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NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 10:05 PM Oct 2019

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If you’ve heard Trump’s rally speeches encouraging violence, if you’ve heard him label entire groups of people as rapists, criminals, and animals, if you’ve heard him refer to nations with predominantly brown/black citizens as ‘shithole countries’, if you’ve read his vitriolic tweets aimed at anyone who opposes him …

If you’ve watched his unhinged meltdowns when confronted with facts, if you’ve seen him insult our allies while praising our enemies, if you’ve witnessed his continuous efforts to undermine the Constitution, the rule of law, and the legitimacy of our intelligence community and our devoted public servants …

If you’ve heard his unending litany of lies, his ludicrous claims to have accomplished things he’s never achieved, his laughable exaggerations about his own intelligence and expertise while apparently demonstrating his lack of knowledge about everything along with his incredible stupidity …

If you’ve seen the trauma of parents and children separated at the border, if you’ve seen the inhumane conditions he has inflicted on people who are merely seeking a better life for themselves and their families, if you’ve seen the global community turn away from us due to his disgusting policies …

If you’ve watched as he abandons the Kurds, totally dismisses the idea that the United States should honour its word and stand by its allies …

If you have heard him declare that the noise from wind turbines causes cancer, that solar energy is unviable because everyone’s electricity goes off at sundown, and that the Revolutionary War was won by shutting down airports in 1775 …

If you have heard him repeatedly change his ‘story’ when cornered, deny that he said what everyone heard him say, and deny he has done what everyone knows he’s done …

If you have watched as his ‘best people’ have been found guilty of crimes and imprisoned, if you have watched as his ‘trusted associates’ are investigated for unethical behaviour and have resigned in disgrace, if you have watched as his ‘friends’ are exposed as criminals working on behalf of foreign interests completely contrary to the interests of our own country …

If you have witnessed the appointment of his totally inept and inexperienced cronies to positions of power, if you have seen his incompetent and totally clueless children being put in charge of vital initiatives such as brokering a peace in the Middle East …

If you have seen tax cuts handed to the wealthy while ballooning the deficit, if you have seen our farmers decimated by his ‘trade wars’, if you have heard the constant threats to programs like Social Security, Medicaid, and SNAP, if you have watched as your fellow citizens are bankrupted by medical bills or have to do without life-saving medicines …

… if you have seen and heard all of the above and still support Trump, you are either brain-washed or brain-dead – currently a distinction without a difference. It’s as simple as that.

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IF ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs Oct 2019 OP
Pleased to be volstork Oct 2019 #1
these are the same kind of people who loved Hitler Skittles Oct 2019 #2
K and R dewsgirl Oct 2019 #3
If they heard, and they did... sheshe2 Oct 2019 #4
k&r n/t lordsummerisle Oct 2019 #5
Once again, you have nailed it Nance RainCaster Oct 2019 #6
Nance, I am always inspired by your ability Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #7
You might be deplorable IronLionZion Oct 2019 #8
K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #9
K&R 2naSalit Oct 2019 #10
K&R...👍🏼👍🏼 spanone Oct 2019 #11
It's all fake news. lastlib Oct 2019 #12
Only none of this is hypothetical. MySideOfTown Oct 2019 #13
This would make a great campaign ad, or series of campaign ads. not_the_one Oct 2019 #14
Yep! MyOwnPeace Oct 2019 #22
Great post Nance Gothmog Oct 2019 #15
Kipling would have been proud bluecollar2 Oct 2019 #16
Excellent! K&R Duppers Oct 2019 #17
3rd category Martin Eden Oct 2019 #18
k&r BSdetect Oct 2019 #19
❤❤❤Thank you! Karadeniz Oct 2019 #20
... Scurrilous Oct 2019 #21
Fully indoctrinated tandgf Oct 2019 #23
But we're Peace Loving righteous Christians NCDEM4EVR Oct 2019 #24
IF you accept that Trump is a Russian agent working to destroy the US from within, panfluteman Oct 2019 #25
Well Said! Newest Reality Oct 2019 #26
excellent in its concise indictment. k&r & bookmarked Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #27
Makes me cry for Rudyard Kippling Xipe Totec Oct 2019 #28
Bookmarked jpak Oct 2019 #29

MySideOfTown

(225 posts)
13. Only none of this is hypothetical.
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 11:25 PM
Oct 2019

We have all heard it.

Prefacing a statement with IF as Pompeo pointed out is the definition of a hypothesis, which is less convincing that a theory, which is less convincing than a fact.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
14. This would make a great campaign ad, or series of campaign ads.
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 11:33 PM
Oct 2019

It is the truth, and everyone would recognize it as that.

Put some relevant visuals behind it, and have someone with "a voice" to overlay the visuals, it could be incredibly effective.

Nance, you are an incredible wordsmith.

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
16. Kipling would have been proud
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 12:43 AM
Oct 2019

Pretty sure the mango Mussolini never read the Kipling poem by the same title as yours Nance...

Bravo for applying the concept to present day!!!

Martin Eden

(12,870 posts)
18. 3rd category
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 01:42 PM
Oct 2019

The truly deplorable see Trump for what he is (including everything you listed) and they love him for it.

Their hatred supersedes all other considerations, which makes them nihilists.

tandgf

(26 posts)
23. Fully indoctrinated
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 05:27 PM
Oct 2019

Such accurate words Nance - Right on to you - In looking around for a while now - It has come to me that the R party truly are fully indoctrinated and brainwashed at the same time if that is capable of occurring - Where I live about 80% of the population only watches Fox News - As in Only Watches - And so - They don't know what this article is about - Literally - They haven't a clue - They might be seeing bits and pieces offered in the last month but prior to that - Nothing - Two important things that have just started coming into my thoughts are 1. I wonder how long this brainwashing has been going on 2. I see an agenda continuing to develop that offers getting and keeping the people fully indoctrinated and brainwashed - I swear - It is mind boggling what I hear in my part of the world - I will say this - This "Party Before Country" belief is deeper than one might imagine concerning all aspects of what is going on with this presidency and many years prior - And that is about as concerning to me in the depth of my awareness as anything that is happening in America as we speak - We must not roll over or get tired or complacent - We must stand for what we know - God Bless America

NCDEM4EVR

(34 posts)
24. But we're Peace Loving righteous Christians
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 06:31 PM
Oct 2019

How can we be wrong, we are white, privileged, we have god on our side, and the "MISIAH" in the White House leading us forward to the greater good. REALLY!!!! UFB

panfluteman

(2,065 posts)
25. IF you accept that Trump is a Russian agent working to destroy the US from within,
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 07:41 PM
Oct 2019

Then all of the above makes perfect sense.

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