True Terroristic Threat Isnt ISIS, Its Trump. ISIS isnt threatening to take away your health care
Ours is an upside down America under siege. And it’s not from war-ravaged Syrian refugees, Muslim adversaries, or even Russian spy ships lurking off our eastern coast. Rather it’s from a dispassionate political party for whom facts are malleable and a self-aggrandizing man who is, at best, a delegitimized president and, at worst, perhaps the most effective Russian operative to ever infiltrate American politics. Trump and the GOP have created a blueprint on how to spread hate from the top down whilst trampling all over the tenets of our democracy. Brace yourself: America’s undoing has begun in earnest.
Many argue that our perilous times were foreshadowed with ringing bells and blaring whistles. Trump, after all, breathed life into voter’s anger, giving their resentment a pulse and their fear a heartbeat. Now, Trump and the GOP are set to lead a fascist movement that will send America careening off its axis, ushering in an era replete with tragedies of Dickensian proportions. From wire-hanger abortions and state-sanctioned discrimination, doom and gloom are headed our way. To wit: in January atomic scientists advanced the doomsday clock closer to an apocalypse, in part due to Trump’s rhetoric and the fear that he’ll escalate an arms race. Through willful isolation, plans to create an affluent oligarchy, the promise of protecting white privilege, and misinformation warfare, they’ve already begun repealing rights and politicizing the absurd.
A master propagandist, Goebbels Trump is at his best when he peddles in fiction, distributing demonstrably false news and repeating a lie until it has the look and feel of the truth. (He continues to baffle with the ridiculous claim that millions of illegal immigrants voted for Hillary Clinton, and he implied there was a terrorist attack in Sweden when no such incident occured). The media, which he tries to delegitimize, and who are already taxed with having to report fairly on a candidate encased in secrecy—is he heavily in debt to Russian banks and why won’t he release his taxes—now has to dispel ridiculous conspiracy theories from an incoming regime that believes in “alternative facts” of the “Elvis is alive” type. The scope and depth of his nescience is staggering. And while Trump diverts the media’s attention by lashing out at everyone from swanky department stores to the Pope, he is simultaneously agitating our allies, debasing the judicial branch and sparking constitutional crises. American stability impacts much of the world. Having a defiant and derogatory leader, intent on creating a new world order, will weaken our alliances and embolden terroristic elements.
Much more great reading:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/americas-true-terroristic-threat-isnt-isis-its-donald_us_58ab725ce4b0417c4066c1ce
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