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Re: Trump

#101
Admire that you felt the need to say something Sam, but unfortunately I don't think anything productive is going to come from it.

If you really want to stop Trump, unfortunately at this point the only thing you can do is hold your nose support Clinton. The time where we had any other options unfortunately has passed.

Re: Trump

#102
post #54

Before Hitler was around I wonder, who was used as the model of living evil.

The British used Napoleon, I think (source newspaper cartoons from the 1700's and 1800's). Supposedly, to get them to eat quickly or to go to bed, they would frighten children by telling them that Napoleon would get them if they didn't.

Re: Trump

#103
post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that many believe Trump to be literally Hitler, bending the facts is a small price to pay to stop him.

Probably nobody who is against Trump is bending any facts to try to stop him. The only one who has no respect for reality is Trump himself.

> Probably nobody who is against [a presidential candidate] is bending any facts to try to stop [him/her]

Given the reality of 21st century electoral politics in the United States, I find it unsurprising, yet deeply disappointing all the same, that anyone actually believes this.

Re: Trump

#105
post #40

Get this political crap off of HN

Honestly, I'm surprised to see such a political piece from YC, especially since most political links on HN get taken down within a few hours.

Re: Trump

#106
For the love of 100 million people dead in Europe in a short span of 32 years. Please stop comparing every other 'Native Populist' to Hitler, Mussolini etc. The politics may look similar, yes, there is a racial undertone to it, but seriously, argue the facts not fiction. Comparing Trump to Hitler is intersection of intellectual overreach and laziness.

Re: Trump

#107
post #37

What's the point of writing this article now, after all of the legitimate candidates have fallen? What do you want us to do?

If 'you' includes us non-Americans who are liable to be affected by US government policies: my suggestion would be to vote Libertarian. Sure, the Libertarian candidate won't win this election, but that's not the point. It's about what message you are sending, what incentives you are conveying, to both current and future politicians.

Re: Trump

#108
post #81

If Colin Powell were to run on an independent ticket, who would the best running mate for him?

He led us in to a war on BS. He has no chance and no base.

Yes, pretty much the worst of both worlds there. The people who loved Bush will hate him for speaking out afterwards, and the people who hated Bush will hate him for being spineless and not speaking out when it actually might have mattered.

Re: Trump

#109
post #38

This certainly doesn't match what I've seen. All the people who think Trump is unfit seem perfectly willing to say so. All of the people who support him seem to be completely sincere in their belief that Trump would make a good president. I don't see anyone giving any indication that they think Trump shouldn't be president, but that they're afraid to say so. There is no "charade," as the author puts it. It's possible…

> Trump is the most visible and frightening symptom of a massive wave of ignorance and insecurity among the American electorate.

The issue is not the massive wave of ignorance and insecurity, the issue is that those people will procreate more ignorant and insecure people and the issue will never end.

We have a system where the well-thought vote of an educated person has the same value than the sensationalism-based vote of an ignorant and insecure person, the problem is that the educated people is getting outnumbered, so whoever manages to move the feelings of the ignorant and insecure people has the election already won...

Re: Trump

#110

Disappointed to see Sam repeat things that are plainly false. Everyone says that Trump says such horrible things, but why is it that so often those same people have to misquote him to make it seem horrible? > He has said that a judge of Mexican descent couldn’t treat him fairly because of his heritage and that we should ban Muslims from entering the country. He said that a judge of Mexican descent isn't treating him…

Nice try, but you're defending the indefensible. You're arguing semantics when it's very clear what Trump means by his words, that he repeats in different sentences and occasions. What's the difference between what he actually said regarding the judge in his case and your 'clarification'? it's the same thing.

You also conveniently ignored the fact that Trump wants to ban about 1.2 billion people from entering the US because of their religion, and treat the Muslims already in the US as a fifth column similar to what the Nazis did with the Jews. How long before the frothing-in-the-mouth, 'patriotic', armed Trump goons commit a Kristallnacht against Muslims in the US? this is exactly where we're heading with a Trump presidency.

Frankly, it's disappointing that anyone with a sliver of intelligence can be fooled by this dangerous, reckless, and divisive figure. A figure that has made racism and misogyny acceptable to the masses, and, in the ominous words of the future dictator: "racial profiling is not the worst thing to do".

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