When it comes to Trump we all know the truth... [I Think That Donald Trump Is Dangerous For This Country]

@cherokeepatti So long as calling people names as though you were in a school playground remains the standard of American political discourse (on both sides of the two party fence) you will continue to have a dysfunctional government.

It would be fun to watch, from a distance, if only it were not likely to have an impact on the rest of the world and on many innocent lives in your own country.

@ninalanyon Didn’t ask you to be an international moderator

@cherokeepatti That's good, because I would not be good at it.

@MistyCee Far more accurate. It's easy for those without a moral compass to morph in to whatever serves their own interests. Trump wouldn't have walked across the street to spit on a Conservative prior to him deciding they were his ticket. And he still wouldn't. He would ask for money though.

@bijouxbroussard Agreed, but even when Trump was in office, supposedly a "conservative" President, these folks were screaming about stuff like "corporate fascism" and similar nonsense like "cancel culture" from the left.

I get where they're more comfortable with the right than the left, but this populist movement seems more like reactionary malcontents than conservatives to me. The racist/xenophobic thing is only part of it the whole picture.

@MistyCee The whole “cancel culture” claim amuses me, considering the fact that conservatives were traditionally the book and record burners.

@bijouxbroussard it's no accident, I think that the Whatabout is so prevalent with Trumpism.

At it's heart, I think what drives it really is precognitive rather than any kind of actual ideology.

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The whole Trump movement, and now most of the Republican Party, is premised on the social sanctification of pre-cognitive fears and disgust
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-is-now-just-the-party-of-white-grievance/2021/03/01/67679480-7ab9-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html

@eMortal We should be, but for the fact that his supporters aren’t.