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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen they call him a tyrant and a dictator, you know what that really means?
It means he's a strong leader.
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When they call him a tyrant and a dictator, you know what that really means? (Original Post)
bluestateguy
Jun 2014
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Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)1. Well said.
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)2. It means he's black. It's ALL about race. nt
I thought it was another "Let's defend Putin" thread.
I stand corrected.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)3. It means he's not afraid of them, and they
just keep tantrumming like toddlers.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)4. Same thing as they meant when they called Lincoln that. And for the same reasons. And we all say:
Tanuki
(14,917 posts)5. It means they want to incite someone to assassinate him.
I firmly believe this. Remember what John Wilkes Booth said when he shot President Lincoln? "Sic semper tyrannis." Dog whistle to the craziest of the racist scum.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)8. And he does not agree with them.
Wounded Bear
(58,627 posts)9. They're projecting...
They're just mad because he isn't their tyrant and dictator. To authoritarians, one is only free when they live under a 'benevolent' monarch.