President Donald John Trump - Page 5

footfootfoot · 02-01-2017, 08:50 PM

Unsettling Echoes: Joseph Goebbels (1933), Sean Spicer (2017), Steve Bannon (2017)

http://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/un...e-bannon-2017/

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Originally Posted by Jane Caplan

An outspoken free press is one of the great obstacles to demagogues, who prefer simplistic propaganda to open public debate. The Trump government exemplifies this maxim. It loathes both honest reportage and critical opinion, it seeks to brand uncomfortable truths as lies, and through making direct contact with its audience it tries to evade the filters of fact-checking and sceptical assessment. Whether or not Trump and his entourage understand this, these moves propel them ineluctably into the realm of history’s past masters of political propaganda and the repression of dissent.

Jane Caplan is Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford, and Emeritus Marjorie Walter Goodhart Professor of European History at Bryn Mawr College. She is a leading historian of Nazi Germany and the history of the documentation of individual identity. Professor Caplan was involved in establishing one of Britain’s first university courses in women’s studies. She is also an editor of History Workshop Journal.

Sheldonrs · 02-02-2017, 09:16 AM

Trump asked them to pray for "Celebrity Apprentice" AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST!!! Oh, and he also hung up the phone while speaking to the PM of Australia, threatened Mexico, put IRAN on notice and insulted Prince Charles.
If you voted for Trump, for whatever reasons you had at the time, and you STILL don't feel like a moron, perhaps it's time to enter the WITLESS protection program.

Undertoad · 02-02-2017, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

If you voted for Trump, for whatever reasons you had at the time, and you STILL don't feel like a moron, perhaps it's time to enter the WITLESS protection program.

Insults are unconvincing. So, just the eight mo... aw forget it

sexobon · 02-02-2017, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Insults are unconvincing. So, just the eight mo... aw forget it

That was a good effort UT. You hung in there longer than I thought you would. What went around came around and they got what they bargained for. Now it's time to just kick back and enjoy the entertainment. I'm LMAO.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2017, 10:11 PM

Here's a benchmark to refer back to.

glatt · 02-03-2017, 07:50 AM

Catching up on the "Bowling Green Massacre" this morning.

What are they doing? Even if there is a big kernel of truth in that two bad guys snuck in with refugees and were caught, talking about a non-existent massacre is only going to make you look like a stupid liar.

Are they incompetent? Or do they have a master plan that involves gaslighting the country as part of an intricate plan to become nazi dictators?

They can't be THAT incompetent, can they?

footfootfoot · 02-02-2017, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Trump asked them to pray for "Celebrity Apprentice" AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST!!! Oh, and he also hung up the phone while speaking to the PM of Australia, threatened Mexico, put IRAN on notice and insulted Prince Charles.
If you voted for Trump, for whatever reasons you had at the time, and you STILL don't feel like a moron, perhaps it's time to enter the WITLESS protection program.

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Originally Posted by monster

His comments on Black History Month are pretty WTF to say the least. How is this not as embarrassing for Republicans as for the rest of us he represents (whether we like it or not)?

When denial is your stock in trade, changing your opinion becomes challenging.

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Originally Posted by glatt

The people who voted for him are not scrutinizing his actions like the people who didn't vote for him. And the few actions that they do hear about, they are viewing from a bias of approval to begin with, so they simply don't see it as a problem.

True. cf above

monster · 02-02-2017, 09:56 AM

His comments on Black History Month are pretty WTF to say the least. How is this not as embarrassing for Republicans as for the rest of us he represents (whether we like it or not)?

glatt · 02-02-2017, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

How is this not as embarrassing for Republicans as for the rest of us he represents (whether we like it or not)?

The people who voted for him are not scrutinizing his actions like the people who didn't vote for him. And the few actions that they do hear about, they are viewing from a bias of approval to begin with, so they simply don't see it as a problem.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2017, 10:29 AM

I agree.

Hey buddy, did you hear how Trump told them foreigners to fuck off?
Yeah, that'll show 'em we ain't takin' no shit from them.

Happy Monkey · 02-02-2017, 10:26 AM

He also "all lives matter"ed the Holocaust.

monster · 02-02-2017, 12:10 PM

yebbut........

I keep coming back to the Emperor's New Clothes and thinking we just need a child to shout the truth. Oh well, 2 weeks down, only 206 more to go....

footfootfoot · 02-03-2017, 02:28 PM

I'm surprised there was no mention of the soccer pitch slayings.

Griff · 02-03-2017, 03:55 PM

That's different. That ain't no merica game, they had it coming.

Gravdigr · 02-03-2017, 04:02 PM

Hey, leave my state out of this.

02-02-2017, 09:16 AM	#2
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Trump asked them to pray for "Celebrity Apprentice" AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST!!! Oh, and he also hung up the phone while speaking to the PM of Australia, threatened Mexico, put IRAN on notice and insulted Prince Charles. If you voted for Trump, for whatever reasons you had at the time, and you STILL don't feel like a moron, perhaps it's time to enter the WITLESS protection program. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

02-02-2017, 10:11 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Here's a benchmark to refer back to. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-02-2017, 09:56 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	His comments on Black History Month are pretty WTF to say the least. How is this not as embarrassing for Republicans as for the rest of us he represents (whether we like it or not)? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-02-2017, 10:29 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I agree. Hey buddy, did you hear how Trump told them foreigners to fuck off? Yeah, that'll show 'em we ain't takin' no shit from them. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-02-2017, 10:26 AM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	He also "all lives matter"ed the Holocaust. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-03-2017, 07:50 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Catching up on the "Bowling Green Massacre" this morning. What are they doing? Even if there is a big kernel of truth in that two bad guys snuck in with refugees and were caught, talking about a non-existent massacre is only going to make you look like a stupid liar. Are they incompetent? Or do they have a master plan that involves gaslighting the country as part of an intricate plan to become nazi dictators? They can't be THAT incompetent, can they?

02-02-2017, 12:10 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yebbut........ I keep coming back to the Emperor's New Clothes and thinking we just need a child to shout the truth. Oh well, 2 weeks down, only 206 more to go.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-03-2017, 02:28 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm surprised there was no mention of the soccer pitch slayings. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-03-2017, 03:55 PM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That's different. That ain't no merica game, they had it coming. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-03-2017, 04:02 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Hey, leave my state out of this. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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