he called Kaepernick a "son of a bitch" he got enthusiasm from the crowd, and so he kept going with that because the crowd liked it.

He is a monster, but he is not unique. He is a monster who represents many little monsters' values.

As the Bloodhound Gang taught

Michael Maiello — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:16:05 +0000

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As the Bloodhound Gang taught us... the trick is only pick on those who can do you no harm.

Like, the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!

...the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!

Thanks for the response.

NCD — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 04:53:16 +0000

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Thanks for the response.

Trump doesn't have the dignity of his office, because his "office" is being Donald Trump. A man with no dignity or scruples.

I would not call him a jackass, "a stupid person", which connotes a certain harmlessness.

He is a race baiting street agitator, a delusional white supremacist. Who is in a position to do immense irreparable damage.

Interesting essay, yet his vile character is misconstrued by comparing him to shop owners or a class, any class, of people.......unless it's "Racist demagogue Nazi admirers of Queens who became President".

I don't know if my point to

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 04:08:00 +0000

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I don't know if my point to you & Danny starts to come through, that whether Kap gets a contract is a sideshow - even now there's danger that this is just about the right to protest or somehow related to the anthem, and not the police brutality and racism they're protesting. Anyway, Kap's stock went up 1000% thus week in a good way. His protest's gone super-viral.

With so many bloggers and

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 03:27:06 +0000

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With so many bloggers and journalists spilling so much ink on Trump's glaring deficiencies, it's rare to read an analysis of his personality that I haven't already heard a hundred times. You've managed to pull it off though. Great piece.

As usual, I have learned from

CVille Dem — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:48:52 +0000

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As usual, I have learned from your post, and enjoy the (obvious, but missed by me) point that trump only attacks those who can't fight back, and thereby loses the respect and protection that his office formerly held. When someone can call him a bum, and can also say "visiting the White House was an honor until you showed up," and have so many people think...'Can't argue with that," you know he has reached an previously unimaginable low.

Thanks once again for such a good read.