Trump supporters don't want to talk about Trump

[Dill]

(05-14-2018, 08:22 PM)hollodero Wrote: . . . , it also paints a dire picture of muslims as a whole. Hard to believe this doesn't have consequences for all muslims in the US and elsewhere. Creating hatred is not trivial and unimportant.

He lies about the FBI and their intentions, painting them as part of a "deep state" and repeating every lie about that. Which corrodes trust and is a major issue, isn't it?

Those two are pretty bad. But so many Trump supporters do not regard them as "lies."  Lies to us are "truth" to Trumpsters.  That is one reason why it is so hard to discuss these issues--Obama is a "liar," but not Trump, or if he is only about "small stuff," the kind of behavior some guys frequently lie to their wives about. Howz that so bad?   

And to keep such "truths" in play, he and his surrogates fog the public sphere with alternative facts. Remember Hannity's BS list of 80 things Trump accomplished in his first year? So who can tell who is really lying? The FBI, the CIA--or the Grifter known for stiffing contractors, bankruptcies, the Trump University scam, who said who knew nothing about payments to a pornstar?  

Authoritative, traditionally reliable news sources have to be "fake news" now as the president exchanges talking points every day with a right wing talk show host from the network which "speaks" to him every morning, and the character of decent people who have served their country honorably for decades--the McCains and the Muellers--has to be tarred. 


Trump's behavior is cut loose from accountability as supporters and deflectors attack his critics, painting them the source of national dysfunction.  It's just "over the top" to worry about a president with many secrets who lies every day.  Who does it really hurt if he lies about who he is, first to Melania, then to his staff, and finally to the US public? "No one, really," answer people who think he is "shaking things up" and "draining the swamp" and "getting it done" and "keeping his promises." Better than Hillary, who lied about that sniper.