This Is How Democracies Die

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(01-25-2018, 05:02 PM)hollodero Wrote: Yeah that's what this looks like to me from the distance. Spooky and maybe even dangerous.

Especially the polarisation part seems fitting. Again from the distance I see people go through remarkable lengths to be on Trump's side, remarkably willing to discredit law enforcement, journalists and such, and/or remarkably reluctant to stand up and speak out against Trump, and/or even remarkably willing to spin false narratives, lie and do embarrassing stuff to aid and defend Trump. Holding the fort against the other side takes precedence over quite a troubling lot of things. 
In a climate like this, the question what would finally be intolerable might have a frightening answer.

Two cents given, thanks for sharing.

Honestly, I've seen it go both ways.

With Trump, you have supporters that will support him no matter what bad things he's done/will do but you also have detractors that will hate him no matter what good things he's done/will do.

I've seen it with Obama and with George W. Bush and I can only guess that it was happening with Clinton and probably Reagan as well (didn't really get into politics into 'Dub ya').

I think it's the fact that both sides can be so intractable and set in their ways and convinced the problem lies with the "other side" that is one of the greatest barriers to getting America to be the country it could be.