Why do people continue to feed the beast?

[Lodestar]

Reactionaries rather than revolutionaries. Trump cannot exist without
your participation...anti-Trump tactics are just fuel for his fire, the antagonist
to his faux hero.
He's experienced in manipulating a response...learned it in the WWE wrestling
ring. For him his actions don't have real consequences anymore than they do
in that ring. It's all a game. Don't be his willing audience.
The worst thing you could do to him (if only the media would help) is to ignore him.

And then...
Experienced OCCUPIERS know the places of real vulnerability for billionaires.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Trump is feeling the brown

between his cheeks.

[Person 2713]

2. Same stuff comes out both Ends

Butt cheeks mouth cheeks all got shit coming out of n them

[Jenny_92808]

5. Yep

"It Comes Out Both Ends"
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160311/north-park/this-trump-toilet-built-by-chicago-teens-for-sale-will-donald-buy-it

[backscatter712]

11. Trump does have a way of talking out his ass, doesn't he?

[MADem]

3. The worst thing you could do to him (if only the media would help) is to ignore him.

No truer words...

[Lifelong Protester]

4. Why hasn't MSNBC and CNN just changed their names already?

"All Drumpf, all the time.

[Lodestar]

6. Look around. The same could be said for DU, unfortunately. n/t

[Lifelong Protester]

7. One of the many reasons I don't hang here too much.

[840high]

12. I noticed.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. When FASCISM rises the last response is exactly what you are doing

you don't believe me... ask Germany.

[ronnie624]

9. +1 n/t

[Lodestar]

10. Ignoring Trump's circus is not the same thing as being inactive.

But meeting him on his turf and playing his game only fuels his fire.
We need to focus on what we are FOR and express who we choose to
be as a people. And we can do that strongly and loudly, quietly and
subtly, without engaging Trump himself.

And this time around (since each historic cycle offers us a new way of
responding) I hope we will listen and recognize the fears and other issues
that are giving rise to this caustic environment and get to work on that rather
than focusing all our energies on Trump who is simply the manifestation
of these insecurities rather than the other way around. Let's work on the
root causes and bring change there.

We won't ever know what MIGHT have been an effective preventative to Hitler's
rise or any fascist dictatorship. I'm not suggesting that if we ignore it it will go
away. I'm looking for a more holistic means of responding that keeps energies
focused on the things that will bring deeper, more enduring and meaningful change.

I feel if we can do that and also show up in numbers too big to ignore, we can
create real and lasting change.

[Lodestar]

14. Here's the key to Trump, and it's also his weakness:

At one of the rallies, after nearly 30 minutes of tossing single protesters
out with dramatic flair and inciting the crowd with angry, demeaning quips
about Bernie followers he says:

"Do we have a good time at Trump rallies?"

Then a few more protesters are ousted.

"Exciting though, right? Isn't it exciting? I mean, supposing this didn't happen? It
really wouldn't be the same thing. Don't we agree? It wouldn't be quite the same".

If people didn't protest he'd have to hire shills to play the role of antagonistic protesters
at his rallies because it's absolutely essential to the game.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Except that aren't trump rallies fun

Has been a line from almost the beginning. But the protests started later. Sorry, I have been following this with concern from when it started.

And good luck having people follow you.

And do not get me started on the enabling role of the media. Bill Clinton set the stage by the way. When he signed the Telecom Act of 1996. History will not be kind to Bill

[romanic]

13. Sad but true.

The reaction in Chicago seemed to have embolden Trump supporters to amp up and go after "entitled crybaby commies". If a Sanders rally gets hijacked with violent Trumpers, we know why.