19-08-2017, 20:10
(19-08-2017, 19:42)hibeejim21 Wrote:(19-08-2017, 01:59)St Charles Owl Wrote:(18-08-2017, 11:38)hibeejim21 Wrote: If the american's want to back trump and his quasi fascist policies then they are even stupider than I thought. Ultimately it will be them that suffer the brunt of his actions,just as it was his kind that caused their dissatisfaction in the first place.
America doesn't need to be "great" again. That the biggest lie that orange faced, snake oil salesman is selling, America IS great. Its him that's making it not great,by believing or at least endorsing the idea that anti-fascism or anti-racism is another side of the coin from fascism and racism. It's a stunning new low for the US and modern democracy
What policies?? He has yet to really lay out any policies and what he has tried to do such as healthcare reform has failed. Trump might well be a fascist/racist but most of the policies he talks about changing or implementing are right out of the republican handbook. He really has no far right policies, but he does have a ton of far right rhetoric, and that is what is bogging him down currently.
As regards making America great again, you are right, its not needed. The military in particular have been annoyed with this especially when he would talk about how poor they have become, this is hy so far the military have not sided with him on a number of things.
Policies like banning muslims from entering the US. Those kind of policies.... far right policies.
Had it actually been a ban on all Muslims then I might agree but that is a Republican policy in the wake of terrorist attacks and trump wasn't the only candidate calling for that. It ended up being watered down by the courts and in reality probably means little to the countries affected by it because those with visas and the requisite background checks are still being admitted.
The far right have certainly been given their voice by Trump but they are currently being drowned out by the rest at the moment and long may that continue. A far right rally in Boston by a few hundred has been met by an opposing rally numbering a few thousand, we will continue to see that. The vast majority of americans are not right wing supremacists, there are enough of them to keep challenging them thats for sure, but this wasn't the group that voted Trump in and they continue to be too small to be relevant at the ballot box but must remain being challenged by civilized society at every opportunity.