@wildgrass saidYOU give an example. I don’t want to hear from a left wing source (the Atlantic) that has brainwashed you.
Absolutely, mate. I think I've posted a few times previously as well. One of these in isolation, maybe not fascism. But ALL OF THEM?? The resemblances are too strong and too many to deny, it needs to be called what it is. Not that it'll do any good, but... here you go.
1) demolition of norms - remember Trump mocking war heroes?
2) Glorifying violence - shooting protesto ...[text shortened]... n the news media
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/
Its telling that you had to search to try to bolster your claim (lie…propaganda)
@Mott-The-Hoople saidI agree with John Rauch on this. It doesnt matter where it's published, he is correct on most points here.
YOU give an example. I don’t want to hear from a left wing source (the Atlantic) that has brainwashed you.
Its telling that you had to search to try to bolster your claim (lie…propaganda)
@moonbus saidI trust you on that but still can't wrap my brain around it. Maybe just put my head in a freezer next to Ted Williams, and thaw it out when all this nonsense blows over and we're back to voting for common sense and fixing stuff.
Negative, stability is not achieved through moderation; stability is maintained through moderation.
Maintaining stability in times of stability is fertile ground for moderate politics and moderate opinions, because only small adjustments are required to maintain stability.
In times of upheaval, moderate opinions and small adjustments do not achieve stabili ...[text shortened]... onald Trump is an exception, he thrives on stoking chaos, but people will tire of it, and him, soon.
@Zahlanzi saidAgreed. Traditional terms such "left" or "right" or "conservative" or "moderate" or "liberal" don't mean much any more. The GOP has utterly abandoned all the traditionally conservative principles of a generation ago--Wm. F. Buckley and James Kilpatrick, for example, were articulate conservatives, whether you liked them or not, at least they had principles and could formulate them coherently. No one of the so-called right wing of the Republican party today has any principles or can formulate any policy coherently--they are so obviously simply reeling from one of Trump's insane antics to the next, without a clue how to proceed.
people who keep using the word "moderate" as the most reasonable course of action fail to understand that between drinking one jug of sulphuric acid and drinking 0 sulphuric acid the moderate course of action is not fukin drinking half of that jug.
And the Dumocrats have been sleepwalking since the Electoral College handed the White House to the candidate who lost the popular vote in 2016.
What America needs now is not "moderate"--what America needs now is a hard slap in the face, a cold shower, and a swift kick in the donkey.
@Zahlanzi saidNo. You neutralize a strong acid by adding in a weak base like sodium bicarb. Do it slowly because it's exothermic and make sure the room is well ventilated. Once it's at physiologic pH you can safely drink it.
people who keep using the word "moderate" as the most reasonable course of action fail to understand that between drinking one jug of sulphuric acid and drinking 0 sulphuric acid the moderate course of action is not fukin drinking half of that jug.
That's moderation. But I get that I'm an outlier in the current political climate. I just can't do extremism.