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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Rallies Are Meant To Gear Up Supporters To Attack Anyone Who Protests Him & To Attack Hillary.
Trump rallies are about egging his supporters to continue to be hateful and nasty and attack anyone who shows contempt or criticism of Trump. It is all about silencing all opposition with intimidation, threats of violence and even violence itself. So we could be at the beginning of years of living dangerously.
Attacks on Hillary as well as investigations will continue to make sure she does not ever speak publicly again. We are entering a new era of suppression. Obama is still mistaken that being dignified will save any of his legacy. You cannot work with the barbarians.
It is a good thing that one cannot see the future. It may be too much to see.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)Why are these people STILL going after Hillary? She is now a private citizen, their demon won, why still spew hate at her? I forgot about Mitt Romney the day after Obama won in 2012. No reason to hate the guy, game over.
Is hatred of her a unifying force for these people? Scary!
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)The hatred will continue and be even more hyperbolic on hate radio, the GOP and Trump. That strategy is all they have. They cannot run on policy positions which are all very bad even for their supporters. I see the hatred even being increased particularly if there are protests. Trump cannot tolerate anyone who even remotely questions him. Arrogance and narcissism are the worse character flaws there are. They can do no wrong.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Without Hillary, it's hard to focus in on a "bad guy".
MurrayDelph
(5,302 posts)These are people who need something to hate, in order to explain why they aren't actually any better under the new oppressive regime.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)We are seeing how Propaganda and Messaging are being used once again,to cover for someone's or a groups lack of transparity. It happened twice in Eourpe in the 1900's,Russia in 1914 and Germany in 1932. Those lessons have never gone away. We are seeing the same tactics replayed just a hundred years later.
gordianot
(15,251 posts)A personal civil war is a huge mistake indicates to me Trump does not trust the forces he controls as Commander and Chief. His private militia (paid and followers) may soon be at odds with those forces funded by a disloyal Congress and insane Commander in Chief.
Notice Trump is constantly referring to protests as paid disruption could that be projection or a sign of things to come?
Orsino
(37,428 posts)I think Trump simply doesn't know what the fuck else to do to prepare himself, so he's just feeding his cheering-crowds addiction--the only part of campaigning he enjoyed.
But you're right about a likely effect.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)This may be an unintended consequence, but I think he's already running for 2020 with these "thank you" rallies.
DemoTex
(25,407 posts)With the MSM doing the Leni Reifenstahl work.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Trump is following Putin's model of governing:
1. Suppress opposition and media by all means (libel laws, large scale propaganda, FCC, intimidation, etc.)
2. Ignore constitution - appoint justices that are fiercely loyal who interpret the constitution in a favorable way. Not just SC but federal justices too.
3. Introduce congressional term limits to replace "establishment" with loyalists
4. Move towards essentially one party state - supermajority in the senate (2018-) and majority in the house
5. Make rich richer - create oligarhy as a replacement of democracy
6. Declare nation at war and introduce mandatory draft (like Vietnam war when America was "great"
7. Start race war - turn citizens against each other and use law & order to control population
8. Fundamentally alter education system so that children from young age are subjected to trump propaganda - through school vouchers and abolishing of public school education.
9. Enlist help from favorable foreign nations to spread propaganda worldwide (Russia and incoming Le Pen's France).
10...
Most of it is achievable by trump. We have already demonstrated our inability to effectively resist him.
P.S. Bannon said in the interview that he predicts republicans will dominate USA for 50 years.
Blue Idaho
(5,065 posts)To make their voices heard now, and every day this vile piece of shit is in office.