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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKasparov on Trump: "The demagogue doesn't lead radicals, he radicalizes his supporters"
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"The demagogue doesn't lead radicals, he radicalizes his supporters. With each outrage he drags them down by association until they feel they have no one else, and no one else will have them. It works."
(linking to NYT tweet: "In campaign rally, Trump mocks cancer-stricken John McCain, the infirm George H.W. Bush, the #MeToo movement and Elizabeth Warren, but praises Vladimir Putin. "
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Kasparov on Trump: "The demagogue doesn't lead radicals, he radicalizes his supporters" (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2018
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BlueJac
(7,838 posts)1. k&R
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,593 posts)2. K&R
Cosmocat
(14,543 posts)3. THIS
nm
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)4. Hes seen it before. Nt
Shanti Mama
(1,288 posts)5. Great interview of him by Preet
I highly recommend Preet's podcast. Interesting and informative.
roscoeroscoe
(1,369 posts)6. Everyone who supports Trump...
Gonna wake up dirty
C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)7. With an STD
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)9. People who still support Trump at this point are irredeemably malevolent.
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)8. There will be more political violence - this is a bloodthirsty monster
kentuck
(110,950 posts)10. Trump knows exactly what he is doing...
He will soon have his followers booing Ronald Reagan. There is not room for any other leaders in the Trump Party.