This sort of talk is like the last thing we need. If he actually becomes director of Homeland Security, and starts treating those who dissent Trump like terrorists, then this country might well enter into another civil war.
Obviously, I don't condone the injury of people and the destruction of property (hey fella, what did that car ever do to you?!). That's acting like savages.
I'm hoping for civilized conversations, understanding, and compromise between fellow progressives and conservatives. Guess I shouldn't get my hopes up.
quote="Codraroll, post: 7073437, member: 113666"]What can there possibly be to blackmail Trump with after all he went through in the elections? It was shown that he had evaded taxes, declared bankruptcy, scammed people, neglected to pay workers, harassed women, mocked the disabled, mocked veterans, mocked the parents of a dead veteran, conspicuously refused to show any actual evidence for his wealth, courted racists and xenophobes, publicly and repeatedly encouraged war crimes, used a charitable foundation as a personal bank acount, and bragged about being able to get away with
freaking assault. Among other things.
Any ordinary presidential campaign would have folded completely under just
one of these scandals. But Trump just shrugged and went on, and his followers cheered. "He's evaded taxes for 18 years! Legally! That's pretty clever!" Of course, half the country despised him for those actions, but that didn't stop Trump. He just ignored it, let it blow over, and now he's about to pack down crates of incredibly gaudy furniture he can bring with him to the White House in January.
What could the Russians possibly have on Trump that he'd feel threatened by? Even if they published high-definition videos of him strangling a kindergartener with his bare hands, he'd use the occasion to mock people who said he had too small hands to do that. And there would be "trumpets" in the comments sections claiming it would all be fake anyway. Trump has proven to be immune to damning evidence and conspiracy theories, so I doubt a blackmail or two would make any difference.[/quote]
Yeah, unless it was visceral enough to anger enough people to try to drag him out of office kicking and screaming, you have a point. It'd have to be very bad, like treason bad!