Fascism came to town

Fogdog

Fogdog

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doughper said:
The orange demon isn't the prob, the 150 million citizens who support his fascism are.
I used to do politics chat on AOL, and I'd blame voters left and right for Dumbya and his ilk being
elected, and it'd piss off the chat roomers on both sides of the political aisle.
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I read this back when the Orange Man was running in 2016 and took note:

Donald Trump’s Message Resonates With White Supremacists

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Donald Trump’s Message Resonates With White Supremacists (Published 2016)

Intentionally or not, Mr. Trump’s campaign is mobilizing white supremacists, so much so that he has their support despite awkward attempts to publicly disavow it.
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Until recently, Jared Taylor, long one of the country’s most prominent white supremacists, had never supported a presidential candidate.

“There’s been no one worth endorsing,” he said in an interview. “I mean, for heaven’s sake, was John McCain ever going to do anything useful as far as the legitimate interests of whites are concerned?”

But Mr. Taylor believes he has finally found someone who will: Donald J. Trump.

This year, Mr. Taylor’s voice could be heard on robocalls to voters across Iowa and New Hampshire, urging them to support Mr. Trump. “We don’t need Muslims,” he said on the call. “We need smart, educated, white people who will assimilate to our culture.”

Then came Sunday — a banner day for Mr. Trump in the eyes of white-power advocates.

In an early-morning social media post, Mr. Trump approvingly reposted on Twitter a quotation from Benito Mussolini (“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep”). Then, in an interview on CNN, he refused to condemn the Ku Klux Klan or David Duke, its onetime grand wizard, after Mr. Duke declared his support for Mr. Trump.


Resonate:
[intransitive] resonate (with somebody/something) to remind someone of something; to be similar to what someone thinks or believes These issues resonated with the voters. His speech resonated with the fears and suspicions of his audience.

So, yes, Trump would be nothing without his audience of 150 million voters most of whom are white supremacist nationalists. But Trump either is one of them and naturally says things that resonate with them or he's well practiced at it. I think the former is true. That said, no other President or Presidential candidate has resonated with that group like Trump. I don't think DeSantis does. He's more of the arch nationalist Christian conservative type and appeals to a smaller subset.

Agree that the problem with Shrub was his appeal to conservative Democrats as well as conservative Republicans. Anybody who voted for Shrub or Nader (who was a protest vote) could not deny at least a portion of the responsibility for putting that village idiot in charge of our military.

Nowadays, given the extreme tilt into right wing fascism that Republicans are now promoting, most conservative Republicans and Democrats have seen the light and have at least moved to the center, if not center-left. It was a bare majority that voted him out of office but a significant one, given all the advantages smaller states have.
 
GoatSoup

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It may be that CNN set TFG up to admit his sedition and dispicableness on Nationa TV so that the whole world can see just how deluded he is in his mind. I'm sure Jack recorded this for future use.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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GoatSoup said:
It may be that CNN set TFG up to admit his sedition and dispicableness on Nationa TV so that the whole world can see just how deluded he is in his mind. I'm sure Jack recorded this for future use.
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not very fucking likely, they've been drifting to the right for quite a while now, I think the fox verdict is the only thing stopping them from going the same route that took fox to that point.
 
Billy the Mountain

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HGCC said:
They should have just used a laugh track instead of a live studio audience!bongsmilie
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It sure did sound like a laugh track, but sadly was just some Trumpers laughing about insults and sexual assault.

If CNN wanted to report news, rather than create news, they should have aired it delayed with some legit fact checking or at the very least have a mute button on his microphone. Without that, it's just an hour long infomercial for the cult.
 
DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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doughper said:
trump's good copy, sells papers. his ratings are always top, even in RIU, always he's the topic.
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@sunni would ban Trump on the first day! :lol: Though viewership and membership could increase dramatically, and ad revenue would go up substantially, THINK OF ALL THE MONEY! She might find herself in the position of Catlin Collins... :lol:
 
Fogdog

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doughper said:
trump's good copy, sells papers. his ratings are always top, even in RIU, always he's the topic.
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During a video conference the CEO of CNN said this to staff and journalists who work for him:

Covering Trump is "tricky and messy," Licht says, and it will "continue to be messy and tricky, but it's our job." He confidently says "America was served very well by what we did last night." Many CNN employees strongly disagree.

When the CEO of a company tells the people who work for him what their job is, that pretty much means they are free to leave if they don't want to do what he says.

The town hall drew 3 million viewers, the largest audience in years. To Licht, this was a success. Clearly he doesn't care what Trump said. All he heard was money talking. He's competing with Fox for their viewers. Licht takes direction from the Board of Directors and he's telling CNN employees what is expected of them. It is a one-way conversation.

That's corporate culture for you. They have no soul.
 
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cannabineer

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Fogdog said:
During a video conference the CEO of CNN said this to staff and journalists who work for him:

Covering Trump is "tricky and messy," Licht says, and it will "continue to be messy and tricky, but it's our job." He confidently says "America was served very well by what we did last night." Many CNN employees strongly disagree.

When the CEO of a company tells the people who work for him what their job is, that pretty much means they are free to leave if they don't want to do what he says.

The town hall drew 3 million viewers, the largest audience in years. To Licht, this was a success. Clearly he doesn't care what Trump said. All he heard was money talking. He's competing with Fox for their viewers. Licht takes direction from the Board of Directors and he's telling CNN employees what is expected of them. It is a one-way conversation.

That's corporate culture for you. They have no soul.
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but they do have a god.

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DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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Fogdog said:
During a video conference the CEO of CNN said this to staff and journalists who work for him:

Covering Trump is "tricky and messy," Licht says, and it will "continue to be messy and tricky, but it's our job." He confidently says "America was served very well by what we did last night." Many CNN employees strongly disagree.

When the CEO of a company tells the people who work for him what their job is, that pretty much means they are free to leave if they don't want to do what he says.

The town hall drew 3 million viewers, the largest audience in years. To Licht, this was a success. Clearly he doesn't care what Trump said. All he heard was money talking. He's competing with Fox for their viewers. Licht takes direction from the Board of Directors and he's telling CNN employees what is expected of them. It is a one-way conversation.

I hate corporate culture. They have no soul.
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Competing with foxnews for what? A race to the bottom it would appear. After that fiasco many will switch away from CNN the same way they do to foxnews. The owners want to "level" the playing field to grid lock the government because they don't want to pay taxes and are willing to risk Trump for that purpose. They can't let the republicans lose too badly or it would be bad for their tax bills and had an agenda when they appointed this clown. Apparently, the audience was packed and instructed to cheer, but not to boo, Chris was backstage with Trump before the fiasco and told him to have fun. Chris licked Trump's ass for more than ratings and left their entire news staff at CNN with shit on their faces.
 
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