Steve Bannon.

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(02-14-2017, 02:21 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: I didn't ignore your points, you ignored mine.

Compare all you want, what I'm telling you is your comparisons are silly because it won't end with the same path as Mussolini/Hitler. We have too many Checks and Balances in the system that won't allow that type of leader to emerge.

One thing I will say is I felt like you didn't give Matt a fair shake with his response. He was comparing early behaviors rather than suggesting similar later policy or outcomes, and pointed that it is just troubling that a leader would try to do that in this country (attack the media for reporting facts, scapegoating a minority, presenting "alternative facts" that are unsubstantiated and/or blatantly false, attacking the legitimacy of the other branches, suggesting that opposition to his actions will mean our country's security is in jeopardy, engaging in personal attacks, calling for protectionist economic policies). It doesn't help that he surrounds himself with people who have ties to members of the alt-right.

Not that our system is not prepared to deal with such an unqualified and eccentric demagogue with thin skin who seems more interested in presentation than results, but it's just troubling that such a figure would be accepted as worthy enough to hold arguably the most important office in human history by a large enough segment of our population. 

I'm not going to call him Hitler. I didn't call Bush that or Obama "Mao". He's not. In fact, immigration ban aside, he has done very little as President, trailing behind Obama in terms of getting to work and mostly just signing executive orders that mostly state the position of the President but do not mandate any actual action or change to get to that position. 

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/president-trump-has-done-almost-nothing-214775?cmpid=sf

Guys on the left, tone down the Hitler talk. Guys on the right, do not normalize what behavior we have seen.