One of the problems with normalizing the abnormal and defending the indefensible is that in short order you reach a point of outrage from which there is no turning back. Donald Trump is a toxic influence on this culture. We have seen this demonstrated over and over again since he descended on his escalator in 2015 and America began going down with him, level after level into cultural sub-basements that we didn’t even know existed before he showed them to us. Now it’s quite normal to see a presidential candidate mock the handicapped or the transgender, say cutting things about women or to their faces, and propose all kinds of deranged social engineering plans. One such plan of Trump’s is that he intends to do mass deportations. And deportations require detention or concentration camps.
Oh nice, concentration camps again.
Just long enough that the people who lived through them last time aren't around anymore.
I really don't understand how someone hasn't asked him how they're different.
— BadTrumpQuips (@BadTrumpQuips) September 22, 2024
I can answer that. It’s because they’re not different. If we’re talking about the Japanese-Americans who were interred during WWII or the Jews, it’s basically the same premise. Although the Japanese-Americans were not subsequently experimented on and tortured or gassed to death. Hit this link to see a longer video, which involves Trump talking about “local authorities” who allegedly possess the “serial numbers” of the “criminals” that Trump is planning to deport. “We know who they are.” So hey, maybe your name or mine is on the list.
The serial numbers crack I find very alarming. I can see Stephen Miller drooling in ecstacy as he proceeds to tattoo a serial number on somebody’s arm. That is his character in a nutshell. The minute he does that, or directs somebody else to do that, Miller will have fulfilled his ultimate destiny this planet.
Mark well the words of Lev Parnas. And if you have not yet seen From Russia With Lev, it is a must-see. It will be aired again tonight on MSNBC. Or, you can go to the NBC/MSNBC website and register and be able to view it. I may view it a second time. There is so much material to absorb, so many damning details, that it is well worth the investment of time.
Key point by Lev Parnas, in interview w/ @AliVelshi
“… who [Trump] has around him”If elected, there won’t be any legit patriots; no more guardrails (Gen. Kelly, etc)
Trump’s a threat to the rule of law & gasoline accelerant =Michael Flynn, Kash Patel, etc#FromRussiaWithLev pic.twitter.com/WuAihnqsaG
— Grantford Ritchie (@grantra) September 21, 2024
This is some sober material here. We have a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, who is talking about serial numbers and concentration camps. And we have a whistleblower from his first administration, a man who served time for the legal mess he got himself into when he was in the thrall of the MAGA cult, giving us an informed, insider opinion on how this next time will be worse. How weird does this have to get? Yet we are told that a basic horserace election is taking place in less than six weeks, despite all this information being readily available to the public.
See From Russia With Lev. And make sure you’re registered. Encourage everybody you know to see the documentary and make sure that they’re registered as well. This is war. We need to win this election to preserve our way of life.
Or, we can just hand our government to some lunatic, just as the Republican party handed the check protector, the bank accounts, the passwords, the emails, the data base, and the entire party apparatus to the Trump family, without so much as one “nay” vote.
Let’s not go like sheep to the slaughter. Let’s stand up and fight.
You know the last time you phuckers tried this shit…a bunch of you got killed. Talk is just that…talk.
Oh dear – ‘interred’ is buried in the cold, cold ground
I take it you did mean ‘interned’ (held without trial)
Serial numbers…hmmm..who has these serial numbers? Is there a list we can see? Do women and children have them on them, or just the rapists, insane, criminals, etc.? Or are they planning to tattoo all the people they round up, legally here or not, and tattoo them so they cannot return? I would like specifics.
A young woman and her two children…! Just the sound of it is horrific and I instantly flashed on “Sophie’s Choice!” OK, lady, you think both your children are US citizens because they were born here! Well, we threw out the Constitution so tough for you! Now, we still need some kids to slave in the fields, so we’ll take one of your new illegals from your arms and you can keep the other one to die in whatever country we ship you to and the two of you can die together there! Which kid goes where? Hurry up, bitch! We have other vermin to deal with today!! I am not kidding or snarking! There are people around Trump who would rub their paws in glee to do such a thing!!
The serial number thing haunts me. I met a handful of survivors during the course of my life and seeing those faded, crude tattoos seared my consciousness in a way I will never be able to put into words. MILLER, Stephen f**king Miller had ancestors who bore those tattoos! I look at pictures of him, those dead black eyes and I see a shark in human form. One sees him and what he has wrought and has to wonder if Mengele somehow left enough behind to fashion creation of a hybrid species creature that we now know as Stephen Miller.
Remember there were Jews who sent their own to the gas chambers to save their own asses. Dr. Frankel, in his book Man’s Search For Meaning, explored the seemingly incongruous behavior of the Jewish capos. We are now Germany in the 30s…and we know the horror that ensued. Sorry Ursula…most don’t have the steel to stand and fight…I saw that in the pen. They become victims to the wolves. I let it be known early that anyone who came after me…it wouldn’t be anything less than a fight to the death. Fear IS NOT AN OPTION. Hey…I’m no fool, and I knew if a gang sent a group, then I was going to be fighting a lost cause…but my fierceness at least convinced most that, even if they succeeded, someone was going down with me. The oldest decision is whether to be a victim, or stand and fight. I had to decide that by first grade, with my old man, a violent drunk. He was shot by my mom when I was 30. I hate violence, but I don’t believe in being passive when confronted by it. Predators look for prey…that’s a fact of life. We are, as a nation, seeing that lesson play out. Given what this nazi has done in two short months…nothing would surprise me about what the future holds for us dissenters…all I can post for crazy boy Patel, or any of trump’s other henchmen…you will NEVER put a tattooed number on my arm…look up my FBI file asshole. You boys tried a day of intimidation with your sunglasses, glocks, and moronic clichés. I told you to stick it up your collective asses then…nothing has changed in the past decades…except I’m meaner. After all, you rehabilitated me…I was sent to the PENITENTIARY first offense on bogus charges…as a political prisoner. I have an apology letter from the head of the parole board as proof. Imagine how it feels to watch real criminals not ever get charged, or if convicted on 34 felonies…THE SYSTEM DOESNT DO A GODDAMN THING TO THE RICH AND WELL CONNECTED. Why it’s enough to take my rage to a dark place…and, believe me, I know real darkness. So… I wait for clarity. Warriors don’t worry…they stand and fight. After all, no matter how long you try to hide…death hunts EVERYONE. This war is far from over…in fact, it’s now begun in earnest. If they don’t allow democracy to determine who holds power…well…I think once you get past the inevitable panic/repulsion normal folks feel when evil runs amok…we will be facing horrors that will require responses few of us are prepared to do. Resistance is the only thing to keep your soul on the side of good. Their mountain of lies is a house of cards…and it WILL FALL! That’s why they have to lie and hide and deny and deflect and lie some more…for they are disciples of evil and there is no truth in them.