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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOrange Hitler will be gone
I am as certain as that can be.
Orange Hitler is a symptom. The pathology is whatever makes people enable Orange Hitler.
I would prefer to avoid going through this again. We must put serious thought into this.
Be advised: I will ignore anyone doing the "you want re-education camp" shtick.
ARPad95
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The pathology is white (mostly male) supremacy and the malignant narcissism that produces it.
Cary
(11,746 posts)Pathological lying. Willingness to cheat to acquire power. Unwillingness to compromise. Anti-intellectualism. Irrational loathing of Hillary Clinton. There's more.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)We need to work harder than ever to GOTV.
We need to work with the mindset that we want to bury these mofos forever. It has to be a complete rejection of their ideology. Plus we need to get the Senate as well.
Never again.
mopinko
(70,127 posts)gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)A warning has to be sent that we won't allow this again. The next one will be much smarter.
Cary
(11,746 posts)I am not sure that I would call it "consequences." What would we look for?
1. Punishment.While this might provide a deterrence I don't think there is empirical evidence to support that. True criminal behavior should be prosecuted.
2. Rehabilitation. Again, this is fraught with all kinds of problems including the fact that it doesn't work.
3. Demoralization, so fascists cannot regroup any time soon.
4. Prevention. Weakening the presidency.
5. Exposure. Put all of.the information out there.
I don't know the answer but we have our work cut out for us. None of their crap is new. They are fascists. I would like to hear from better minds than my own as to how to inoculate ourselves better.