"Trump is the match that has started a terrifying fire of hatred in America"

[kpete]

[Chainfire]

1. It is as if

The Republicans are a death cult with Trump as the high priest, and far right governors as bishops. When you read comments by Dan Patrick, or watch the actions of DeSantis or Brian Kemp, I don't know how you could come to any other conclusion.

[2naSalit]

10. As if?

Do we really need more evidence?

[olegramps]

12. He has blown a smoldering fire in to a raging inferno.

This began with Nixon and has steadily intensified fanned by the 1000 plus hate broadcast stations spewing a message that every Democrat is an evil, immoral and unpatriotic. This parallels in many aspects what transformed the Germans from a strict law abiding society into an instrument of evil, hatred and revenge against the innocent Jews that allowed them to look the other way as their neighbors were rounded up like cattle and sent to their death. They same people who loved and cherished their children yet silently tolerated the murder of innocent children. This is just how powerful propaganda can become allowing the creation of scapegoats that allow people to blame others for their own failures. The ultra-wealthy are driven by unquenchable greed, but they only represent minority. The majority are those who have been convinced that they are the "salt of the earth" God fearing good folks. The have been told that they are patriots and only they can save the nation from damnation.

They are as misguided as the ignorant serfs that were sent on crusades to save Christianity during the Dark Ages. It seems that more things change, the more they often remain the same.

[czarjak]

15. It started with LBJ and Civil and Voting Rights Acts

[Guilded Lilly]

2. Even more "incendiary" is the scope and depth of hate that existed in so many. n/t

[struggle4progress]

3. Unfaithful servant

... you don't have to say you're sorry,
if ya done it just for the spite, or did you do it just for the glory? ...

Unfaithful servant, I can hear the whistle blowin
Yes, that train's a-comin and soon you'll be a-goin
Need us not bow our heads, for we won't be complainin
Life has been good to us all, even when that sky is rainin ...

[crickets]

20. Great band, great song. I still have this on vinyl. *waves cane* nt

[sop]

4. Yet another Hitler analogy.

[Frustratedlady]

5. It's the only way he knows how to win...

Divide and conquer.

[agingdem]

6. Trump isn't a match..

he's the torch that brought the hate out of the shadows and legitimized it...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. He hasn't started it. It's always been there.

[dalton99a]

8. The son of a Klansman following in his father's footsteps

[AllaN01Bear]

9. the flame has always been there , but in the background. with this dufus

it is the new abnormal. with no leadership in the last 3 years this country is unrecognizable except in some spots .

[NewJeffCT]

11. I wouldn't say he started it

he rekindled the dying embers of hatred

[marieo1]

13. Expose all of them

Oh, my gosh, Kpete, I totally believe this............DJT stands for nothing but violence, pain and hatred. DJT is a washed out old man and has used all the people around him to fight for him. They are too stupid to see what a no good loser he is. DJT has given permission to all the dingbats to come out of the woodwork. They all need to be exposed. Thank You.

[ffr]

14. Except that 90% of his cult followers aren't bombs, they're pussies.

A bunch of dumb-dumbs who mostly sit around all day with their thumbs up their asses watching Fox Entertainment for news.

Fuck those pussies!

[iluvtennis]

16. KnR. remember this toon from the 2016 election - it's right on point. nt

[DanieRains]

17. Trump Is Just Gasoline The Fire Has Been Burning Since The Civil War

The side that lost is still pissed.

[dsharp88]

18. And FOX is the wind that spreads it. n/t

[certainot]

19. non helpful misreading. the fire was already there. 30 years of unchallenged ignored repetition

on the radio...trump is the direct very clear result of allowing massive 95% monopoly messaging from 1500 coordinated radio stations dominate 40+ states

trump is a lying idiot with 1500 radio stations and fox blowing in his sails - most of his supporters are living in an alternate reality that only exists because democrats and the 'left' ignore talk radio

democrats don't even poll for it even tho that will be the most common denominator, whether it came from fox also or not

when estimating his base it needs to be separated from tens of millions of secondary and tertiary recipients of the idiot putin inspired buzz from those stations - often people too busy or too apathetic to get involved and easy targets for the pre election one liner bullshit

and there is a lot to do to destroy the talk radio monopoly that's teetering on the eddge

[Blue Owl]

21. He's a fuckstick AND a matchstick

All in one...