Just saw the Trump ad

[Recursion]

I usually tut-tut about overusing the word "fascism" and the American right.

But: holy fuck. That's a whole new level.

I live temporarily in India, which is seeing a takeover by right wing Hindu nationalists. I'm now for the first time more worried about the US's prospects than India's.

20 years ago, networks would have refused to run that ad.

[virtualobserver]

1. Watching the networks wallow in large piles of Trump has been an education.

They have dropped all pretense of serving the public good.

[spanone]

2. trump makes joe mccarthy look all warm & fuzzy. america used to be better than trump....

not so sure anymore.

[pampango]

3. From the Guardian: Be afraid: why Donald Trump's new campaign ad should terrify you

We should be scared. Not of the Mexican bogeyman. Not of American Muslims or Muslims overseas.
We should be scared of Trump and scared of how he reflects who we are.

This should be a wakeup call for a party and a country still half paralyzed by disbelief; yes, racism, bigotry and sexism are alive and well in America. Yes, Trump could well get elected by stoking that hate. And yes, we’d better start taking him seriously.

But Republicans haven’t censured him. Instead, they’ve emboldened him with their weak-kneed criticisms and paltry poll numbers; Republicans have been going around calling him sophomoric, a clown and unserious when he has a better shot at winning the nomination than any of them. (When Jeb Bush made an attempt to attack Trump in the last debate, Trump’s counterpunch was tellingly: “You’re a tough guy, Jeb. I’m at 42 and you’re at three,” referring to their respective polling percentages.)

How about this for truth: we have a Donald Trump problem. We have a racism problem, we have a bigotry problem and a fear problem. Trump is making those problems bigger, not smaller. He’s fanning the flames.

And, this part’s important: we should be scared. Not of the Mexican bogeyman. Not of American Muslims or Muslims overseas. We should be scared of Trump and scared of how he reflects who we’re becoming.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/05/why-donald-trump-new-campaign-ad-should-terrify-you

This is a good commentary but you said it bette, Recursion.

I usually tut-tut about overusing the word "fascism" and the American right.

But: holy fuck. That's a whole new level.

I live temporarily in India, which is seeing a takeover by right wing Hindu nationalists. I'm now for the first time more worried about the US's prospects than India's.