General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump says it out loud.....
Trump is doing a press conference in Arizona.
He said, all Americans are now warriors.
And then he said it out loud ...yes some will be affected, some will be affected greatly, but we have to open up the economy.
All Americans are warriors.
Trump Speak: Affected greatly=DIE
How much is the life of your father or grandmother worth?
Skraxx
(2,981 posts)n/t
sinkingfeeling
(51,471 posts)Cha
(297,548 posts)ashredux
(2,608 posts)Botany
(70,567 posts)OMGWTF
(3,972 posts)Probably the only book he's ever really read -- besides the "Two Corinthians" bible.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)runway prior to taking off. A cup of sake, and off you go!
JHB
(37,161 posts)...and they have to pay for it. No handouts.
Celerity
(43,485 posts)orders. Maybe cut it with the world's shittiest bourbon.
JHB
(37,161 posts)BamaRefugee
(3,487 posts)The deplorables will LAP THAT UP.
ashredux
(2,608 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)11. In such a perspective everybody is educated to become a hero. In every mythology the hero is an exceptional being, but in Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death. It is not by chance that a motto of the Falangists was Viva la Muerte (in English it should be translated as "Long Live Death!". In non-fascist societies, the lay public is told that death is unpleasant but must be faced with dignity; believers are told that it is the painful way to reach a supernatural happiness. By contrast, the Ur-Fascist hero craves heroic death, advertised as the best reward for a heroic life. The Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death.
Umberto Eco 1995 Essay on Ur-Fascism
Hekate
(90,777 posts)Thanks.
Drum
(9,195 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Kill them all let God sort them out, You can have my guns when you pry them from my cold dead hands. Etc.
Survivalists and Militia freaks live this sh*t.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)They fancy themselves outlaws, super-patriots, an army-of-one, a tribe of people who cry, Dont Step On Me, while aiming to step on as many other people as possible.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)willing to die for a rich man's ego. I used to think you could talk to these people, that you could shake some sense into them by explaining the facts to them. Nah....there are none so ignorant as those who will not learn. They're beyond hope, and if they want to sacrifice their lives at the altar of Trump.... see ya'! I value my, and my family's lives, much more than that.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)He doesnt want to die, as a hero or otherwise.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)niyad
(113,527 posts)Freddie
(9,273 posts)lostnfound
(16,189 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(3,649 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)ashredux
(2,608 posts)Raven
(13,899 posts)some of us will have to die for our country. As I see it, the only way out of this for us is to take things into our own hands and I think we'll be forced to do that before November.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)wants us to be 'warriors' so he and his grifting family can go back to conning the rubes out of their hard-earned money.
thenelm1
(854 posts)Never forget. [link:https://popculture.com/trending/news/donald-trump-dodging-stds-personal-vietnam-resurfaced-interview/|
"Trump called himself a "brave soldier" for avoiding STDs while dating in the late 1990s. He made reference to the HIV and AIDS epidemic at the time as well, referring to women's vaginas as "potential landmines," adding: "There's some real danger there."
Its amazing, I cant even believe it. Ive been so lucky in terms of that whole world, it is a dangerous world out there. Its like Vietnam, sort of. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier, he said."
Whatta hero...
..
stillcool
(32,626 posts)but don't trip on the bodies.
Joinfortmill
(14,449 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,886 posts)Not willing warriors but mostly 'civilian casualties' thanks to Cadet Bone Spurs.
Cannon fodder for Trump.
Disaffected
(4,565 posts)emigrating to Canada but are unable as they do not have a sufficient number of points under the Canadian immigration selection rules. However, the way things are going in the US, I believe we may actually be approaching a point where a legitimate claim by US citizens for refugee status might be made. It probably would not fly now under present laws (I really don't know) but who knows what might happen in future, especially if a few test cases are raised.
Might be worth a try if for nothing more than a strong political statement. It a pretty easy process (if you wish to follow the "unofficial" route). Simply walk across the border at a non-controlled crossing point (as many in transit from other countries have done)and claim refugee status. You may not be accepted but you are at least guaranteed a refugee hearing as I understand it.
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)AnotherMother4Peace
(4,251 posts)whose death it is. This was the cult thinking of cult leaders Jim Jones, Marshall Applewhite, David Korish, Charlie Manson, etc.
ashredux
(2,608 posts)uponit7771
(90,359 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Patriotism is the refuge of the scoundrel.
tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)I want them to answer that damn question. Chris Christie compared people going to work to the people we lost in the wars that went off to get killed.
What the fuck do you fuckers plan to sacrifice? Are you going to sacrifice your children, your spouse, how about your mother? As people die off for their sacrifice will you sacrifice your own in their place at a meat plant? waiting tables, heck be the restaurant manager if you think waiting tables is too lowly. What fucking sacrifice are you prepared to give " for the American way?"
Even Dan Patrick who claimed there are better things than living.
I don't see him rushing off to the frontlines to make his sacrifice.
C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)My greatest hope is that he catches this virus and dies an excruciating, painful death.
ashredux
(2,608 posts)vapor2
(1,249 posts)should sacrifice his family
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,033 posts)Be it troops or hospital janitors or somebody doing the 1% roots.
It's about cutting unemployment rolls by being forced to work in unsafe positions so that the 1% stock benefits keep rolling.
sanatanadharma
(3,722 posts)...for your special right to not wear a mask.
Sacrifice for some, more chardonnay for chairmen.
I wear this mask, Sir!
So I can live, Sir!
Long enough, Sir!
To attend your funeral, Sir!
Siri, where is the nearest "Die for the economy" recruiting office?
colorado_ufo
(5,737 posts)Marthe48
(17,015 posts)because that's the only way I'm going into a store.
Roc2020
(1,616 posts)because his 45% is not enough to get the economy back to before covid19 normal. And clearly by the polls most Americans overwhelmingly do not want to relax lockdown. So the NRA is on notice to force Americans to heat up the economy for the dear leader.
Marthe48
(17,015 posts)I think normal is gone.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)chowder66
(9,075 posts)Some employers would undoubtedly be grateful in the way of loyalty to the workers - maybe with much better pay, time off and benefits but we know that is a tiny fraction.
There will be employers that will be chomping at the bit to reduce pay, benefits and time off and increase hours, quotas, etc. They will feed off the desperation.
If there is a time for employees to stand their ground it is now, IMO.
pamdb
(1,332 posts)You whiny, little bitch. Go shake hand with your knuckle draggers, have lunch with the toothless supporters you have.
Prospero1
(83 posts)when they are injured? Free health care! Are we all now eligible for VA care?
AleksS
(1,665 posts)about how much Cadet Bone Spurs has ever been willing to sacrifice for them or for the country.
aggiesal
(8,923 posts)so that my numbers look good and I can brag about it.
That's the only thing this is about.
That's why Pendejo45 egged on the "protesters" only at
states with Democratic Governors.
ashredux
(2,608 posts)nakocal
(552 posts)I believe that we will soon see children making up a sad statistic. The only thing that has kept them safe so far was the closing of the schools.
Roc2020
(1,616 posts)vote support and protest for me King Trump even if it means you or your family Die! WOW