General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe BBC Compares Trump's Rhetoric to That of Stalin and Mao
Under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, out-of-favour artists and politicians were designated enemies and many were sent to hard labour camps or killed. Others were stigmatised and denied access to education and employment.
And Chairman Mao, the leader of China who presided over the deaths of millions of people in a famine brought about by his Great Leap Forward, was also known to use the phrase against anyone who opposed him, with terrible consequences.
-snip-
Gabriel Sherman, national affairs editor at New York magazine, called the phrase a "chilling" example of "full-on dictator speak".
More here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39015559
This article is going to irritate that giant, rancid circus peanut.
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,170 posts)QC
(26,371 posts)so it makes sense that communist denunciations would be part of his political vocabulary.
How long before th e running dogs of imperialism make an appearance.
meow2u3
(24,772 posts)But he's really a Stalinist. His goal is to commit a genocide that would make the Holocaust look like child's play.
QC
(26,371 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,170 posts)how long will it be before Trump's MAGAts start taking shots at reporters and federal judges?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)some inane reason he declares martial law across the US.
LudwigPastorius
(9,170 posts)or two Supreme Court appointments.
northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)words to save
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)Keep reporting the truth, BBC.
I totally trust the BBC (and ITN) over #45. They know telling the truth works, they've been doing it longer than #45 has been alive. Telling the truth, even if it wasn't favourable to the British Government has worked for the BBC. It best Goebbels in WW2. When the Soviet Union fell, Gorbachev was detained for a while; he kept up to date via BBC Russian Service... He said BBC was credible.
Bad news for #45 is that in 4, 8, more years time BBC will still be there. He will eventually leave office. Eventually people will figure out the truth, even the supporters of Agent Orange.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Unfortunately, 45 and his ship of fools will never see or hear of it