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kentuck

(114,890 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 06:09 PM Sep 6

If the media told the people the truth...

They would warn the people that their freedoms and their way of life is in danger.

There is no "both sides" to the story.

We have a leader that is unstable and dangerous and lies about everything. He wants to be a dictator.

He is driving our economy into a very deep hole. He has turned all our allies against us.

There is nothing normal that you are seeing.

The future of you and your children are at risk.

He wants to start a war. Unless he is stopped, it is very possible that he would use nuclear weapons. He is a madman. He is a malevolent narcissist. He only cares for himself and how much money he can accumulate.

He is robbing us blind with his secret deals and his thievery.

He cares nothing about our laws or our Constitution. The Justice system cannot keep up with his law-breaking.

He has a propaganda system that is intent on destroying our nation. They are mouthpieces for the White House.

If you think it is bad now, it can get a lot worse.

Unless the media is warning you of the danger, then they are lying to you.

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erronis

(21,860 posts)
4. I feel using religious terms to describe the crimes just muddies the water.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 07:05 PM
Sep 6

He and his ilk are just thieves, con artists, etc. Every society has known them and eventually dealt with them.

slightlv

(7,001 posts)
11. I understand where you're coming from, but I DO think it's
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:20 PM
Sep 6

important to point out in religious terms what and who he is, as a shorthand for those for whom these words resonate most. Traitor isn't going to resonate as loud to them as AntiChrist, IMO.

I'm not Xtian in any way, shape, or form. But I do remember reading about "many antichrists" while perusing Nostradamus way back when. And I think that's what we're seeing... although, that idea is too general for those Xtian Nationalists.

senseandsensibility

(24,032 posts)
2. The media has freedom granted by the Constitution
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 06:13 PM
Sep 6

but with this freedom comes responsibility, and most of them are FAILING. Even worse, they are failing more miserably the worse he gets.

slightlv

(7,001 posts)
12. They're as complicit on this as they were Jan 6. The whole lot of them needs
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:22 PM
Sep 6

to be locked up as traitors and enemies of the state. Isn't there something along the lines of an emergency order that the democrats could put together to stop him... or slow him down? Maybe withhold money for troops...?

Skittles

(168,488 posts)
13. they would go bonkers if a Democratic president did this shit
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:24 PM
Sep 6

but they bow down for these fucking repuke fascists, UGH

erronis

(21,860 posts)
5. The "media" has no respect for the Constitution or the First Amendment. They are in thrall to $$$.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 07:06 PM
Sep 6

popsdenver

(926 posts)
6. We all say Trump
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 07:25 PM
Sep 6

but it is even more so the Republicans in the Senate and House that have condoned and supported him since before his first term.
There is no way in hell that he would have made it a week into his first term if not for them all being in lockstep with him.......

llmart

(17,052 posts)
8. That needs to be hammered on every.single.day.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:03 PM
Sep 6

Tie it to all the GOPers in Congress that they are to blame for the U.S. losing our democracy.

popsdenver

(926 posts)
14. Hammer the hell out of those that
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 09:03 PM
Sep 6

TRULY brought us to this point. Trump is just the front man, no different than Reagan and WBush, while the UBER Rich, Corporations, and the Republican Senators and Republican House members along with Stephen Miller, the 2025 Crowd, etc work in the shadows.......
Also with the constant endless efforts of the Republican, Uber Wealthy, Massively Owned/Operated, MASS MEDIA

Hillary said it best in a 2016 debate: "There is a giant Right Wing Conspiracy"......and every one, including many Dems, laughed at her......

Every single day, a new list of shit is thrown out at the U.S. by Trump.....he is being fed all that propoganda and rhetoric on a daily basis by groups organized behind the smoke and mirrors......

a kennedy

(34,792 posts)
10. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM, FAWKING HIM, FAWKING HIM, FAWKING HIM.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:16 PM
Sep 6

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬. and so sorry for shouting.

Kaleva

(40,054 posts)
16. Climate change IS going to make everything worse
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:22 PM
Sep 6

Humanity is facing the biggest crisis it ever has in all of recorded history.

kentuck

(114,890 posts)
17. It's too hyperbolic?
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:44 AM
Sep 7

The media can't say that. They would lose their viewers and readers. So they pretend that this is all some form of "normal". They take a poll to prove their point. If 40% still support the madman, how can they report something so dreadful as the truth?

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