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TrollBuster9090

(5,953 posts)
Mon May 4, 2020, 05:15 AM May 2020

What A Contrast. A CLASS ACT Versus A BUM. Just An Absolute Lowlife.

Last edited Mon May 4, 2020, 05:18 PM - Edit history (1)

The contrast here is shocking. As somebody pointed out, this would have been more effective if they'd interspersed the Obama and Trump clips. As it is, we switch from Obama to Trump at about the 5:40 mark, but the contrast is very stark. The Obama rallies are inspirational and hopeful. The Trump rallies are angry and resentful, and filled with a call to violence against fellow Americans.

I know it violates Godwin's Law, but these Trump rallies look EXACTLY like Nazi and Fascist rallies of the 1930s. With an angry demagogue throwing gasoline on populist resentment. Everybody wearing insignias (hats) that identify them as being part of this tribe. Stoking anger, hatred, and skapegoating of "the other." (Liberals, Democrats, latinos, immigrants; as being the root of all your problems.) Literally inciting the crowd to violence, and telling them there'll be no consequence for it.


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What A Contrast. A CLASS ACT Versus A BUM. Just An Absolute Lowlife. (Original Post) TrollBuster9090 May 2020 OP
JFC. The difference is so stark. And so sad. 😔 n/t dixiechiken1 May 2020 #1
One of those guys is not like the other one. LakeArenal May 2020 #2
The coarsening of our country in the past three years cp May 2020 #3
The contrast is shocking. I know it invokes Godwin's law but.... TrollBuster9090 May 2020 #5
Great compilation. However, VWolf May 2020 #4
I agree! I don't know why they didn't do that. Somebody should re-edit it. nt TrollBuster9090 May 2020 #6

cp

(6,617 posts)
3. The coarsening of our country in the past three years
Mon May 4, 2020, 01:56 PM
May 2020

We've been soaking in it, but this video makes it sharply clear.

TrollBuster9090

(5,953 posts)
5. The contrast is shocking. I know it invokes Godwin's law but....
Reply to cp (Reply #3)
Mon May 4, 2020, 05:11 PM
May 2020

...those damned Trump rallies look EXACTLY like Nazi rallies in the 1930s, with an angry demagogue throwing gassoline on the bonfire of populist resentment. Everybody shouting slogans, wearing insignias (hats), and vilifying and skapegoating 'the other.'

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
4. Great compilation. However,
Mon May 4, 2020, 04:09 PM
May 2020

the contrast might have been brought out better if the Obama and the IQ45 scenes were interlaced.

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