Burning Down the House = scathing NYT op-ed

[Coyotl]

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Burning Down the House
Timothy Egan OCT. 14, 2016

A wounded bear is a dangerous thing. Detested and defeated, Donald Trump is now in a tear-the-country-down rage. Day after day, he rips at the last remaining threads of decency holding this nation together. His opponent is the devil, he says — hate her with all your heart. Forget about the rule of law. Lock her up!

He’s made America vile. He’s got angel-voiced children yelling “bitch” and flipping the bird at rallies. He’s got young athletes chanting “build a wall” at Latino kids on the other side. He’s made it O.K. to bully and fat-shame. He’s normalized perversion, bragging about how an aging man with his sense of entitlement can walk in on naked women.

Here’s his lesson for young minds: If you’re rich and boorish enough, you can get away with anything. Get away with sexual assault. Get away with not paying taxes. Get away with never telling the truth. Get away flirting with treason. Get away with stiffing people who work for you, while you take yours. Get away with mocking the disabled, veterans and families of war heroes. ....................

[Stuart G]

1. k and r..nt

[BSdetect]

2. He has shown himself to be a treacherous monster

[lastlib]

55. A treacherous LECHEROUS monster

eom

[geek tragedy]

3. he's a product of the moral decay inside uneducated white Americans

obviously, millions of good, honorable Americans in that demographic, but generally every bad thing the GOP ever said about black folks--don't take responsibility, lack morals and decency, coarsening culture, embrace of violence--is true about the dumbfuck mindless hordes of bigots supporting Trump.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Another way to put it...

Idiocracy IS a documentary.

[liberal N proud]

4. Don't pisses of the New York Times

[Coyotl]

36. Or all journalists generally. And now Trump is on a paranoid anti-journalism binge.

Let's invest in popcorn stock

[underpants]

5. That was very well written and encompassing

Rec'd

[bulloney]

6. Great op-ed. It really captures Trump's behavior and its big-picture implications on this country.

[Retired George]

7. Road To Nowhere

Sorry, Don!

[Coyotl]

38. well bankruptcy, humiliation, ignominity, shame, humiliation, embarrassment, and utter mortification

to name a few. I can only say, the man is creating his own legacy.

[unitedwethrive]

8. So true. And unfortunately, it will take a very long time to fix

the damage done by this child's tantrums.

[Yavin4]

10. "If you’re rich and boorish enough, you can get away with anything"

Hasn't this been Republican doctrine since 1980?

[Fast Walker 52]

11. he truly is the worst of America

[ailsagirl]

41. And he wants to run/ruin our country???

WE DON'T THINK SO!!!!

[Cary]

12. It's time to come down hard on Republicans

They are vile. All of them.

[ailsagirl]

42. The chickens have truly come home to roost n/t

[workinclasszero]

13. Trump, the Republican party and the hate driven media on Fox and radio that drive them

are a cancer on the soul of this country.

The rise of these hateful beasts is the worse thing that's has happened in my life to this country.

I'm old so I won't be around for the end game but defeating these fascists will be the defining moment of the current generation.

If they fail to defeat them a new dark age is just over the horizon, I'm afraid.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

15. ^^ n/t

[ProudProgressiveNow]

18. +1 nt

[Coyotl]

19. ^^^ THIS ^^^

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The ultra-right propaganda machine has destroyed American culture as we knew it.

Michelle Obama's speech in Manchester yesterday is a defining moment in not only politics, but also in American culture. "Enough is enough" needs to be a rallying call for a lot more than just sexual predation.

[DBoon]

14. You not only get away with it

You can have millions of supporters cheer you on precisely for it.

[Jon King]

16. Trump has exposed so many

We always knew, or at least suspected, that many Americans were harboring disturbing opinions. Trump has more than ever before exposed just how many, how disturbed they are, how full of blind hatred they are, and how willingly gullible they are.

[Coyotl]

28. Trump has shown us how sexism, racism, misogyny, and anti-inellectualism need to be called out

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and driven out of our culture. He also has shown how these traits are linked. "Enough is enough."

Stopping Trump is just the start!

[quarbis]

56. and

Sisters and daughters and anyother female relatives.

[4 more years]

17. Fox News and AM radio

The people who only get their news from Fox News and am radio live in their own information bubble. They are too stupid to change the channel.

[gademocrat7]

20. The most disgusting candidate ever.

He is a true threat to democracy.

[Wounded Bear]

21. Wait a minute, I'm not that dangerous....

Good write-up, all except for that opening statement.

[randome]

22. Ha!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]No squirrels were harmed in the making of this post. Yet.[/center][/font][hr]

[BumRushDaShow]

26. That's why I thought the better analogy

would have been a rabid cornered rat!

[Coyotl]

29. To the Republicans, you are an animal to be feared!

[NastyRiffraff]

23. Well worth reading the whole thing

A couple of things stood out for me:

Trump has made compassion suspect. Don’t reach out to starving refugees — they’re killers in disguise. Don’t give to a charity that won’t reward you in some way. Don’t pay taxes that build roads and offer relief to those washed away in a hurricane. That’s a sucker’s game. We’re not all in this together. Taxes are for stupid people.

Every sexual predator now has a defender at the top of the Republican ticket. The most remarkable thing about last Sunday’s debate was Anderson Cooper having to school a 70-year-old man on workplace taboos that most of us learn on our first job.

“You described kissing women without consent, grabbing their genitals,” said Cooper. “That is sexual assault. You bragged that you have sexually assaulted women. Do you understand that?”

I remember Anderson Cooper asking Trump: "Do you understand that?" It reminded me of an HR supervisor chiding a recalcitrant and unrepentant workplace predator. Which, of course, was exactly what he was doing.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

43. What was the guilty one's reply to that question?

I mean, I can guess. He deflected or denied. But, I couldn't bear to watch or listen to that bully, so I don't know for sure how he responded.

[NastyRiffraff]

46. He finally choked out a "no"

Like a seven year old reluctantly admitting to raiding the cookie jar.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

47. If it was a "no," then it seems like he lacks the honesty of the seven year old who,

however reluctantly, admits guilt. The "no" would be a denial, unless I'm missing something.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Here’s his lesson for young minds: If you’re rich and boorish enough, you can get away with anything

It's called "The American Way™.

[forest444]

25. Here's to Eddie Muster and his tea baggers!

[frazzled]

27. Chillingly, depressingly accurate

I'm glad that he tied together all the depredations:

Here’s his lesson for young minds: If you’re rich and boorish enough, you can get away with anything. Get away with sexual assault. Get away with not paying taxes. Get away with never telling the truth. Get away flirting with treason. Get away with stiffing people who work for you, while you take yours. Get away with mocking the disabled, veterans and families of war heroes.

[bucolic_frolic]

30. Anderson Cooper stood up to tyranny

“You described kissing women without consent, grabbing their genitals,”
said Cooper. “That is sexual assault. You bragged that you have sexually
assaulted women. Do you understand that?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/opinion/burning-down-the-house.html

It is a brave moment in American journalism. Unforgettable really.

[Coyotl]

57. It really matters who the moderator is. Up next, someone now working at Fox.

Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace is the next debate moderator, Oct. 19, 9 PM EDT, only five days off.

Can't wait to hear the follow-up question,"You told Anderson Cooper..., now many women say you assaulted them .......?

[malaise]

31. And that's the tip of the iceberg

Rec

[Gothmog]

32. K&R

[dalton99]

33. Outstanding summary of the arsonist

[Hekate]

34. Kick and Rec

[Coyotl]

35. Whoa, three hours later, 4,500 views, 125 recs

DU is burning up the series of tubes.

[niyad]

37. while this is an excellent editorial, remind me of exactly what the nyt did for the last 18 months

to stop this monster?

[Coyotl]

39. Good point, and it applies to a lot more news outlets. They created King Kong or a Trumpenstein.

A sinister, groper King Kong, of course.

[blueseas]

40. Great read

Thanks for posting.

[Coyotl]

44. We need to translate this into defeat of the Republicans everywhere.

[center]Get out the vote!

[pansypoo53219]

45. there is a word. deplorable. say it. SAY IT!!

[Cha]

49. Thank you for this, Coyotl

[Coyotl]

53. You are welcome. It was on Twitter.

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Just checked in there again ‏@Slate 3 minutes ago:
Former Apprentice contestant accuses Trump of "thrusting his genitals" against her: http://slate.me/2dQorxa

Timothy Egan @nytegan 14 Oct 2016
An unshackled @realDonaldTrump is more of a national threat than a punch line. My NYT column today. http://nyti.ms/2dPFaRe

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 11 Oct 2016
Disloyal R's are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win - I will teach them!
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[colsohlibgal]

50. Nice!

Cue the Talking Heads!

[Scurrilous]

52. K & R

[lonestarnot]

54. And with threatening POTUS that women will soon be accusing him of sex assault.

[Beartracks]

58. It's worse: His lesson is that ANYONE can and should be able to do those things.

Remember: he's NORMALIZED it. So it's not just for rich f**ks anymore! He wants to make ALL of America GREAT -- just like him!

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[Coyotl]

59. The Nov. 8th lesson will be thast he can't. The rebuke will end his bullshit.