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louis c

(8,652 posts) Tue Mar 8, 2016, 06:47 PM Mar 2016

Why Do the Pundits Miss the Point on Trump's Hitler-Like Pledge?

I watched Joe Scarborough say this morning on MSNBC that he didn't think the Trump pledge was a big deal, after all, newly sworn in immigrants also raise their right hands to pledge, and nobody thinks they're Nazi's.

Then I just heard another moron on Fox News say that people in court raise their right hands in court, and certainly that's not Fascist.

Don't they get it? The Trump pledge is akin to Hitler's because it is a mass pledge to an individual.

A pledge to God, country or an organization is not a mass pledge to an individual, and is generally acceptable.

A pledge to an individual is not acceptable, except to your spouse.

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Why Do the Pundits Miss the Point on Trump's Hitler-Like Pledge? (Original Post) louis c Mar 2016 OP

uh... because pundits are paid to miss points like that? 0rganism Mar 2016 #1

I like that.................... louis c Mar 2016 #4

Because they want Trump to win at any cost? world wide wally Mar 2016 #2

Cult Followers. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #3

I cannot imagine someone being able to make this stuff up donna123 Mar 2016 #5

Pledging to go out and vote is hardly Hitler like NobodyHere Mar 2016 #6

It's not just a pledge to go out to vote louis c Mar 2016 #7

0rganism

(23,920 posts)

1. uh... because pundits are paid to miss points like that?

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 06:53 PM

Mar 2016

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair

louis c

(8,652 posts)

4. I like that....................

Reply to 0rganism (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:18 PM

Mar 2016

I think I'll use it.

world wide wally

(21,734 posts)

2. Because they want Trump to win at any cost?

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 07:06 PM

Mar 2016

He is good for ratings. That is all that matters.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

3. Cult Followers.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 07:41 PM

Mar 2016

donna123

(182 posts)

5. I cannot imagine someone being able to make this stuff up

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:34 AM

Mar 2016

When I saw this, I almost wondered if it was a joke. I do believe that there was no Hitler analogy intended (unlike some of the other stuff Trump has done that appears to be a nod and wink to white supremacist stuff) and yet Trump and his followers don't seem to get the point that you make about mass pledges. It kinda funny in a way but then, it's scary yet again.

NobodyHere

(2,810 posts)

6. Pledging to go out and vote is hardly Hitler like

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2016, 03:05 AM

Mar 2016

louis c

(8,652 posts)

7. It's not just a pledge to go out to vote

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 08:10 PM

Mar 2016

It's a pledge that they "Solemnly Swear to vote for Donald J. Trump".

Not an organization, not a country, not God. An individual.

Raise your right hand and swear...............

What if I was there just to listen? Lots of voters have gone to different candidates' rallies just to educate themselves about the candidates. I live in Boston. I have traveled to New Hampshire to hear or meet a candidate I didn't even vote for in Massachusetts.

This year I went to a Bernie rally in New Hampshire, yet I voted for Hillary on March 1 in Massachusetts.

Mass political pledging in America is just not done.

Tell me where you ever saw that before for an individual.

Anytime, Anywhere, other than Nuremberg

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