Quote:
Originally Posted by zeek
Trump's appeals to ultra-nationalism, his scapegoating of ethnic groups, his fear mongering to angry working-class voters and his presentation of himself as the strong man who can fix every problem [the man card] through the force of his will all have echoes of fascist political leaders of the past like Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco.
|
What's so interesting here is you've described what he does with just enough negative spin to make it look horrible.
Is Trump scapegoating ethnic groups? Or is he simply pointing out that illegal aliens are a problem and that wholesale immigration of Muslims has caused problems in every non-Muslim nation it's occurred in? Why is that about "race" all of a sudden. Maybe it's just about having laws and controlling culture shock.
Is he fear-mongering to the working class? Gee, I thought that's what Democrats do every election when they complain about rich privilege. Wasn't complaining about "Wall Street" fear-mongering?--when the policies of the Congress and the Fed were as much if not more a cause of the financial crisis? "Blame Wall Street, and pay no attention to that man (Alan Greenspan/Ben Bernanke) behind the curtain."
Strong man? Would you rather have him act weak and timid? What's wrong with being strong? Now all of a sudden acting strong is evil? Hello!
Then the clincher--compare him to sociopathic despots. Every campaigner "echoes" fascist leaders in some way because they are all campaigning.
Really, zeek? You are smarter than that. As a thinker you should know you are employing selective reasoning here.