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I believe that we are dealing with overlapping triggers for the behaviors we are witnessing: racism, xenophobia, the replacement of religion with Trumpism, impotence over income inequality redirected by Fox propaganda at Democrats vs the true source of their misery (corporate greed exacerbated by the GOP). Trump has allowed his supporters to believe that they are supporting a movement, something that gives their life meaning. It's a con game, of course, but I don't believe that a Trump 2020 loss will result in rage. Rather, Trump's base will follow him into his next con. Tom Cotton, Mike Pompeo, and Ted Cruz are among those who have transformed themselves into variants of Trumpism. Will Trump's supporters fall in line with an alt-right party or is their devotion limited to Trump himself? If Trump establishes an alternative media empire as is likely the case, will his base desert Fox to follow him? If the latter, Trump has the ability to further erode democracy even if he loses the election. Then what? At what point do we reexamine the breadth of our 1st Amendment rights? We cannot expect to have a functioning society when social media platforms, Fox, and talk radio spew hate and division 24/7. Trump's supporters are responsible for their choices, but without stopping the flow of oxygen reinforcing prejudice and sowing discord, we are only addressing a symptom and not the underlying cause.

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potus is "stupid"/"a fool" based on Bonhoeffer's statement Stoehr posted earlier. An earlier translation from the German of that statement is "fool" and the later one is the one you used vis. "stupid". Bonhoeffer was a pacifist but willingly and yet with feelings of guilt took part in an effort to assassinate Hitler but not Hitler's NAZI associates. Unfortunately B. was apprehended and finally executed just as the war was ending. I do not think it is possible for us to crush evil. Yes we must expose and resisted but we will destroy it. A well known prayer says, "deliver us from evil". That's the way I see it at the present time.

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Truth sometimes leaves a mark.

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Do not kid yourself or pretend MAGA is the Raj or Jim Crow. It's not. It is NAZISM and must BE FOUGHT and PULVERIZED.

EVIL MUST BE CRUSHED.

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Anyone who states the obvious "...a third of America would cheer, or shrug, if the other two -thirds were wiped out by Covid-19..." risks blowback. But like racism, social justice, misogyny, and every other ill, denying it doesn't make it go away, just underground. So, shine a light and shout about it; we need to confront the evil to destroy it.

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I'd say we team blue folks should read an reread President Obama's speech at John Lewis' funeral yesterday. I'm sure if I responded to the way I feel about #45 and his admirers I'd do and say some things to some folks I'd regret. Better to follow John Lewis example.

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Not me... when the time comes i'm stepping on some RED necks. I will cheers as they bleed out. I will; jump for joy as they expire...

And don't flatter your self with the Lewis example. He was changing a system - Jim Crow - we will be CRUSHING NAZIS. I will gleefully watch them burn. D-Day was not a sit in. We need to exterminate MAGAts.

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"...a third of America would cheer, or shrug, if the other two-thirds were wiped out by Covid-19."

I'm sorry some readers got their underpants in a wad over that statement but it appears to be quite true. Do a Google search on the BLM march that very recently occurred in the tiny Kentucky town of Grayson, KY. The racists showed up armed to the teeth and stood on rooftops with the weapons trained down on protest marchers. They're due again there tomorrow. This is happening all across America but it's not getting the coverage it deserves.

https://irontontribune.com/2020/07/30/contentious-atmosphere-at-grayson-protest/

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