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moonscape

(4,673 posts)
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 10:44 PM Sep 2016

This May Be The Most Horrible Thing That Donald Trump Believes

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has offered a litany of racist comments, which it turns out may be rooted in his deeper belief in the inherent superiority of some people ― and not others.

The Frontline documentary “The Choice,” which premiered this week on PBS, reveals that Trump agrees with the dangerous and abusive theory of eugenics.

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The Huffington Post dug back through the archives and found numerous examples of Trump suggesting that intellect and success are purely genetic qualities and that having “the right genes” gave him his “very good brain.”

Read more and see video clips: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-eugenics_us_57ec4cc2e4b024a52d2cc7f9

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It's hard to keep up with the deeply disturbing issues of Trump, how we got here, etc. But here's another one, and the root of so much of the horror that is Trump.

He leaves me without words, only great despair at the number who fervently support him.

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This May Be The Most Horrible Thing That Donald Trump Believes (Original Post) moonscape Sep 2016 OP
Ubermenschen. raging moderate Sep 2016 #1
+1, even in the US uponit7771 Sep 2016 #4
To think it wasn't long ago that Palin was claiming the Dems would have her autistic child killed... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #2
YES YES YES !! I've been saying tRump has denigrated every race except white people !!! uponit7771 Sep 2016 #3
Think about it... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #5

raging moderate

(4,308 posts)
1. Ubermenschen.
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 10:46 PM
Sep 2016

Germany was not the only country that had Nazis; it was just the first country they took over. They were and are everywhere.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
2. To think it wasn't long ago that Palin was claiming the Dems would have her autistic child killed...
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 01:24 AM
Sep 2016

Republicans are trolls.

They have no actual values. All they do is attack their enemies with whatever vomits out of the mass of squirming maggots they use for grey matter in their empty skulls.

Wounded Bear

(58,685 posts)
5. Think about it...
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 02:12 AM
Sep 2016

he considers himself superior to most white people, too. We're just farther down his list.

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