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DT Is Who America Is (Original Post)
SoCalDavidS
Nov 2024
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TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)1. More accurately, he's who about half of America is.
Probably less than that, since people have a variety of reasons for voting for someone, but regardless of that, he doesn't represent our half of the equation.
SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)2. Semantics
There were also good Germans in the 1930s. I imagine there are lots of good Gazans who oppose Hamas. To the world, and for all intents and purposes, this is who we are.
TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)3. That's a poor analogy.
We on the left did everything we could to ensure that he not regain power, in the only realistic way in which we could have done so.
Good Germans were not actively opposing anything.
SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)4. The Ones Who Did Were Likely Handled
That sadly is where we are headed.