I’m Scared for Us — I can’t Lie
The similarities between 1939 and 2022 cannot be ignored or we may not be lucky enough to win this time
For at least five years, Americans who are not fans of Donald Trump have been comparing him to Hitler.
There are rumors of his having various Nazi propaganda on his nightstand. Personally , I am doubtful of this story. I mean Mr. Trump doesn’t strike me as the reading type, and I doubt his literacy if we are being totally honest.
Photos of an ugly, cartoonish Papa Trump in KKK regalia, white hood included, pop up here and there. The white nationalists enjoy the publicity of having a president shown in support of their sick obsessions. Opponents of Trump certainly will not dispute the connection as demonizing Trump furthers their position. Since neither side has an incentive to discount their veracity we are left to ponder.
One the more factual side, we can see the folks surrounding him.
Stephen Miller, professed nationalist, author of the cruel immigration policy with its signature detention tents and separation policies which are still being battled, is the face of slimy hate. Roger Stone is the mouth piece of sensationalist, populist, hate policies with confident smirk of disdain for accountability. His immigrant wife, destructor of all things traditional in the White House including the beloved rose gardens, is the first First Lady to be so ‘artistically photographed’ in the nude.
Surrounded by a cast of characters beyond the imagination of the most outrageous piece of fiction, the crazy keeps moving toward 1939.
Rallying the Troops
And by rallying the troops, I am referring to Trump’s love of the rally.
We can no longer call them campaign rallies, as it is not clear he is actually running for an office. Instead, the rallies are intended to work his faithful, white nationalist, thick-headed base into a lather with a call to action.
What action? Why donating to him, of course.
While some may claim him to be exercising his first amendment rights, it has long been understood there are limits to freedom of speech. One simply cannot shout ‘fire’ in a theater unless there is a fire. In other words, you are free to speak your mind, but it needs to be in a truthful manner.
His claims of thugs, illegals, lefist radicals simply have no basis in fact.
And History Repeats
For those of us not old enough to remember WW2 — we certainly learned about it in school. Didn’t we?
We learned the danger of insane leaders making broad generalizations about a certain ethnicity or religion, didn’t we?
We learned the danger of blindly following a madman into an unjust war, didn’t we?
We learned the dangers of unchecked hatred, didn’t we?
We learned radical nationalism kills, didn’t we?
Or did we?
