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Is America no longer "the great melting pot"?
 Edmund Burke is often quoted as saying that all it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. Conservatives are silent as Trump's tweet telling women of color to go back to their ancestor's country amplifies the sort of thing that people like David Duke and the Klan have been saying forever. It's just as explicitly racist and fascist as was his "very fine people on both sides" comment. Now the leader of the Republican Party is not just saying things like this repeatedly, but doubling down on them. Has the GOP now moved so far to the right that this will get Trump re-elected? And, if so, does this mean the end of the American Experiment of the "great melting pot"? -Thom |
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Social Media Has Created the "Hive Mind" & Let It Loose Into America
America has always been a racist country, but until recently (in the modern era) we didn't discuss it in "polite" company. Now, social media has created a "hive mind" among us, so the racism that was always there is clear and obvious. And Trump knows it, and is using it to connect with others in his part of the hive. Making things worse, the algorithms the social media companies use cause everybody to think their own part of the hive is larger and more "real" than it is, so it actually does get amplified as it brings in "the unconverted" - people who would previously have rejected such thinking or speaking. This is how the racists, misogynists, homophobes, and other bigots have so rapidly acquired both power and platforms for their hateful speech. -Thom |
Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: What do we do about Republicans who are silent as Trump tweets like David Duke? Has the Republican base and Fox News moved so far to the right that this a winning strategy for Trump?
Tweet: " So interesting to see "Progressive" Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......" by Donald J. Trump. Tweet: " ....and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how...." by Donald J. Trump. Tweet: " ....it is done. These places need your help badly, you can't leave fast enough. I'm sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!" by Donald J. Trump. Tweet: " 1/ Here at @ProPublica, we've been documenting hate incidents using tips from the public. It turns out that "go back to your country" or "go back to [X] country" is one of the most common phrases we've identified in the @DocumentHate tips database." by ProPublica. Tweet: " When will the Radical Left Congresswomen apologize to our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said. So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!" by Donald J. Trump. Tweet: " If Democrats want to unite around the foul language & racist hatred spewed from the mouths and actions of these very unpopular & unrepresentative Congresswomen, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. I can tell you that they have made Israel feel abandoned by the U.S." by Donald J. Trump.
Is America no longer "the great melting pot"?
Quote: " The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing" - attributed to Edmund Burke.
Social Media Has Created the "Hive Mind" & Let It Loose Into America
Hour Two: the Squad was right about the immigration bill that Pelosi pushed. And Latinos across America were terrified this weekend because the media bought into Trump's hype of raids that were, according to NPR, "perfectly normal." How do Democrats talk about this?
Quote: " you also had people that were very fine people on both sides" - Donald Trump.
Tweet: " I will again, this month, bring impeachment to a vote on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for bigotry in policy, harmful to our society. #RacistPresident #ImpeachNow https://www.facebook.com/repalgreen/videos/2302754666705828/" by Congressman Al Green. Tweet: " "High Crimes" means " any serious misuse or abuse of office" - Trump's tweets and his hateful presser today are High Crimes, worthy of impeachment. https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/High+Crimes+and+Misdemeanors" by Thom Hartmann. |
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