(June 22, 2018 at 11:03 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(June 22, 2018 at 10:43 am)Brian37 Wrote: The Karfuckians are "fake" Pro wresting is FAKE. Jerry Springer is FAKE! What is wrong is a sitting President vilifying REAL journalists. Vilifying the free press is what a despot does. It is our job as consumers of media to know the difference. It is DANGEROUS for a president to make broad sweeping scapegoating statements about the press which is a tool to act as a check on power.'
No other president in my 51 years of life has behaved the way he has. This is not just about immigration.
That sicko has attacked war heros, attacked entire races and religions, attacked even GOP intel agents.
I am sick of people ignoring the entirety of his behavior as a larger pattern. His brand of politics is toxic and has no place in government.
Media is certainly full of fluff and crap. But he isn't being specific about a certain story he is attempting to undermine a western institution that is a check on power. The concept of the "watchdog press".
He wants gullible and fearful loons to buy conspiracy crap. He needs the Alex Jones idiots to support him. He doesn't give a shit whom he hurts as long as it gets him praise and keeps him in power.
And all things he has done Hitler did first. Even if Trump fails in everything the taint of him will take decades to remove.
He has moved the system so far away from the norm and MADE it the new norm that the US may never recover.
No, I still value my species potential to pull it's head out of it's ass. You know you are up shit's creek when even Franklin Graham Jr is telling you you fucked up.
The other good thing is that the younger generations are not buying the bigotry of the older generations.
It isn't a given that we can reverse this no, but we are at a point in history where we have no choice but to try. I think we can stop this trend, just like we ended slavery, just like gays can now get married. Our species can be very tribal but we can also be very compassionate too.