Comments on: Trump's Xenophobia Is Nothing New http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/12/18/trumps-xenophobia-is-nothing-new/ Reality-based political commentary Tue, 05 May 2026 04:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/12/18/trumps-xenophobia-is-nothing-new/#comment-205516 nypoet22 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:51:25 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24461#comment-205516 @stucki, there's no doubt that it works. we also know HOW it works. <blockquote> "Those," I said, "are the words of my friend the baker. ‘One had no time to think. There was so much going on.’" "Your friend the baker was right," said my colleague. "The dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting. It provided an excuse not to think for people who did not want to think anyway. Milton Mayer - They Thought They Were Free</blockquote> @stucki,

there's no doubt that it works. we also know HOW it works.

"Those," I said, "are the words of my friend the baker. ‘One had no time to think. There was so much going on.’"

"Your friend the baker was right," said my colleague. "The dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting. It provided an excuse not to think for people who did not want to think anyway.
Milton Mayer - They Thought They Were Free

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/12/18/trumps-xenophobia-is-nothing-new/#comment-205514 C. R. Stucki Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:35:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24461#comment-205514 Worth mentioning here that "Hitler-speak" worked fine for the guy who invented it (meaning he took over politically at the time). Evidemtly Trump thinks it could work again! Worth mentioning here that "Hitler-speak" worked fine for the guy who invented it (meaning he took over politically at the time).

Evidemtly Trump thinks it could work again!

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/12/18/trumps-xenophobia-is-nothing-new/#comment-205510 MtnCaddy Tue, 19 Dec 2023 06:33:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24461#comment-205510 IMO that’s why team Biden isn’t sweating it like so many hand-wringing soil themselves Democrats. Don’t forget that Joe has politically owned the Repugs since before he was elected. Master politician, in action. IMO that’s why team Biden isn’t sweating it like so many hand-wringing soil themselves Democrats. Don’t forget that Joe has politically owned the Repugs since before he was elected. Master politician, in action.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/12/18/trumps-xenophobia-is-nothing-new/#comment-205509 MtnCaddy Tue, 19 Dec 2023 06:30:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24461#comment-205509 Alas, the same MSM that’s all agog of the “Presidential horse race” that won’t even begin for six months is fixating on “Trump’s Hitler-like statements” are not focused on what he wants to do if re-elected. You would think that they would have figured some of this out by now. *smh * Alas, the same MSM that’s all agog of the “Presidential horse race” that won’t even begin for six months is fixating on “Trump’s Hitler-like statements” are not focused on what he wants to do if re-elected.

You would think that they would have figured some of this out by now. *smh *

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