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A reality check, in case you think you are the only one who has noticed: (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 OP
k and r niyad Dec 2017 #1
And the people who just do not care to participate. tecelote Dec 2017 #2
K&rR nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2017 #3
The crazy asshole knows exactly what he is doing. dalton99a Dec 2017 #4
His handlers know what they are doing. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #6
Hell, yes. They are following a tested and effective script. Midnight Writer Dec 2017 #10
Whose script. Names, please. ancianita Dec 2017 #11
The cynical ones who just don't want their financial boats rocked are good picks, too. marble falls Dec 2017 #5
Frightening, chilling bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 #7
Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2017 #8
That's the reason Fox 'news' and hate radio exist workinclasszero Dec 2017 #9
This is as true today as it was when it was written. Hekate Dec 2017 #12
k&r . . . . n/t annabanana Dec 2017 #13
People should be reading more HannaH Arendt, hie thee to the library! burrowowl Dec 2017 #14
K&R n/t Dalai_1 Dec 2017 #15
Kick. (n/t) Iggo Dec 2017 #16
Somewhat disagree relayerbob Dec 2017 #17
It's time shadowmayor Dec 2017 #18
That could be the mission statement NoMoreRepugs Dec 2017 #19
Amen. Nitram Dec 2017 #20

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. His handlers know what they are doing.
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 02:53 PM
Dec 2017

Trump does not have the ability to express any philosophy coherently. He does what he is told, appoints who he is told to appoint, and those appointees are making a shambles of every Gov. Dept.

bucolic_frolic

(43,236 posts)
7. Frightening, chilling
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 03:09 PM
Dec 2017

We have far better means of mass communication and interaction than they did in the 1930s,
but those same things also make more of us dumber and dumber.

relayerbob

(6,545 posts)
17. Somewhat disagree
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 11:19 PM
Dec 2017

It's not true or false, it's between caring and not caring (about what is happening), and also where the distinction of right vs wrong no longer exists.

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