"It’s wild to me that Trump’s fascism is only now breaking through as a major news story. Trump’s ideology has been evident from the start, and in every election cycle, his closing argument always comes down to white supremacy, fascism, hate, and white...

William Lindsey :toad:

@jodmentum Watching and weeping.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Vaniaji It is shocking, indeed, how they glory and revel in the hate. The exultation of people with outright murder in their souls.

Sheeb

@wdlindsy Ah yes, famous protagonist William Kristol whose Iraq war fabrications and general disdain for the media absolutely paved the way for this carnival barking bullshit in the first place

Americans are a rolling embarrassment. Find a spine. I beg of you.

merciless Indian savage

@wdlindsy once we are done stomping his ass on Election Day we spend the next few years chasing every single cowardly GOP asshat out of public office.

🇺🇸Vaniaji

@wdlindsy I hope 11/5 makes it the last time we ever hear from them…again. Just vile, vulgar vitriol…

🇺🇸Vaniaji

@wdlindsy So sorry pigs…we know you have souls…not sure about the convicted felon and rapist.

Mysturji

@wdlindsy likewise UK tories. But still not a story.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Shebeencounter I'm unclear as to what in William Kristol's statement you object to.

William Lindsey :toad:

"The former president*’s speech was hate radio on scan. He would stick to the teleprompter that he otherwise denied he was using, and then go off on familiar flights of fancy. It was mendacity surrendered to foul, endless cliche, embedded in our politics for the foreseeable future. It was in fact not the banality of evil, but, rather, the evil of banality. The lesser of two evils is still evil."

~ Charles Pierce

#Trump #fascism #hate #MadisonSquareGarden
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a62735267/trump-msg-rally/

Sheeb

@wdlindsy Why would I consume anything this man has to offer?

He should be in prison where people like you and I could safely ignore his musings on anything. He's a world-historical ghoul. Of what value does his discredited, broken-clock perspective have?

The Iraq War was obviously a very easy thing for you to wash your hands of, wasn't it? I wonder why that is. Especially since you're trying to build a better world. Which, btw, is something Mr. Kristol has no interest in. Quite the opposite.

Aidan Murphy

@wdlindsy Echoing the late October shift in Catholic and Irish voters in the 1884 election, this may be #Trump 's 'rum, Romanism, and rebellion' moment.

James Bazán

@wdlindsy Three days earlier, Trump himself said "We're a dumping ground. We're like a -- we're like a garbage can for the world."
That's what they think of everyone not sufficiently "White" according to their racial ideology.

Teedi P.

@wdlindsy

I wonder about that part, that he knows that they know it's a Nazi show. Many of us on the outside have seen the parallels between MSG in 2024 & the 1939 German-American Bund rally. But I wonder how much his supporters see it.

He DID brag about loving "the uneducated". Maybe it's me grasping at straws, but as an empath, I can't understand folks cheering on blatant hatred unless they were thoroughly ignorant & just needed an education.

But some of how they react in on the spot interviews with reporters on the street reminds me of the book "It Can't Happen Here" & the description of Windrip's speeches: the crowd was energized, hopeful, happy... but they couldn't remember a damned thing that was said when it was all over & they went home.

It's definitely the theatrics; Trump uses his celebrity & crudeness & knows they won't think too deeply about anything he says & will still vote for him because he made them feel what they wanted to feel. Trump's own "useful idiots".

Bart Van de Poel

@wdlindsy "Made racist or derogatory remarks about Latinos generally, African Americans, Palestinians and Jews." Who says these guys aren't inclusive!

samiamsam

@wdlindsy

rick scott peed himself when his people told him how many Puerto Ricans live in FL so you know it is really really really bad

William Lindsey :toad:

@samiamsam Indeed. And I love the response of @Remittancegirl: Excuse me while I schadenfreude a bit.

William Lindsey :toad:

@bartvdpoel Inclusive, indeed!

William Lindsey :toad:

@CaffeinatedBookDragon I do think Trump is very aware of the parallels between his movement (and ideas) and the Nazi movement in Germany. I think it's no accident he repeatedly cites or echoes Hitler. His first (? — I have trouble keeping them all straight) wife said he kept a copy of Mein Kampf beside his bed. I think he deliberately chose Madison Square Garden as a venue to evoke memories of the huge Nazi rally held there in the 1930s.

William Lindsey :toad:

@JamesBazan Well-noted. A good point to make.

William Lindsey :toad:

@AidanMurphy May it be so. I feel quite sure my Irish immigrant great-grandmother and her brother voted Democratic in that election.