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Samrob

(4,298 posts)
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 02:41 AM Feb 2022

Trump made it ok to hate "the others" worldwide and in the open. Thus,

this turn from tolerance and humanity and compassion has weakened resolve within and among western nations. Sadly, to me at least, this means that western nations within themselves do not continue to have the unified resolve to make the sacrifices and carry out the actions against Russia that they had 30 years ago. Hence you see, even in America, a creeping tolerance for evil, corruption . racism, bigotry, misogyny, and homophobia--the social evils we thought we were making global strides against.

Indeed, this makes Trump the most consequential President in history since Abe Lincoln. Think about it. At least 25% of the voting public and 90% of GOP support Russian aggression.

Whatever happened to our angst against "communism and communists?" I am old enough to remember when everything Russian was communist (at least in the minds of the unthinking).

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Trump made it ok to hate "the others" worldwide and in the open. Thus, (Original Post) Samrob Feb 2022 OP
Whoa.... Sogo Feb 2022 #1
You are not counting the MAGAs. I am. nt Samrob Feb 2022 #2
Huh? NJCher Feb 2022 #3

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
1. Whoa....
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 02:46 AM
Feb 2022

Where do you get those statistics?!

The Senate Republicans came out in full support of Ukraine tonight…..

NJCher

(35,687 posts)
3. Huh?
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 03:31 AM
Feb 2022

“this means that western nations within themselves do not continue to have the unified resolve to make the sacrifices”

You’re extending trumps waning influence over some raw nutjobs in the u.s. to all of the western nations?

They laugh at him and think he is a joke. They are hardly influenced by him.

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