(06-13-2019, 09:49 AM)JaguarKick Wrote:

(06-13-2019, 09:14 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I disagree.   There was some of the normal disagreement with policies, but there was some really weird stuff, like the birtherism.  Or the book called "The Manchurian President."   Or the talk that Obama was actually a secret Muslim.  

Even my next door neighbor, a doctor, evidenced Obama derangement when he told me he thought Obama was trying to destroy the country on purpose.  My jaw hit the ground.  Seriously???  On purpose???

No, there was plenty of Obama derangement.  Maybe it's amped up some in the Trump era, but it's always been there.  And I'll bet that no matter who gets elected in 2020, it'll reach a new level.

I heard multiple people regularly claim the exact same thing.  There were cries of Sharia Law being instituted and collusion with terrorists to bring America down.  I had family members who expected him to institute martial law at the end of his second term in order to stay in power and become a dictator.

So, yeah, Republicans just have pretty short memories I guess.

Now, take the contents of these private conversations, amplify them into full-throated spittle-flecked rage that is encouraged as the prevailing view in the MSM, Hollywood, and college campuses. Then, weaponize government bureaucracies to hound political opponents and encourage conservative views to be shouted down using violence and destruction, and you can see there is no comparison between what Obama endured to what Trump supporters face.

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