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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 03:25 PM Aug 2016

I'm not sure which frightens me more,...

That Trump would claim that Obama was "literally" the founder of ISIS or that the American people are so completely stupid that the media feels it is necessary to consistently remind us that he didn't?

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I'm not sure which frightens me more,... (Original Post) MohRokTah Aug 2016 OP
The stupidity of the populace worries me more... Moostache Aug 2016 #1
So true - what scares me the most - asiliveandbreathe Aug 2016 #2
We're not so COMPLETELY stupid. :) Hortensis Aug 2016 #3

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
1. The stupidity of the populace worries me more...
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 03:30 PM
Aug 2016

There are always going to be populists and carnival barkers, always have been and always will be.

The fact that so many of the disaffected and impoverished are drawn to his lies and bluster is truly scary.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
2. So true - what scares me the most -
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 03:37 PM
Aug 2016

the RNC, and their members in congress and elsewhere, continue to allow all this hate and bigotry and lies...to permeate through our beautiful country...exposing the underbelly of our society, this is NOT good..especially when WE KNOW there are lone wolves among us....

Why are they letting this go on..party before American people? - The media - the almighty dollar?? - We need to demand trump be stopped now...the powers to be - need to replace him with a more sane person...for the safety of all - but then, you could say - that would cause even more trouble, I suppose his followers - who knows what they would do...like a rock and a hard place I guess...

I have no answers..

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. We're not so COMPLETELY stupid. :)
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 08:02 PM
Aug 2016

Be afraid instead of the reasons why perhaps 20% of conservatives know Trump is a scarily dysfunctional buffoon but still feel voting for him is preferable to voting for any Democrat. Not all conspiracy theories are whackadoodle. Sometimes they're real.

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