Donald Trump

[SebastianBlue]

FFS, lightning can’t even be relied upon to do it’s job.

 

[SWP's back]

Definitely worth a read.

Absolutely on the money and should be read by a couple of posters in particular in this thread.

 

[SWP's back]

have to agree mind i wouldn't be surprised if one of his sponsored militias taking out some voting stations using coercion or violence though.

And if anyone tries to disarm them, they can shoot the people disarming them and claim self defence.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

And if anyone tries to disarm them, they can shoot the people disarming them and claim self defence.

He'll no doubt be pushing out an Executive Order shortly before the election to allow this.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Absolutely on the money and should be read by a couple of posters in particular in this thread.

Indeed, it’s a much more eloquent and authoritative version of my frequent incoherent pontifications.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Indeed, it’s a much more eloquent and authoritative version of my frequent incoherent pontifications.

And mine.

 

[SebastianBlue]

And mine.

And a few others; I feel a Spartacus moment coming on.

Jokes aside, @SWP's back had to humour a long rant version of that thread from me not long ago, arising from my frustrations with many people seemingly being fixated on tidy — and very unlikely — “rule of law” resolutions to Trump’s autocratic madness, so I thought it only fair to him to specifically acknowledge that this is a far more eloquent treatment of my thoughts.

As always, thanks for sharing the thread, mate.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

And a few others; I feel a Spartacus moment coming on.

Jokes aside, @SWP's back had to humour a long rant version of that thread from me not long ago, arising from my frustrations with many people seemingly being fixated on tidy — and very unlikely — “rule of law” resolutions to Trump’s autocratic madness, so I thought it only fair to him to specifically acknowledge that this is a far more eloquent treatment of my thoughts.

As always, thanks for sharing the thread, mate.

I posted it in the hope that those who don't seem to accept the parallels between the Trump Administration and a certain fascist dictator from our recent history might read it and learn something.

It is certainly more eloquently written than the inane ramblings of a few loons on a football forum.

As for the 'Rule of Law'. That's going well given that he's just blatantly ignored the Hatch Act, with seemingly zero consequences. Trump's Chief of Staff proclaiming 'nobody cares about the Hatch Act' perfectly demonstrates they are intent on ignoring any laws that don't fit their agenda.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I posted it in the hope that those who don't seem to accept the parallels between the Trump Administration and a certain fascist dictator from our recent history might read it and learn something.

It is certainly more eloquently written than the inane ramblings of a few loons on a football forum.

As for the 'Rule of Law'. That's going well given that he's just blatantly ignored the Hatch Act, with seemingly zero consequences. Trump's Chief of Staff proclaiming 'nobody cares about the Hatch Act' perfectly demonstrates they are intent on ignoring any laws that don't fit their agenda.

I have been trying to expose the similarities of the Trump admin (and Republican support) to previous and current authoritarian regimes (some I have lived/worked under for a time) — and articulate why American institutions, laws, and political norms may not be sufficient to constrain him — for some time, so no need to convince me.

Hopefully more are coming around to that reality we have been attempting to make more clear. I know personally the effort has been at times a very frustrating struggle, as people generally didn’t want to believe that the “rule of law” wouldn’t be enough to stop Trump, both on here and in the world-at-large; as of late even more so due to physical limitations, mostly restricting my interactions to the digital domain. Though the latter was always likely to go poorly, as a Spanish-Brit gobbing off about Americans sleepwalking in to fascism, to Americans, was never going to be received well (and that’s fair enough; I wouldn’t take the reverse well, either).

Suffice it to say, you and I have been agreement on the matter for quite awhile — likely before we even began conversing in this thread.

 

[SWP's back]

And a few others; I feel a Spartacus moment coming on.

Jokes aside, @SWP's back had to humour a long rant version of that thread from me not long ago, arising from my frustrations with many people seemingly being fixated on tidy — and very unlikely — “rule of law” resolutions to Trump’s autocratic madness, so I thought it only fair to him to specifically acknowledge that this is a far more eloquent treatment of my thoughts.

As always, thanks for sharing the thread, mate.

Nah, I just wanted a couple of posters that aren’t well versed on the history of authoritarian regimes to give it a read.