People -this is serious. My wife and I have been listening to the Republican convention. I just barely remember having heard some of Hitler's speeches as a young teenager, and I've always wondered how sane and decent Germans could have been persuaded by such hate-saturated ranting -but later I learned German, I've watched Nazi propaganda films, I've studied history, and frankly I am shocked by the parallels with tonight's obviously carefully planned performance.
We're going to renew our passports -soon. I strongly advise those of you who are in the LGBT community to do likewise. If you think I'm over-reacting, pay close attention to the rhetoric coming out of Cleveland and look into what the Nazis did to homosexuals.
Muslims and Mexicans are the new Jews. Don't say you haven't been warned.
The RNC and Trump specifically remind me of Hitler and the Nazi party for sure. There are many similarities and Trump..Oh boy! Even the ghost writer for the "Art of the Deal" said Trump will spell the end of civilization. Imagine that fool with his finger on the nuclear button. Wow!
I'm gay and I know damn well what his VP, Pence is up to. I'll stay and fight...
Good for you -but he who fights and (losing) runs away lives to fight another day. Be brave, do your duty -but keep open a line of retreat if you need it.
"Imagine that fool with his finger on the nuclear button." You do have a point there.
Yes. There may not be any place on Earth that is far enough to be safe.
Oh get over yourself and stop with the scare tactics. If Mr. Trump scares you you should have already had a heart attack with Obama for a President and the thought of the Clinton mob taking over the White House.
I'm good at taking care of myself ;)
Precisely what I was referring too. He can NOT be allowed to become prez.
I'm a Berniecrat and I am reluctantly voting for a woman I despise just to deny him the ability to kill us all
It's still -for the time being- a free country. But Germany was too -in early 1033.
While some of the anti-LGBT rhetoric coming out of the GOP can be disconcerting, it's mostly the dying gasp of a (very vocal) minority that has already lost the issue.
Gay marriage is a legal reality in the United States, and it's unlikely anything short of a Constitutional amendment will overturn that reality (I suppose the SCOTUS *could* completely reverse itself, but I doubt it will).
There is a great deal of evidence indicating younger generations (Generation X and younger) simply do not fear LGBT people and do not wish to demonize them. Eventually the Angry White Bigots will die off, and the younger people coming up after them do not share their views.
Try to have a little faith.
I think you're right about their attitudes. Unfortunately, there's also a great deal of evidence that "Gen X and younger" don't vote. I seriously hope to be proven wrong -but I'm scared.
I see the parallel with Gene McCarthy, Henry Wallace, etc. But like them, Sanders DID get young people involved. Let's hope they stay involved!
Both Fascists. But Hitler had the big guns -and now, we have them. But not we alone -China and North Korea and still Russia -and even Pakistan.
