Opposing fascism is bad. Got it. Tolerating evil is good. Got it.
You know, when I was a teenager, still in high school and living with my mother, their was a retired Austrian-born woman living next door. I used to mow the lawn and shovel sidewalks for her for some extra pocket money. She used to tell me stories of her childhood and early adolescence in Vienna in the late '30's, early to mid 40's. Absolutely chilling tales. Such as the one in 1938 where she and all her schoolmates got the day off school, and her parents got the day off work. But the catch was, they had to attend a mandatory and rally for their new sole-legal political party after the "peaceful annexation backed by overwhelming support of a referendum," by Germany. And speaking (or rather ranting) at the podium before was none other than You-Know-Who, He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, the Dark Lord himself (and I don't mean Voldemort!). Most of her other stories were even more disturbing and horrifying. And she wasn't even a member of a target pogrom demographic. My point is, you obviously have no idea at all what Fascism is, and you use the word so irresponsibly, inappropriately, and DISGUSTINGLY, throwing it around like used dog's chew toy for all the consideration of the ramifications and meanings of the term. You have been so pampered and have it so good that you can't even possibly comprehend what Fascism really is and really means. And the Trump Administration is NOT IT! You are no better than those vile incendiary right-wing pundits who also use terms of that magnitude irresponsibly and flippantly for exaggerated rhetorical emphasis. And as for evil, I have just finished saying above, it's a theological, not political term, and thus your use of it is also highly inappropriate. And using the terms, "opposing," and "tolerating," for whole blocs of voters, and not just governments, implies thinking that stripping of rights or mass consequences - or "collective punishment," a Stalinist ideal just for the way people vote (violating the right of the right of the ballot and freedom of conscience), which strikes me as VERY disturbing and dystopian, monstrous, and something Trump hasn't even come close to suggesting. You are out of line, and it is time to re-examine your disgusting and warped rhetoric and view on things.
"One must take care, my boy, lest one, whilst fighting monsters, become an even worse monster,"
-Abraham van Helsing, "Dracula," (the original Bram Stoker novel - the line did NOT appear in the Francis Ford Coppola movie)
What does my estrangement from these people have to do with "short-term political gains by unscrupulous, corrupt, and criminal politicians?" This isn't about partisan advantage, it's about my personal moral boundaries.
The way I feel about those camps, if every single American (including myself) were to drop dead and all our buildings and achievements to collapse into dust, "so it must be said: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
From whom does the border need "defense"? That border was porous for decades even after the US empire conquered half of Mexico. It was only the onset of racist panic about an invasion of non-whites that modern border enforcement evolved there. And now most of the people imprisoned are guilty of nothing more than having been born on the wrong side of the line, and of fleeing the consequences of US policies in Latin America.
There is a camp in Georgia where detainees are reportedly subject to hysterectomies without their consent - that is forced sterilization. Several thousand children have reported sexual abuse. There are reports of chemicals being sprayed every half hour which are causing detainees to cough blood. It is not exaggeration or hyperbole to say that these are Nazi-ish policies.
And the immigration detention system existed under previous administrations, it is true, but it is the Trump administration that decided on its own initiative to treat crossing the border itself as an imprisonable offense, and to detain men, women, and children indefinitely under purposely horrible conditions.
So the people who support this or are willing to tolerate it because they support Trump for other reasons, have in my view put themselves beyond the pale of humanity.
I'm referring to you succumbing to your family being destroyed permanently because of the short term machinations, corruption, and crimes of politicians of both major parties (for which they should all be in prison, or hanging - big bipartisan prisons and gallows - wouldn't it be beautiful?), which is a disgusting weakness of social, and such flimsy destruction of family because of such matters would be something that would greatly displease, not vindicate, the Lord. The Lord would also have a lot of harsh judgements for every Democratic Administration, too. And I notice you ignored my bringing up that Obama started those camps - Trump just carried them on - albeit with relish and enthusiasm.
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This is the 2020 election thread. Please state the wars that you're blaming on Biden.
