Maybe my approach would help you. If a crazy person standing on a street corner as I walked by started to call me vulgar names, I wouldn't get angry; I'd just hurry away. I don't get angry at Trump either, because, like the crazy person on street corner, he has a severe mental illness. He is not worth getting angry at; to get angry at hi…
Maybe my approach would help you. If a crazy person standing on a street corner as I walked by started to call me vulgar names, I wouldn't get angry; I'd just hurry away. I don't get angry at Trump either, because, like the crazy person on street corner, he has a severe mental illness. He is not worth getting angry at; to get angry at him is to take him seriously. I just hurry away from him in the sense of never watching him on television or the internet.
The people I do get angry at are the Republican politicians who support him but who are sane. They know what they're doing: They are sacrificing our democracy for the sake of their ambition. The only thing they care about is that they remain in Congress or whatever their ambition is. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney were secure enough psychologically to do what was right even though it meant losing their seat in Congress.
It really IS that bad, too! Not hyperbole, maybe it's a difficult case to prosecute in a court of law (yet, anyway) but the word fits, and it's a chilling consideration, for sure.
Trump supporters in Congress are not guilty of treason, because Article III, section 3 of the Constitution states, "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them [the U.S. was a plural noun back then], or adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." Even Trump could not be found guilty of treason, unless a court stretched the January 6 violence into a "war."
I am using the term in the vernacular sense, when it's a slam dunk case Trump 'adheres' to the enemies of the United States and has announced it repeatedly for years.
Yes, but I don't worry that the crazy person standing on a street corner is going to assume power over me and my countrymen and threaten the rest of the world with destruction.
True, but to worry about him doesn't necessitate getting angry at him. Treat him as you would a projected hurricane or earthquake -- try to prevent it or prepare for it.
But another term of TFFG *is* preventable, unlike the natural disasters you cite. The entire point is that his cataclysmically disastrous return to power IS preventable if enough of us get off our rears and not only vote for Biden but do every single thing we can to Get Out The Vote for Biden and Democrats around the country. Talk about the things you are _doing_ to ensure Biden wins in November, and share how to do them.
I’m writing postcards to infrequent Democratic voters for elections around the country that can turn the tide. I recently wrote 100 through Activate America to voters in George Santos’ former district, urging them to vote for Democrat Tom Suozzi, because we urgently need to take back the house. That special election is today. I am now writing postcards to a CA district where the Republican house member is vulnerable, urging thise infrequent Dem voters to vote for Dems. Research has shown the infrequent voters who get a postcard are measurably more likely to vote. Cranking up Dem turnout by a few points in these neck-and-neck elections is the whole strategy, because it can tip the Democrat to win. Writing postcards is easy. You order a pile of Be A Voter postcards online and buy some rolls of stamps. You sign up on the Activate America or Vote Forward website, pick a campaign from their targeted list, and request a list of voter names and addresses with the postcard text and instructions. You write them in your spare moments and mail by the target date. Lather, rinse, repeat. Easy.
I also donate the small amounts I can afford to the Biden campaign, key Senate campaigns, and the DLCC (Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee) who target resources to winnable House races in states around the country.
As elections near, I will also participate in phone banks.
Many brave people canvas door to door, but since ankle surgery that’s not my thing.
Damn, you have my sincere respect and thanks as a good example to follow NOW, especially since as of about three hours ago, every single major component of an 'apartment renovation project' that started in earnest inside this place January 24th, after my prior three weeks being devoted to a seriously formidable packing job, is OVUH!
Floors, walls, Bathroom, Kitchen, WINDOWS, and today, new fridge, new self-standing electric oven - so I have NO EXCUSE not to dive in, and you already listed the essential search terms, thanks Elizabeth.
I also know how damn good it feels to DO something tangible about this kind of threat, so there's that as well.
I want to also encourage anyone able to do it, to canvass door to door, the many hundreds of hours over some thirty years I did that in the Twin Cities and some nearby cities "up north" most regularly were major learning experiences, and very empowering for me, as well as helping good causes raise money and spread awareness of their issues.
T-Rump is not an insane person worthy of sympathy. He is an EVIL MONSTER who has given up all right to anyone's sympathy and who needs to be confronted, NOT ignored. He needs to be treated like a foaming, rabid dog. The cops don't gently corral those dogs and take them to an animal hospital to be cured. They shoot them dead.
I agree, and I find your comment consistent with mine. I wrote only that he is not worth getting angry at. Cops presumably don't get angry at rabid dogs they shoot.
When I said that I never watch him on television or the internet, I didn't mean to imply that we should ignore the menace that he is.
I also agree that Trump's mental illness is not curable. He should spend the rest of his life in prison, where he will continue to feel victimized and will learn nothing, because he is too weak to acknowledge that he has anything to learn.
Yes, therapeutic and wise - as far as it goes, but it's what Herr Gropenfuehrer portends and intends (crass American-style neo-fascism, for short) that also summons up righteous moral outrage - so maybe better channeled {*sublimated* ala Freudian theory, but also just plain common sense!} into some direct, nonviolent, legal, consistent counter-organizing, donations if and where and when possible, all of that and more?
Maybe my approach would help you. If a crazy person standing on a street corner as I walked by started to call me vulgar names, I wouldn't get angry; I'd just hurry away. I don't get angry at Trump either, because, like the crazy person on street corner, he has a severe mental illness. He is not worth getting angry at; to get angry at him is to take him seriously. I just hurry away from him in the sense of never watching him on television or the internet.
The people I do get angry at are the Republican politicians who support him but who are sane. They know what they're doing: They are sacrificing our democracy for the sake of their ambition. The only thing they care about is that they remain in Congress or whatever their ambition is. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney were secure enough psychologically to do what was right even though it meant losing their seat in Congress.
Traitors all.
It really IS that bad, too! Not hyperbole, maybe it's a difficult case to prosecute in a court of law (yet, anyway) but the word fits, and it's a chilling consideration, for sure.
Trump supporters in Congress are not guilty of treason, because Article III, section 3 of the Constitution states, "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them [the U.S. was a plural noun back then], or adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." Even Trump could not be found guilty of treason, unless a court stretched the January 6 violence into a "war."
I am using the term in the vernacular sense, when it's a slam dunk case Trump 'adheres' to the enemies of the United States and has announced it repeatedly for years.
Yes, but I don't worry that the crazy person standing on a street corner is going to assume power over me and my countrymen and threaten the rest of the world with destruction.
True, but to worry about him doesn't necessitate getting angry at him. Treat him as you would a projected hurricane or earthquake -- try to prevent it or prepare for it.
But another term of TFFG *is* preventable, unlike the natural disasters you cite. The entire point is that his cataclysmically disastrous return to power IS preventable if enough of us get off our rears and not only vote for Biden but do every single thing we can to Get Out The Vote for Biden and Democrats around the country. Talk about the things you are _doing_ to ensure Biden wins in November, and share how to do them.
I’m writing postcards to infrequent Democratic voters for elections around the country that can turn the tide. I recently wrote 100 through Activate America to voters in George Santos’ former district, urging them to vote for Democrat Tom Suozzi, because we urgently need to take back the house. That special election is today. I am now writing postcards to a CA district where the Republican house member is vulnerable, urging thise infrequent Dem voters to vote for Dems. Research has shown the infrequent voters who get a postcard are measurably more likely to vote. Cranking up Dem turnout by a few points in these neck-and-neck elections is the whole strategy, because it can tip the Democrat to win. Writing postcards is easy. You order a pile of Be A Voter postcards online and buy some rolls of stamps. You sign up on the Activate America or Vote Forward website, pick a campaign from their targeted list, and request a list of voter names and addresses with the postcard text and instructions. You write them in your spare moments and mail by the target date. Lather, rinse, repeat. Easy.
I also donate the small amounts I can afford to the Biden campaign, key Senate campaigns, and the DLCC (Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee) who target resources to winnable House races in states around the country.
As elections near, I will also participate in phone banks.
Many brave people canvas door to door, but since ankle surgery that’s not my thing.
Democracy is an action verb. Let's take action!
Damn, you have my sincere respect and thanks as a good example to follow NOW, especially since as of about three hours ago, every single major component of an 'apartment renovation project' that started in earnest inside this place January 24th, after my prior three weeks being devoted to a seriously formidable packing job, is OVUH!
Floors, walls, Bathroom, Kitchen, WINDOWS, and today, new fridge, new self-standing electric oven - so I have NO EXCUSE not to dive in, and you already listed the essential search terms, thanks Elizabeth.
I also know how damn good it feels to DO something tangible about this kind of threat, so there's that as well.
I want to also encourage anyone able to do it, to canvass door to door, the many hundreds of hours over some thirty years I did that in the Twin Cities and some nearby cities "up north" most regularly were major learning experiences, and very empowering for me, as well as helping good causes raise money and spread awareness of their issues.
Ah, I see you got to where I went immediately BEFORE I read the whole thread, mea culpa, HC!
T-Rump is not an insane person worthy of sympathy. He is an EVIL MONSTER who has given up all right to anyone's sympathy and who needs to be confronted, NOT ignored. He needs to be treated like a foaming, rabid dog. The cops don't gently corral those dogs and take them to an animal hospital to be cured. They shoot them dead.
I agree, and I find your comment consistent with mine. I wrote only that he is not worth getting angry at. Cops presumably don't get angry at rabid dogs they shoot.
When I said that I never watch him on television or the internet, I didn't mean to imply that we should ignore the menace that he is.
I also agree that Trump's mental illness is not curable. He should spend the rest of his life in prison, where he will continue to feel victimized and will learn nothing, because he is too weak to acknowledge that he has anything to learn.
Yes, therapeutic and wise - as far as it goes, but it's what Herr Gropenfuehrer portends and intends (crass American-style neo-fascism, for short) that also summons up righteous moral outrage - so maybe better channeled {*sublimated* ala Freudian theory, but also just plain common sense!} into some direct, nonviolent, legal, consistent counter-organizing, donations if and where and when possible, all of that and more?
That is exactly why Enemy Doctrine is discussed at length in places like West Point.
Knowing your enemy is not a bad idea. That is why enemy Doctrine is discussed at length in places like...West Point.