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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsE.W. Jackson: Likening Trump to Hitler Could 'Precipitate a Civil War'
Theyre calling us supporters of Hitler because they say that Donald Trump is like Hitler, which is one of the most preposterous things I have ever heard in my life, Jackson complained. You have got to have BBs for brains to say something like that, you really do. You really do. Youve got to be a nutcase.
To say that President Trump is to be likened to Hitler is to say that all of those who voted for himand Im one of them, I voted for himare so evil that we support Adolf Hitler, he added. If you support Donald Trump and Donald Trump is Hitler, then that means you support Hitler. If you support Donald Trump and Donald Trump is a rabid racist, then that means youre a rabid racist. If you support Donald Trump and Donald Trump is the epitome of evil, that means that you are the epitome of evil Are these people trying to precipitate a civil war? Are they trying to stir people up to commit violence against the president, against those of us who support him?
If you really believe that Donald Trump is the equivalent of Adolf Hitler and those of us who support him are the equivalent of the followers of Hitler, do we need to be killed too? Jackson asked. Is that what the implication is? That we should die, that we should be murdered? Im not trying to be hyperbolic or overly-dramatic, but when you use that kind of analogy, you use that kind of imagery, youve got to play it out to its logical conclusion.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/e-w-jackson-likening-trump-to-hitler-could-precipitate-a-civil-war/
At the very least can we compare Trump to this guy?
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Hitler was a good speaker, Trump is incoherent.
Hitler hated the Russians, Trump loves some Russians.
louis-t
(23,309 posts)Keep having the conversation. Normalize the words. Trump is Hitler. Trump is Hitler. Trump is Hitler. Trump is Hitler. Trump is Hitler. Trump is Hitler.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Destroy Nazis or they destroy you.
SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)okay w/ the events in Charlottesville and okay w/ his supporters elbowing people at his rallies, and his blatant encouragement to supporters by offering to pay their court bills if need be. Of course when one rump supporter did attack someone and lost the case for getting money from rump for defense, rump simply proved that he is a hypocrite too, by not supporting his own voter when they attacked someone.
Any paranoid stems from fact that rabid and thuggish rump supporters have attacked innocents (not all of them to be honest here), but there are enough of these thugs to overcome any positive interactions (towards the press too) towards a lot of rump voters.
Democrats and our party are not paranoid, but have been burned too many times by the blatant lies, the false attacks, Pizza Gate, the numerous HRC investigations, attacks against Obama, and in general, attackes on just about anything we stand for. Now, rump seems to be doing a lot of the so same terrible things, which makes the republicans seem petty, repetitive, and vindictive.
We respect the other side's right to their opinions and beliefs. Just don't physically (literally) attack us while doing it and be and respect the rights and beliefs of other non rump voters. Don't go after foreign money to raise money supposedly for campaigns...what's the matter, you can't get enough money from domestic US voters?
And when you raise money in this manner (from overseas), why did you all hide this fact? Why in the world are you taking money from these sources? I thought you were all American (according to republicans, so don't need such foreign money).
Not that I really care about this too much, but there are laws against 'outside' money being used to influence elections and what not, and there are good reasons for this money to be strictly limited or banned. Too much chance of influence (as we all clearly see w/ rump).