"If you’re following the news, you know that Trump has been working overtime to spread election lies to set the stage to contest the results of the election if he doesn’t win.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@philip_cardella Yes, I see your point, and it’s a good one. I don’t think Snyder sees Trump as a clown, and I realize you’re not saying that. I think his use of the term “bully” sums up what he thinks of Trump. But your point that we cannot underestimate what the man is capable of, has happened with Hitler, is one we definitely should keep in mind.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@LaNaehForaday Yes, I agree. As your story about your father illustrates, one of the things that goes as the front temporal lobe deteriorates is inhibition. My mother was almost fanatical about what she called modesty. Yet when she developed dementia, and her gerontologist finally convinced me I had to place her in a nursing home, she would sometimes show up nude in the dining room. Her pre-dementia self would have been horrified.

[philip_cardella@historians.social]

@wdlindsy I disagree with Snyder on some things but there's no doubt he sees Trump as a fascist and Snyder hates fascists.

But he also obviously sees Trump as weak and he's right, Trump is weak.

Yeah, I think his exhortation is spot on.

[lanaehforaday@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy

We match on so many subjects. I appreciate you.

[mugsysrapsheet@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
@KeithOlbermann suggested an interesting theory on his podcast Friday:

"Is it possible (based on so many of his recent #racist #misogynist) comments, that The #ToxicNarcissist is TRYING TO LOSE" because he *WANTS* TO SEE ANOTHER ANGRY VIOLENT MOB ATTACK THE CAPITOL WHILE CHANTING HIS NAME?

Interesting thought.

[zachvat@newsie.social]

@wdlindsy He's scared sh*tless of prison. EOS.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@zachvat Absolutely so — and with good reason.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@MugsysRapSheet Yes, the thought had occurred to me he wants to lose, or knows he's losing and is acting out as a result, confounding his losing streak.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@LaNaehForaday Lots of commonality when we start connecting to others, isn't there? That's part of what makes me love social media at its best. At its worst, it's abominable, and there's a lot of worst out there. But at its best, it's like magic — makes us realize there are others who share our experiences and insights and we're not alone.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@philip_cardella Yes, that makes much sense to me.

[searingtruth@infosec.exchange]

@wdlindsy

"A tyrant’s only ally is fear.

Just as in a fairy tale where the villain cannot exist unless you believe in it, tyranny cannot exist unless you fear it."
SearingTruth

[mlbellar@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy

"You've got to put some spit on that thing" - Hawk Tuah Donny's closing argument which really got Putin's attention

[anabana@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy
Please remember, that THIS time he is not the president..
Also, some of his MAGA devotees have realized that he hasn't helped any of the J6 followers who were arrested and are currently in jail.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@anabana Oh, I remember well that he's not president now. I suspect Du Mez does, too. But I think even out of the White House, he's capable of engineering great levels of violence, and it would be naive and irresponsible of us to ignore that possibility and not prepare for it.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mlbellar Another "got me laughing out loud early in the day" comment — and that's a good thing! Thank you for the laugh.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@SearingTruth Well-stated.