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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 03:09 PM Mar 2016

Trump: The Rise of Self Defense Militias? [View all]

March 14, 2016 (San Diego) The Trump movement just took another ominous step. The events in Chicago, including the cancellation of the rally by Donald J Trump, came with violence. No, the police did not cancel it due to security concerns. In a normal political environment the violence would draw people away from the movement. Instead Trumpism continues to gather force.

According to the Washington Post: “But now we know. Trump can say or do pretty much anything, and he won’t pay a political price. He can literally joke about murdering his supporters, and his supporters won’t go anywhere. And, it seems, he can tacitly endorse violence against protesters at his rallies, and hardly anyone even blinks.”

We knew this, without the survey from a university, becuase the movement is going down a very clear path that has been used by demagogues and strong men in the past. What Trump is exhibiting is a classic fascist tendency, where he is using violence and creating the other to propel him to office.


http://reportingsandiego.com/2016/03/14/trump-the-rise-of-self-defense-militias/

You will love it, I guarantee it... not in a good way. We are well beyond the rabbit hole now.
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