Trump marched forward despite so much negativity against him. He worked really hard to overcome his limitations and at the end won people over. Nothing could stop him.
Why are you guys throwing in the towel at the slightest discomfort?.
Why are you guys throwing in the towel at the slightest discomfort?.
He now represents a political party that controls the Presidency, the House and Senate. That will nominate a number of Supreme Court nominees who will most likely overturn judgements on gay marriage and abortion rights.
So, gee, I guess I can see why some people might feel slight discomfort at any or all of that.
Yeah, words matter.
Cliches of comparing Trump to Hitler are cliches for a reason.
So, that opinion sounds a bit dangerous to me. You'll have to offer a better reason for thinking he's a fascist than relying on clichés.
"Fascists believe that liberal democracy is obsolete, and they regard the complete mobilization of society under a totalitarian one-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to respond effectively to economic difficulties.[7] Such a state is led by a strong leader—such as a dictator and a martial government composed of the members of the governing fascist party—to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society.[7] Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative in nature, and views political violence, war, and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation.[8][9][10][11] Fascists advocate a mixed economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky through protectionist and interventionist economic policies.[12]"
Being a fascist doesn't mean there will automatically be warrant out for you, or that you have committed some sort of genocide.
Hell in big lines you can compare the arguments that a Hitler used to get in power against that of a Trump and see the same stuff popping up again and again.
Against the elite, the fault of a specific group, talking about deportations, bringing jobs back lost also by foreigners, inward views, derogatory views against foreign countries,... . The list goes on.
We should respect the choice Americans make but when the world is reacting anxious it's about more than simple cliches.
As of right now the counts are showing a plurality of voters selected Clinton. What chose Trump is our antiquated election system that weighs rural voters more per capita.
I'm no Clinton supporter--I despise the woman--but if I didn't live in NYC I'd have voted for her. I didn't bother because the system is set up so any extra votes in NY don't matter.
If I were a Trump supporter I'd stay home for similar reasons.
And the funniest thing here is people should be celebrating this win becuase the way I see it, this is a win for democracy. The DNC took away the win from someone who the people wanted, they worked against the people and put someone up who the people did not trust or agree with. And at the end of the day the person the people trusted more won.
I might not agree with trump on everything especially his racist comments, but I do agree with an underdog powered by the people.
Blaming the DNC is just being intellectually lazy. The real issue is that there are a large group of the community who aren't benefiting from prosperity. And they turned out in droves. Democrats need to have an answer to their concerns.