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In reply to the discussion: It's really past bad with my family & friends Trumpers. [View all]Kaleva
(37,675 posts)Here is what he said:
"The really heart ❤️ crushing part is that these are people that I love and that love me.
How do I keep them in my life and still keep my self respect and semi sanity?"
One really can't compare America today with Germany during the rise of Hitler. Germany was suffering from high unemployment during the Great Depression, hyper-inflation in the early 20's and had just recently lost a major war where millions of its citizens were killed or maimed for life. Germans were also dealing with living under a humiliating peace treaty. The Treaty of Versailles. We probably would never had heard of Hitler had the victorious Allies not been so gung-ho on exacting revenge on a defeated Germany.
Another interesting comment from the OP:
"This is what I hate most about Trump. He has impacted my actual life so negatively.
Or, make that, I have ALLOWED him to do so. "
Other then putting up with snide comments from family now and then, how exactly has Trump affected the OP's life so negatively? OP speaks in broad terms but doesn't provide specifics.