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6th July 2017, 05:01 AM | #281 |
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Precisely! We now have the extreme right rising up as guardian angel of democracy, soon to show its demon side. The left has refused to perform even cursory basic analysis, and continues to claim, counter-factually, that "all religions are peaceful" [sic]. Somebody needs to read the Cairo Declaration and drop all that desperate wishful thinking. Here on ISF, as we gleefully take apart theist nonsense, that exercise needs to extend to all creeds. Ideas are ideas, and as such are all fair game. Anything less is... non-analytical virtue signalling and abandonment of proper due diligence. And so here we are, proto-nazis with puffed chests about to shove their own nonsense down throats, the other main thread in Trump's "values" speech. This will now be used in Germany to paint Merkel as one of the dangerous internal enemies the Donald talked about. Gut punch to freedom today, delivered by the USA. Nice. |
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Thing is that he doesn't care either - and neither do his supporters.
President Trump has repeatedly said that weakness from prior Presidents, especially the last one, has meant that the U.S. is being screwed over by other countries at every turn. If they're not ripping off the U.S. with horribly one-sided trade agreements that mean that the U.S. is flooded with foreign goods whilst at the same time being prevented from exporting hardly at all; then they're hiding behind the U.S.' skirts militarily and not paying their way. Facts don't really matter in the propagation of this message - indeed facts are inconvenient because they tend to contradict that narrative - but it plays into the sense of persecution which seems to run strongly in certain sections of the U.S.. Think of the white, Christian, middle-aged, middle-class men who, despite all the evidence to the contrary, insist that the deck is stacked against them. |
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6th July 2017, 05:48 AM | #286 |
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Am I reading that incorrectly? Trump's tweet is first - nine hours earlier than Rob Kardashian. Are we criticizing that Rob's not the originator of the thought? A deep thought for a Kardashian usually involves a tanning booth, guessing the secret ingredient in a mojito or someone's butt lift. (He also had the relative good sense to paraphrase - Donald would've just copied.)
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You don't follow celebrity gossip?
Rob Kardashian is angry at his girlfriend (ex) named Chyna, and got attention by uploading her nude selfies without her permission. And went oin a big tirade about - well, I don't care, and tried to ignore the entire thing. Trump apparently wrote something about China that closely resembled something Rob the Alien from Star-Trek tweeted about Chyna. That's all. |
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What a shift. |
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I can see how many Trump supporters might see the chart above as a badge of honor - screw the rest of the world and what they think!
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Trump's big speech in Poland:
Trump says Western civilisation at stake in Warsaw speech
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It's hilarious to hear Trump speak about "protecting traditions" when his thuggish demagogic presidential campaign and presidency has upended so many important political traditions in the US. Evidently some traditions are more worthy of protection than others...
Many Russians share the same kind of mindset that Trumps most ardent supporters have: "might makes right", "everyone lies all the time so we should too", "the world hates us because we're the best so we'll hate them back" and so on. The violent, thuggish and dishonest people that support Putin (and Trump) are accomplices and abettors as much as they are "spellbound victims". |
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I don't have the language skills to consume Russian media. Does anyone know how Trump is generally depicted there?
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John Oliver took a look at this:
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You've got that right. Trump attacked Obama for inaction for Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential elections (which is incorrect) and yet, he discredited US intelligence agencies on foreign soil in regard to Russia's meddling and is in fact downplaying Russia's meddling. In other words, Trump is downplaying election meddling by an adversary of the United States (Russia). Dereliction of duty comes to mind if Trump fails to confront Putin head-on on Russia's meddling when they meet. |
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Just don't make the mistake many people do and assume that RT, formerly known as Russia today, is watched by Russians. Russian TV for Russians is far worse than RT:
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As for Putin look at his yearly "call in shows" and you can get an understanding of the image they want to convey: an all powerful alpha male that can fix their problems, however trivial, yet can't because the rest of the government and civil bureaucracy is completely useless. Through no-nonsense talk downs he makes them do their jobs. He has all the power and gets the final word on any nationwide decision yet shoves all the responsibilities that normally would come with such power unto his underlings. This is why he remains so popular despite the rather terrible situation in the country: he doesn't allow any credible alternative leaders to grow. |
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Gasp! They caught us!
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Class, this is Donald. He will be joining Remedial Nation Leading 101. Donald, you can sit next to Mr. Duterte. It's okay, you can let go now Donald. |
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Well knock me over with a feather.
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