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Apart from the absolutely disgraceful fact that these children are being locked up away from their parents, the fact that the main reason for doing it is for Trump to hold them to ransom in an effort to get his wall funded makes it even more despicable. Then he laughably blames the democrats.


This is the wall that he consistently said Mexico would pay for, during the campaign - the man is a ****
 
Apart from the absolutely disgraceful fact that these children are being locked up away from their parents, the fact that the main reason for doing it is for Trump to hold them to ransom in an effort to get his wall funded makes it even more despicable. Then he laughably blames the democrats.


It's not the "breakup of families" that he describes as "horrible and cruel", but the "legislative agenda" of the opposition party.
 
Goebbels tactics.

I believe he's going to back down from this pretty soon. The reaction even among some hard-line conservatives has been pretty negative, not to mention that from those in his own administration who refuse to go in front of the cameras to discuss it. His approval rating is going to take a hit. Blaming Democrats isn't working. Getting closer to November mid-terms too.

But he'll find a way to make his turnaround about how compassionate he is, or spin a tale about how Meliana's tearful pleas moved him to benevolence. Because that's what kings do to big up their power -- spare the previously-condemned to make themselves look gracious and magnanimous.

His supporters will eat up the act like ice cream, then turn to his detractors and say, "See? You can't blame him now." Manufacturing a crisis to "solve" it, just like North Korea.

Watch.
 
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They're different though, they're not human, shouldn't be afforded the same rights.


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On a serious note, I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington when I was there recently. While there's very little I don't already know about those events, they covered the rise of Hitler & the Nazi party very well and I was struck by some of the similarities to Trump.

First of all Hitler's platform was to make Germany great again, although they were in a much sorrier state than the US is. Rhetoric, whether it had any resemblance to the truth or not, replaced reasoned debate.

Second, the opposition were in some disarray. While there's only one real opposition party in the US, they picked the wrong candidate and the presence of an independent probably took crucial votes away from Clinton.

Third was their disdain for anyone who didn't think like them. In Germany it was socialists and in the US it's "liberals".

Fourth was their view of the media. In Germany the "liberal" media were derided and attacked (including physically) while their own media pumped out propaganda and what we now know as 'fake news'. The burning of the books by authors considered 'degenerate' was the most obvious manifestation. In the US it's about Fox versus the rest and any individual who publicly expresses criticism of Trump is belittled.

Finally it's the demonisation & treatment of minorities. In Germany it was Jews, Roma, gays, Jehovahs Witnesses etc. Initially the mass killings started under the guise of eliminating "commissars and criminals", many of whom just conveniently happened to be Jews. Then it spread to their families & became a general free for all. In the USA it's Hispanics, who are cast as illegal immigrants. In the same way that Jews were gradually separated from German mainstream society - economically, culturally, financially & finally physically - the same process is taking place with the Hispanic community.

There won't be the same outcome (at least we assume there won't be) but to me the similarities were quite striking.

What was even more striking though was a chat I had with my host in Pittsburgh, who is my daughter-in-law's grandma. She is a registered Democrat & a very religious person in the truest sense of the word. But she said that she's coming to like Trump more & more and would probably vote for him if he stood in 2020. She is consumed with the idea that "liberals" in the universities are preventing free-speech and hounding out people whose opinion is different to theirs.

It's not even as if she's never been out of the USA either. Her and her husband lived over here for quite a long time and have a very wide outlook. If someone like her, a very intelligent & kind-hearted person, can think that way, it's quite worrying.
 
But she said that she's coming to like Trump more & more and would probably vote for him if he stood in 2020. She is consumed with the idea that "liberals" in the universities are preventing free-speech and hounding out people whose opinion is different to theirs.

Is it HER opinion that's different from theirs? Or is it the prevention of free speech by said "liberals" that's the issue?

I have said this often before -- there's nothing more frightening to people than having their grounded belief structure removed from underneath them and shifted to its opposite. Not just threatened, but turned upside down.

Eg. If you believe being gay is morally wrong, and you are told that this perspective is no longer valid and that in fact it is believing that being gay is morally wrong that is actually the moral wrong, you will cling out of fear or anger to any crutch possible that supports you, no matter how unpleasant or horrible.
 
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