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applegrove

(118,658 posts) Sat Jul 25, 2020, 06:56 PM Jul 2020

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The Trump Death Cult

The Trump Death Cult

July 25, 2020 at 11:08 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 127 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/25/the-trump-death-cult/

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Tom Nichols: “America has now passed the milestone of 4 million COVID cases, and we’re still arguing with doctors and epidemiologists about masks and school closures. I expected some of this, because I literally wrote the book over three years ago on why so many Americans think they’re smarter than experts. What I did not expect is that this resolute and childish opposition to expertise would be hijacked by the president of the United States and an entire American political party, and then turned into a suicide cult.”

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The Trump Death Cult (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2020 OP

I'm not surprised Shermann Jul 2020 #1

I told myself I would read his book "The Death of Expertise" those 3 years ago, yonder Jul 2020 #2

Herman Cain is one of the 4 million... dawg day Jul 2020 #3

Shermann

(7,413 posts)

1. I'm not surprised

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 07:10 PM

Jul 2020

We were already on this path with anthropogenic global warming. Now we just took a detour off of that where we can run instead of walk.

yonder

(9,666 posts)

2. I told myself I would read his book "The Death of Expertise" those 3 years ago,

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 07:15 PM

Jul 2020

after he was interviewed on NPR. I never did get around to it but will now rededicate time to that goal.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

3. Herman Cain is one of the 4 million...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 08:29 PM

Jul 2020

probably got it at Trump's rally.
Trump doesn't even send out good wishes to his 'friends' who got sick there.

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