Someone said many were despondent in '16 about not having our 1st woman prez, but didn't realize how bad Trump would be. If this is true, it's a huge problem. Trump told us exactly who he was the day he called Mexicans rapists (& long before). 1/2 our problem is people choosing not to pay attention.
11:03 AM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Forget about the Central Park 5. Forget the birther B.S Forget all that but when you declared bankruptcy multiple times, bankrupt casinos and a professional football league are the 2 things in America that print money... What the hell did anyone think would happen if this MORON got power?
07:37 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Thank you Kyle. Those who claim they didn't know are even worse than those who came right out and admitted they were going to throw us all under the bus for their own selfish tantrums.
07:34 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
I feel like a 3rd party or write in votes also played a part. If those votes went to H.C. maybe the results would've been better.
The media/polls sure maybe it seems like H.C. had it locked in. That's why don't listen to either and #VoteSmart .
The media/polls sure maybe it seems like H.C. had it locked in. That's why don't listen to either and #VoteSmart .
07:19 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
I think it’s not not paying attention. I think it’s not caring. Character has been manipulated and we are all responsible for sitting back and watching rather than acting . Democracy is work. It’s holding people accountable. It’s forcing our laws to be enforced. We’ve had it to good. The war is now.
03:49 PM - Dec 12, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
I was in shock, tears & anger.I went 2 bed that night in disbelief. I couldn't believe that vile a-hole had won. I knew he'd be bad. I just couldn't believe so many people who should have stopped his worst impulses didn't.The guardrails held. But,just barely. I think a 2nd GOP would be catastrophic.
01:38 AM - Aug 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
As a New Yorker I knew he was a pathetic joke since I was a teen in the 80s. What has been stunning and horrifying is how the country could have gotten behind him in any capacity - let alone the entire GOP. Countless people have obviously broken the law for him. White supremacy, is a hella drug.
10:05 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Evolve Undefined.
My rule of thumb: when things don't seem to make sense (like people's support for one such as Tr*mp), see if White supremacy makes it make sense. All too often, it does. White supremacy is America's Allen wrench; it "fixes" just about everything.
12:13 AM - Aug 18, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Day 1. I knew. Never really paid as much attention to politics until him. I though he would start world war three and kill a lot of people. I was half right. I lost a lot of friends and family over him but I have found new ones and I don't miss them. I literally hate him and I don't hate.
08:42 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Alice EDUCATION MATTERS.
He's so loathsome. I'm not a hater either, but I do hate him. An evil man.
11:26 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
If the Trump MAGA cult happens to pull out a Trump win in 2024 it will prove the majority of voters want a fascist, white supremist, 78-time (and counting) indicted criminal felon in the White House. The country would soon become a fascist dictatorship. If we don't vote we will have it coming.
03:11 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
I knew he was going to be a shitshow, but I didn't anticipate the criming. The grifting, yes, because that is who he is. The outright assault on democracy, no.
03:08 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
I call bull shyte. The man was very vocal about who he is, so if you voted for that trash anyway, it's because you felt the same way he did. He was very open with his racism, bigotry, and sexism, so voting for him meant you have the same feelings.
01:41 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
They were paying attention. They heard exactly what was said and it was what they wanted. Getting back to white supremacist "normalcy" after 8 years of an intelligent, caring, cultured Black man.
01:30 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
When Trump wasn't kicked off the campaign trail for mocking a disabled reporter, when he was caught on tape saying he grabs women inappropriately. On the RNC debate stage he verbally insulted and attacked other candidates. Spewed lies and hatred, it was clear to anyone who listened.
01:13 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Tynisa Woke Witch Gen X Walker.
He was asked if Japan should be allowed nukes, he said yes. Months later said no, then denied ever saying yes. His base said that didnt matter. The fact that they were so quick to shrug off lies along with him made things clear that he was a timebomb.
01:30 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Tr*mp ran on white supremacy, misogyny & hatred. Many folks preferred that over a Black male, or female president. Full 🛑. I live in a “blue” state and can recall family/friends who seemed to support him, but were unusually silent about it. We all knew what “MAGA” really meant. Some are ok with it.
12:40 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to 💜 Callie 💜.
I had friends of over 30 years who mocked him and said what a joke he was, and then turned around and voted for him. Every single one of them now openly support him and won't hear anything against him. It's been really difficult trying to come to terms with that.
01:10 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to 💜 Callie 💜.
💯 it was obvious to me then, but it should be more obvious to EVERYONE now- they are not even pretending anymore… all they have to campaign on is the hatred and cruelty it takes to support white cis-het male supremacy. People will still vote for it. We outnumber them and we need to VOTE
10:13 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Literally the entire NYC Metro region was screaming about how awful he is. We knew. Nobody listened.
12:38 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
I feared for the damage he would do.
People tried to tell me that republicans in senate would stop him. I told them they are blind to reality
People tried to tell me that republicans in senate would stop him. I told them they are blind to reality
12:33 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Jack Mcgraw.
They see it they just reject it and substitute their own warped sense of reality because they want it and need it to be true for their fragile ego, to fill their coffers, and to sustain their fragile power they don't deserve in the first place!
12:40 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
How can this be true? My heart sank, my stomach was sick and remained that way during the entire time TFG was in office.
12:32 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
He told us who he was in the ‘80s. Then NBC made us forget.
12:29 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Bruno+Auggie’s Dad.
Don't forget:
2016:
Leslie Moonves on Donald Trump: “It May Not Be Good for America, but It’s Damn Good for CBS”
"Most of the ads are not about issues. They're sort of like the debates," the CBS CEO said.
2016:
Leslie Moonves on Donald Trump: “It May Not Be Good for America, but It’s Damn Good for CBS”
"Most of the ads are not about issues. They're sort of like the debates," the CBS CEO said.
12:38 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
I’ve been disappointed - sometimes deeply so - after republicans won various presidential elections, but I cried like a baby for days after trump won. As a professor who had conducted research on psychopathy, I knew exactly what we were getting with trump and it terrified me to my core.
12:22 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Renae Duncan.
I vomited immediately when Pence took the stage for his victory speech. I didn’t make it back to the TV in time to see what Trump had to say. Yeah, I knew. It wasn’t just about Hilary losing — it was knowing exactly how screwed this country was about to be.
03:37 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
New Yorkers knew. We'd known who he really was since the 70s. We kept trying to tell people, but some thought we were exaggerating -- and others don't like New York. "Oh, he can't be that bad," they said.
Still others really believed in what he said. And they are dangerous.
Still others really believed in what he said. And they are dangerous.
12:17 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to ecsbrooklyn.
Wall Street even knew and would not make loans. He was a laughingstock.
"But he is a billionaire so he must be good at business" - freaking ignorant people.
"But he is a billionaire so he must be good at business" - freaking ignorant people.
12:40 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
People were either fooling themselves or deep inside okay with some of that garbage.
12:06 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to jpneedleman.
Absolutely. Both – you need a reason to want to fool yourself.
12:07 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
There are reasons why people choose to not pay attention and reasons that they don't pay attention that are not (or much less) a matter of conscious choice. Bad actor manipulations aside, *how* good faith efforts to get them to pay attention are presented matters--psychologically.
#PotentialPitfalls
#PotentialPitfalls
12:06 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
It was a (consequential) problem, less "huge" now by way of the widespread--and ongoing--consequences, both negative and positive. The Biden-Harris administration and many state and local governments are making it both easier to pay attention and less negatively consequential not to.
#diligence
#diligence
11:59 AM - Aug 17, 2023
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In response to Happy4uu&u.
Yup
The media owners DGAF about democracy, they're fine with autocracy (falsely thinking they won't be the first against the wall). NYT has framed autocracy as un-threatening at least back to Hitler
They just want coverage of a horse-race, not the truth, the race sells more papers than truth
The media owners DGAF about democracy, they're fine with autocracy (falsely thinking they won't be the first against the wall). NYT has framed autocracy as un-threatening at least back to Hitler
They just want coverage of a horse-race, not the truth, the race sells more papers than truth
12:41 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Happy4uu&u.
Degenerate is the perfect term for this individual. Nailed it.
12:47 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
People act like all of sudden trump changed when he ran for president. Pleez.
11:54 AM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Myra Faye Turner.
Yup. And he was elected because a lot of people knew exactly who he was and loved it.
11:54 AM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
When I read in Mary Trump's book that The Donald had punched his teacher in the face back in 3rd grade, I realized he had been an out of control one-person crime wave his whole life. Coddled by his father and fine-tuned by Roy Cohn, Donald was meant to crime and cause chaos. He lives for it.
11:51 AM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to PAUL.
Remember the psychiatrist who published on his violence? His mother died at 2, & his father withheld affection & raised him to be a "killer." https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/donald-trump-violence-mental-health-dangerous-jan-6-fbi...
12:08 PM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Even if I wasn't the son of Mexican immigrants, any political candidate who starts their campaign by making an enemy of any ethnic or religious group is a dangerous wannabe tyrant. Whether it's Jews, Mexicans, Muslims, Black people, whatever, the formula has been repeated over and over.
11:47 AM - Aug 17, 2023
In response to Bad Hombre Resistor.
Absolutely. And if they do it with one group they will do it with all of them.
11:49 AM - Aug 17, 2023
