"I have been an admirer of the US and its people. But I am frightened of it now, and I am even more frightened of them."

[Dennis Donovan]

Charlie Angus
‪@charlieangus104.bsky.social‬
"We should not count upon the majority of Americans coming to their senses in any event....All my life I have been an admirer of the United States and its people. But I am frightened of it now, and I am even more frightened of them.” - Conservative journalist Andrew Coyne


December 29, 2024 at 11:52 AM

"We should not count upon the majority of Americans coming to their senses in any event....All my life I have been an admirer of the United States and its people. But I am frightened of it now, and I am even more frightened of them.” - Conservative journalist Andrew Coyne

— Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) 2024-12-29T16:52:26.209Z

[chicoescuela]

1. Any guesses how many times this asshat voted for tsf?

Probably 3

[Lulu KC]

2. He's Canadian n/t

[chicoescuela]

4. So zero ?

[Lulu KC]

6. Kinda what I'm thinking

Yep.

[Happygram]

3. I have no words

Only tears

[Jeebo]

5. This is a brilliant analysis of the situation we are facing.

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I hope it doesn't turn out to be this bleak. Since the election, I have been feeling glad that I'm 75 years old and probably won't be above the ground for much longer anyway. I don't think I'm going to like the next several years.

-- Ron

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I share his fears.

[erronis]

8. Andrew Coyne - author of that quoted piece

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Coyne

James Andrew Coyne[1] (born December 23, 1960)[2] is a Canadian columnist with The Globe and Mail and a member of the At Issue panel on CBC's The National. Previously, he has been national editor for Maclean's and a columnist with National Post.

[erronis]

9. Some of the comments on BlueSky about Andrew Coyne are not particularly positive.

Many mention that he has been a trump/conservative backer in earlier writings. Guess that goes with the social-media territory.

[Hekate]

10. NATO will ditch us, and rightly so. A couple of weeks ago the Sec. Gen. of NATO spoke out...

We caught part of a speech Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte gave. It was sobering, to say the least. He noted the escalating behavior of Russia, and said it put all of Europe at risk. He said that it was time for NATO to put itself on a war footing. As far as I could tell, the plans of the US did not figure into the discussion — it’s too damn late.

We stand on the brink of WW III, in my opinion. Too many entities are licking their chops over the prospect — China and Russia are only part of the mix, and Trump/Bannon/ and the rest of that bunch are beyond bloodthirsty. The MAGA lust for a civil war within the US — but a world war will sweep them up and won’t they be surprised when the draft is reinstated.

NATO’s Mark Rutte was speaking very soberly about what he sees, and the clear implication was that wishful thinking was not going to save Europe.

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Thank you for this, Dennis Donovan:

"I have been an admirer of the US and its people. But I am frightened of it now, and I am even more frightened of them."

Charlie Angus
‪@charlieangus104.bsky.social‬
"We should not count upon the majority of Americans coming to their senses in any event....All my life I have been an admirer of the United States and its people. But I am frightened of it now, and I am even more frightened of them.” - Conservative journalist Andrew Coyne

December 29, 2024 at 11:52 AM

"We should not count upon the majority of Americans coming to their senses in any event....All my life I have been an admirer of the United States and its people. But I am frightened of it now, and I am even more frightened of them.” - Conservative journalist Andrew Coyne

— Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) 2024-12-29T16:52:26.209Z

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Sounds about right.

[NBachers]

12. Trump's war against Iran is what will light the fuse.

[Orrex]

13. To Trump's fuckhead KKKultists, even a far-right Canadian is a woke commie socialist liberal.

[dai13sy]

14. I am frightened too. Any chance at a happy retirement are gone, destroyed, obliterated. I now am garbage under trump's

feet, just like everyone else. As soon as he settles in the oval office, America as we know it is gone, dead. I don't want to be here any more

[Stargazer99]

15. I am an American and I am frightened also. What a nasty, stupid way to treat our neighbor

As an American I did not know we had that many violent, nasty people in country including the President. I am furious the way the orange one treated your leader and our Nato partner. I keep saying in the 1700.s France had a damn good solution.

[karin_sj]

16. Heartbreaking and frightening...

And I feel exactly the same way.