that he doesn't try to tone it down. He's enjoying this and, in fact, seems to encourage their outrage and violence. It could get really nasty and I would rather see that happen at the Republican convention.

the aftermath should rightfully take place on the R side and the D side needs to keep on truckin on a higher road without veering off into the anger zone.

Far-right people, racists and other "angry" types with violence issues have ALWAYS supported the GOP.

I've been observing the far right for a long time. And that is what these people are - far right, whether or not they belong to a far right group. They want group validation without the stigma of being an actual Klan member.

These people were around in the sixties to beat up "hippies" and protesters. They supported Ronald Reagan in the eighties. They were boorish "USA, USA" assholes who threatened protesters at Bush rallies.

It's just that now they have their own candidate who openly validates their value that violence is an acceptable way to handle disagreement. They may take encouragement from this, as they have from crude and racist Internet behavior and scary tea party protests. Clearly those things are not enough for them.

I'm not sure how I feel about "them" having their own candidate, but the fact is they have always been a problem. They're the reason race-baiters have won elections.

At least we can address this problem of fascism - yes, fascism - in the US while Trump is holding his Angry White Man rallies. We can use this time to teach what gun fanaticism and racism are doing to our country.

Win or Lose -

The Trumpkins as you call them -

Will either be angry - or emboldened.

Either way - if you look like me - you are in for a hell of a night. I do not trust these people to not engage in direct attacks on private citizens, their homes, their physical bodies.

This is a violent creature we are dealing with.

Certainly Ted Cruz is not much better.

Unless perhaps they pair him with some sort of establishment type that the bosses absolutely love to the extent that it overshadows their disdain for Cruz.

But as scary as Cruz's ideology is, he's not getting the massive and violent crowds that Trump's getting. And Cruz has burned so many bridges with the GOP that any support of him by the party will be so tepid, they'll be in no hurry to get behind him.

So, yes, as crazy as it sounds, I'd rather the unsavory possibility of Cruz as the nominee over Trump. Barely. Very barely.

But it will more likely be Paul Ryan or someone similar who they foist up instead.

Another GOP nominee will piss of the republican base and the republicans party will be down for one election cycle.

Trump will blow up the republican party and it'll be years before it can recover (which is why the republican leadership is fighting him so hard).

I'm rooting for Trump.

If it's just Trump himself, fine.

But having to deal with the Trumpkins, who cannot be reasoned with, in their defeat....ugh. Batter down the hatches.

Trump didn't create them. The RW media, Tea Party, talk radio created those people.

They aren't going away even if Trump is denied the nomination.

But they've found a king, and a king has found his army of idiots, and that empowers the both of them.

The only thing Trump and his army of idiots are destroying is the Republican Party.

Burn it down Trump!

Millions of people who you think are "violent and batsh*t insane and completely impervious to reason or civilized behavior."

If that statement is your example of "reason" then I am not surprised that many people are impervious to it.

This isn't DI, of course, but imagine if you were going to write a reasoned essay to convince an otherwise reasonable person to NOT support Trump. What would you say to them?

I wish more people were using DU for things like that, instead of using it seemingly to promote hatred.

They're not going anywhere - even if Trump does. They'll join a fucking white power movement or something. The right wing media has been whipping these knuckledraggers into a froth for 8 years. All Trump did was lift the cover and let the pot boil over.