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RATM435

(392 posts)
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 08:03 PM Mar 2016

Thousands of Supporters Raise Their Right Hands in Devotion to Their Leader, Donald Trump

Source: Gawker.

Thousands of supporters line up to stare adoringly at their supreme leader, who, without reproach, spews forth racist mantras from his hateful, angry mouth. They raise their right hands to salute, blindly following their führer.



Read more: http://gawker.com/thousands-of-supporters-raise-their-right-hands-in-devo-1763086456



They thought they were free.

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html
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Thousands of Supporters Raise Their Right Hands in Devotion to Their Leader, Donald Trump (Original Post) RATM435 Mar 2016 OP
I'll raise one finger to him. Heck, one on each hand. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #1
"Heil Drumpfen Führer," Is the submissive bawl of der Repube's Gunner TeaBagger Klan AxionExcel Mar 2016 #50
Show of hands Qutzupalotl Mar 2016 #2
Sieg Heil!!! billhicks76 Mar 2016 #15
It does look that way, doesn't it? nt MADem Mar 2016 #22
It should be "Seek help!" JNelson6563 Mar 2016 #52
Millions died in the '30's and 40's gelsdorf Mar 2016 #3
It's Clintons Personal Friend billhicks76 Mar 2016 #31
Yep n/t gelsdorf Mar 2016 #38
Clintons Love Trumps And Bushes billhicks76 Mar 2016 #42
Worse and worse! Cruz scares me. oldandhappy Mar 2016 #4
even if bernie wins it all Fred Drum Mar 2016 #44
smile oldandhappy Mar 2016 #45
Arbeit Macht Frei ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2016 #5
As long as you can work, you live. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #25
Just Wow nwduke Mar 2016 #6
Personality cult, anyone? Jack Rabbit Mar 2016 #7
Christ on a crutch... gregcrawford Mar 2016 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #9
Yup, he sure did... 2naSalit Mar 2016 #27
Agreed. Something like "there's no bad publicity ...." riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #55
It's like a scene from "Caberet". New Orleans Strong Mar 2016 #10
It is surreal just like that movie. RATM435 Mar 2016 #11
They don't call him Il Douche for nothing. forest444 Mar 2016 #12
Which of course led to this.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #28
ROFL! forest444 Mar 2016 #29
But he makes a great salamander. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #30
Maybe our more kooky friends are right. forest444 Mar 2016 #35
Told one the whole "tinfoil hat" thing was true.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #40
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. forest444 Mar 2016 #41
I need another drink. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2016 #32
love it! thanks oldandhappy Mar 2016 #46
Obama Supporters erpowers Mar 2016 #13
What happened was NobodyHere Mar 2016 #34
Sieg heil, huh? classof56 Mar 2016 #14
Their little handed blonde God elmac Mar 2016 #16
Scariest picture I've ever seen. Duval Mar 2016 #17
+10000 Cavallo Mar 2016 #47
It's happening again Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #18
soon? it's already being called for w0nderer Mar 2016 #43
Oh Shit! alfredo Mar 2016 #19
Yikes! DesertRat Mar 2016 #20
Oh. My. God. NastyRiffraff Mar 2016 #21
Heil Drumpf! SwankyXomb Mar 2016 #23
Kyle? Kyle? I see Kyle! Do you see Kyle? Trump supporters see Kyle! Feeling the Bern Mar 2016 #24
Awesome!!! +1000! nt GliderGuider Mar 2016 #57
Creepy. Hissyspit Mar 2016 #26
Well, it IS almost springtime... AnnieBW Mar 2016 #33
That's Hedley! Marcuse Mar 2016 #36
Brilliant! All hail the billionaire snake oil salesman. Stamp out decency from the land! FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #37
LMFAO underpants Mar 2016 #54
Just FYI... fleabiscuit Mar 2016 #39
Looks like a Nuremberg Rally. Helen Borg Mar 2016 #48
Thousands? Looks more like dozens to me. n/t Turborama Mar 2016 #49
I'm pretty sure Drumpf himself didn't see it coming. Nyan Mar 2016 #51
The right has always loved their authoritarian 'Father knows best' strong leader types. pampango Mar 2016 #53
Be this guy... GliderGuider Mar 2016 #56
there are always men like you (Trump) 0rganism Mar 2016 #58
I think that he's just fucking with people. Dumb people. maveric Mar 2016 #59

gelsdorf

(240 posts)
3. Millions died in the '30's and 40's
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 08:09 PM
Mar 2016

due to this shtick. I am appalled that I am seeing this in the United States. Fucking conservatives

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
31. It's Clintons Personal Friend
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:48 PM
Mar 2016

Just like Rudy Gulianni and George Bush are close friends of the Clintons. Bernie isn't corrupt like that. It's not about rubbing elbows. These people collude together.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
4. Worse and worse! Cruz scares me.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 08:09 PM
Mar 2016

Checked a book out of the library today on Belize! Voting Bernie and planning realistically.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
8. Christ on a crutch...
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 08:22 PM
Mar 2016

... and they said, "It can't happen here!" Guess again. Even back in the 30s there were a LOT of prominent Americans who thought Maria Anna Schicklgruber's grandson, Adolph Hitler, was the cat's pajamas. Charles Lindberg, Prescott Bush, Fred Koch, and hundreds, if not thousands, of others believed fascism was the answer to all their problems. Hitler adopted the political philosophy of Mussolini, who preferred to call his system of government, "Corporatism."

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Response to RATM435 (Original post)

2naSalit

(102,804 posts)
27. Yup, he sure did...
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:04 PM
Mar 2016

he knows this will go viral or close and get more media attention. I think what could be interesting is if everyone who is still watching teevee would just turn it off whenever someone you're watching starts talking about this POS. If it became a consistency for a week it could get the attention of some of the gatekeepers. I mean, after all, ratings...

Until everyone stops responding to his BS, he's gonna keep 'em comin'.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
55. Agreed. Something like "there's no bad publicity ...."
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:09 AM
Mar 2016

Every time he says or does something so bad, he gains more points in the polls. Its maddening (and scary).

forest444

(5,902 posts)
35. Maybe our more kooky friends are right.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:44 PM
Mar 2016

Maybe the elites really are "lizard" people, parading as human beings while gaming the system all along.

I mean, c'mon!

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
40. Told one the whole "tinfoil hat" thing was true....
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:14 AM
Mar 2016

Which is why they stopped making foil from tin and now use aluminum.

erpowers

(9,445 posts)
13. Obama Supporters
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 08:33 PM
Mar 2016

Can anyone imagine what would have happened if Obama supporters had done the same thing when he was running for President? The media and the Republican Party claimed his supporters were cultish just because he had a large amount of supporters who were enthusiastic about him.

There are two other explanations for what Trumps supporters are doing in that picture. One, they are praying for him. Two, he just asked them to raise their hands if they agree with him.

 

NobodyHere

(2,810 posts)
34. What happened was
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:40 PM
Mar 2016

Trump asked them to raise their hands and swear an oath about going out to vote.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
18. It's happening again
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 09:07 PM
Mar 2016

Soon there will be violence at these rallies, then Kristallnacht, then the camps.

fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)
39. Just FYI...
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 12:46 AM
Mar 2016

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It's not true, the way I hear it, Trump asked people to make a promise to vote and they raised their hands. I'm no Trump supporter but this is fanning the flames of hate. This is unacceptable, even if it is Trump.

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Helen Borg

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48. Looks like a Nuremberg Rally.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 06:34 AM
Mar 2016

Not sure if you've ever visited the site... There is a very informative museum there, and some of the original structures.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
51. I'm pretty sure Drumpf himself didn't see it coming.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 08:25 AM
Mar 2016

He was probably gonna up his brand for money at first, but alas, his reckless race-baiting reckoned something he can't control, and now, the fascist movement seems to have come to full fruition.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
53. The right has always loved their authoritarian 'Father knows best' strong leader types.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:16 AM
Mar 2016

That seems to be true historically over time and place. Perhaps the desire to trust and be led is universal, if particularly strong on the right.

maveric

(17,044 posts)
59. I think that he's just fucking with people. Dumb people.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 02:13 PM
Mar 2016

To see how far he can take them with stupid shit.

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