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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow hard is it for a President of the United States to call for
an end of hate and violence in this Country instead of embracing hate?
How hard is it for a Vice President to not blame the opposition party for violence in the United States and just be a decent person and call for calm and compassion?
And how hard is it for the press to call out violent rhetoric by the President and Vice President?
Rhetorical I know but my god this Country and its people are swimming in raw sewage and then acting shocked when the sewage strikes them down with disease.

Initech
(106,427 posts)A peaceful and prosperous America is not in Rupert Murdoch's best interests. And he can go get royally fucked.
Ocelot II
(127,484 posts)and wondering why it stinks and they're getting cholera.
ms liberty
(10,641 posts)SheltieLover
(74,034 posts)
usonian
(20,987 posts)Fascist playbook.
10 Small Steps: Executing the Fascist Playbook
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-small-steps-executing-the-fascist-playbook_b_585dfec2e4b04d7df167cfab
The Fascists Playbook
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/08/the-fascists-playbook/
evilhime
(363 posts)He was a bully from a very young age and got worse and worse the older he got . . . His parents couldnt handle him so they sent him to a military academy where he carried on the same way . . . he has a history of dropping out - he was in ROTC during his first year of college but dropped out in his second year. He dropped football after 3 or 4 weeks, and his racquet sports apparently were mediocre at best. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/trump-the-bully-how-childhood-military-school-shaped-the-future-president/ "Trump would emerge from military school with a blueprint for leadership by force and ridicule.