"Trump is no longer a strongman.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@enmodo "It's that 50% of the country was deaf to the screams of others": yes. And in some ways, I think that's essential to the Andersen story, isn't it? Everyone sees but pretends not to see, except for the child.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ERBeckman I ask that question, too. Part of it has to be, I think, grooming by elite circles of power and wealth that prove so alluring to those who grew up with modest privilege, in many cases.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@72mz Yes. And I wonder what about his upbringing predisposed him to be groomed so easily.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ElpasYou_2 And then there are those 8 in 10 white evangelicals who are reporting they'll vote for Trump and the 6 in 10 white evangelicals reporting the same thing.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Judeet99 But to be absolved of sin, you have first to think you're commiting a sin. I wonder what kind of value system apparently sees treating others abusively as Baier did Kamala Harris as acceptable behavior. Where are his manners?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@AlexaFontanilla2024 Thank you. You're right.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@dsmdexter Clever on multiple levels.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ferricoxide Yes, that sounds very right to me.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@bytebro I agree: an excellent question to ask. Given his ego, one would think he wants to continue with these events, unless he's aware that he's fragmenting. So I've assumed his handlers are pressing him to cancel, but perhaps it's a combination of both?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mastodonmigration Could not agree more!

[dawilson999@sfba.social]

@wdlindsy It couldn’t happen to a more deserving schmuck.

[elpasyou_2@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy
It's mind blowing

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ElpasYou_2 It is, for sure. And disgusting for anyone interested in defending what's really the core of Christian belief.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Dawilson999 For sure.

[bebo@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy LEGEND!!!

[bebo@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy Who?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@BeBo I seem to be missing something. I'm not sure what you question refers to.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@BeBo Yes, for sure.

[bebo@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy The “what” I’m referring to is the “Who?” who they tell me used to be President … he’s the missing participant.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@BeBo Thanks for explaining. If I'm understanding you correctly, your point is that Trump was a nothing president — and that would seem correct, for sure.