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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you remember when the righties thought Barack Obama was a dictator?
I never could figure out what President Obama did or said to justify that.
Now? Dimwit Donnie routinely violates the Constitution, breaks laws, and assumes power he doesn't legally have. Yet, the hair on the back of their neck stands up when we dare to say that Dear Leader is the classic definition of a dictator.
Seriously, WTF?
LeftInTX
(34,852 posts)It forced them to buy health insurance or pay a tax.
Skittles
(172,892 posts)seriously, WTF INDEED
unblock
(56,262 posts)How dare the federal government enforce federal laws against blatant criminals.
unblock
(56,262 posts)Words like socialism, dictatorship, capitalism, illegal, etc. all mean nothing to them other than that they have positive or negative denotations.
So Obama was a "dictator" because it was an insult and Donnie can do far worse and not be a "dictator" because they simply won't insult dear leader.
To them, whether either president or any particular presidential action is "dictatorial" has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not it factually is dictatorial.
Qutzupalotl
(15,857 posts)WTH was that all about. Now we have real concentration camps.
LeftInTX
(34,852 posts)The Roux Comes First
(2,325 posts)First of all, "thinking" is a rarely-used function for them, even the few who have the capability. It gets in the way, you know?
Secondly, their whole wherewithall is propaganda and lib-baiting. There was never any serious intent on their part to support or document any case for Obama, the most genteel president in a century (alas, to my mind!) to have ever demonstrated any dictatorial inclination at all.
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