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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Conway about the "bloodbath" remark
I really like his take. (Bold is mine)
That is misguided. 1/x
Trump may well have been referring to a bloodbath in that industry. Hes sufficiently incoherent that, as is so often the case with him, its hard to tell one way other what exactly hes talking about at any given moment. 2/x
Im willing to assume for the sake of argument that he was referring to cars. And it makes no difference to his malicious intent or to the danger he and his rhetoric poses. 3/x
What matters is that he consistently uses apocalyptic and violent language in an indiscriminate fashion as a result of his psychopathy and correlative authoritarian tendencies, and because hes just plain evil. 4/x
Its a classic trait and technique of authoritarian demagogues. He catastrophizes *everything* to rile up his cultish supporters, and to bind them to him, and to make them willing to do his bidding. 5/x
Thats dangerous all around because hes encouraging them to believe that conditions are so bad or will become so bad, and that the political opposition is so awful, that anything is justifiedincluding law-breaking and violenceto prevent those conditions and to destroy the opposition. 6/x
And so it doesnt matter what hes specifically referring to at the moment. He could be talking about trans people in public bathrooms or the state of the auto industry or the borderit doesnt matter. 7/x
Hes a dangerous psychopath, and after more than eight years of watching his sick behavior, we must not give him the benefit of the doubt. 8/8 (end).
https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3/post/C4nhv1WMnDl/?xmt=AQGznQPdxvExO00YSSMshk8t3J1tFQirh5UheFAXYMDjoQ
SunSeeker
(51,734 posts)He explicitly said the auto industry issues "would be the least of it." So he is definitely talking about much more than the auto industry.
Video clip of the relevant portion of Trump's speech here:
https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1769182503107985645?s=20
scipan
(2,361 posts)Therefore, his followers should "fight like hell", or possibly telling his followers to fight like hell more directly, but the message is to fight like hell regardless.
sheshe2
(83,934 posts)PSPS
(13,620 posts)The more outrageous, the better for their perpetual outrage porn industry. Clicks! Views!!1 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I'm back to my 2020 behavior where I just turn off the radio or TV as soon as I hear his voice.
scipan
(2,361 posts)and it's almost jaw droppingly bad. At least there's MSNBC and other sources.
oasis
(49,418 posts)as possible when he loses. He'll be pissed that not enough real patriots came out to vote for him, therefore, to hell with the country.
FHRRK
(502 posts)Dems somehow feel they are above the fray, too intelligent, and are just as fucking bad at projection as Repubs.
Difference is Dems project their own compassion onto horrible people who deserve zero compassion.
Want to know why Dems have been increasingly losing males, because they cant figure out the basic fact that at some point compassion stops and it is time to kick some people in the teeth. There are literally just a handful of National Repubs deserving of any compassion.
Trump, no fucking way, ever.
It is mind numbing that DU is arguing what trump meant.
1. Any person that hasnt had their head up their ass for a decade knows trump lies. It doesnt fucking matter if he defends is, says it was taken out of context, whatever, he is a lying piece of shit who has a long and proven history of inciting violence.
2. Any other excuse someone may make, see #1.
For fucks sake, this is about as easy as it gets, a fat pitch. Hit the thing out of the park.
scipan
(2,361 posts)Like?
ETA: I don't see any projection by George Conway with this particular subject.
FHRRK
(502 posts)Read it again. Not only bad traits are available for projection.
scipan
(2,361 posts)scipan
(2,361 posts)I think GC would probably take offense if you were.
FHRRK
(502 posts)Probably get along too well.
SoFlaBro
(1,969 posts)Two can fucking play that game.
FHRRK
(502 posts)Only one is valid,
SoFlaBro
(1,969 posts)Rec
Ocelot II
(115,875 posts)in order to scare and motivate the cult to become violent, if necessary, in support of whatever Dear Leader wants. 1/6 probably gave him the stiffest hard-on he ever had in his life.
scipan
(2,361 posts)when he raped a 13 year old girl. He's very sick as most of us here know.
Elessar Zappa
(14,083 posts)Poor Melania.
Cha
(297,757 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,214 posts)hlthe2b
(102,397 posts)AND the warnings from Trump's own respected psychologist niece (thread linked below). Think again. His words WILL kill. They are NOT benign.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218787433
Mary Trump's Dire Warning After Donald Trump's 'Bloodbath' Remark
Former President Donald Trump's estranged niece, Mary Trump, issued a dire warning on Saturday after her uncle's "bloodbath" remark at a rally.
Trump, the presumed 2024 GOP presidential nominee who was in Ohio on Saturday for a campaign stop at the Buckeye Values PAC rally, came under criticism for telling rallygoers that if he doesn't get reelected in November "it's going to be a bloodbath for the country."
Following his remark, Mary Trump took to X, formerly Twitter, to warn others of the seriousness of her uncle's statement.
"Donald Trump does not deserve the benefit of the doubt and this isn't a f***ing joke. His statement is both a threat and a promise. The corporate media needs to start acting accordingly," she wrote.
https://www.newsweek.com/mary-trump-issues-warning-over-donald-trumps-blood-bath-remark-1880069