june gloom on 14/11/2020 at 08:18
I do think it's interesting that in the week since Trump's hopes of staying in the White House have been shredded like puppies in a blender, most of the absolute worst of this forum's right-wingers have been mysteriously silent.
nemyax on 14/11/2020 at 09:55
Quote Posted by Gryzemuis
Commies are commies.
To a country, commies are like coronavirus. Very hard to shake off and they might kill you.
Kolya on 14/11/2020 at 10:45
Comparing your political opponents to a disease on your country is a clear sign of a fascist ideology.
Not just because the Nazis did it before you, but because it's dehumanizing your opponents and legitimizes any kind of attacks on them. Be it the "Eternal Jew" or "the Commies" or whoever.
Starker on 14/11/2020 at 11:58
The Lincoln Project did a pro-democracy ad:
[video=youtube;w0ErQXEzFWA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ErQXEzFWA[/video]
nemyax on 14/11/2020 at 12:22
Quote Posted by Kolya
legitimizes any kind of attacks on them
It doesn't. It only stresses the importance of (mental) hygiene.
Quote Posted by Kolya
Be it the "Eternal Jew" or "the Commies" or whoever.
Or "the fascists"? I have solid proof that commies are fatal—they killed my country twice. Frankly, communism and fascism are merely flavours of totalitarianism. Despite their different origins, they both boil down to the same thing: the opposite of freedom.
demagogue on 14/11/2020 at 13:23
He's gonna crack. This was my first feeling. He's never had anything like a human-level attention span or focus. You just wait two weeks, and it's some other crisis he's already full steam into and the current one will already be long forgotten.
Quote:
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https://www.ft.com/content/7062d5cc-df10-43eb-b96d-9c17699d27f0) Trump comes close to acknowledging defeat before catching himself
For almost a week, the world has waited for Donald Trump to acknowledge the results of the November 3 election and his rival Joe Biden's victory. On Friday, the sitting president came closest yet. Speaking at an event in the White House Rose Garden, Mr Trump appeared to recognise that a different administration would be in charge in January, and that it would get to decide whether or not to push for a lockdown to counter the rapid spread of Covid-19. “This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully the . . . ,” Mr Trump said before catching himself. “Whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, I guess time will tell.” It was the only moment during the half-hour press conference — his first set of public remarks since Mr Biden was declared the victor — that the president appeared to accept reality.
Kolya on 14/11/2020 at 13:57
Quote Posted by nemyax
It doesn't. It only stresses the importance of (mental) hygiene.
Maybe that's not what you meant, but this same kind of rhetoric that dehumanizes others by comparing them to animals and diseases has been used to rile up people and legitimize murderous attacks many times.
And when you're talking about "(mental) hygiene" I'm not at all convinced that this isn't what you meant.
Quote Posted by nemyax
Or "the fascists"? I have solid proof that commies are fatal—they killed my country twice. Frankly, communism and fascism are merely flavours of totalitarianism. Despite their different origins, they both boil down to the same thing: the opposite of freedom.
If I saw someone comparing "the fascists" to a disease, I would tell them the same thing, yeah. I'm not tolerating intolerance, but I do believe in the rule of law.
And you don't need to lecture me about communism, I've lived under the rule of pseudo-communists in Eastern Germany. Where do you hail from?
heywood on 14/11/2020 at 14:12
Quote Posted by demagogue
He's gonna crack.
No, he's not. He's too image conscious to give you the joy of seeing him melt down.
He's slowly coming around. I think he's going to man up and he'll pass the torch grudgingly but in order.
Renzatic on 14/11/2020 at 14:33
Quote Posted by june gloom
I do think it's interesting that in the week since Trump's hopes of staying in the White House have been shredded like puppies in a blender, most of the absolute worst of this forum's right-wingers have been mysteriously silent.
Quote Posted by Vae
It is a near certainty that Trump will win the election. However, it is likely that there will be another coup attempt, post-election night.
Currently we are in a state of cold civil war, which can turn hot after the election, if certain possibilities were to occur.
Vae's busy preparing for Hot Civil War II.
nemyax on 14/11/2020 at 14:33
Quote Posted by Kolya
And when you're talking about "(mental) hygiene" I'm not at all convinced that this isn't what you meant.
I mean staying clean of ideologies that are demonstrably fallacious and bad for you.
Quote Posted by Kolya
Where do you hail from?
From Ground Zero, Russia.
