(12-18-2024, 08:40 PM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote:

(12-18-2024, 07:24 PM)mikesez Wrote: I wanted to revisit this.  I've been on this board for 6 years trying to get Trump supporters to admit how dangerous he is.  I'm making significant progress, actually.

My first post here was trying to show you that Trump's claim that "they spied on my campaign" was a carefully engineered, insidious lie designed to make you think that a line had been crossed.  Trump didn't actually feel like a victim himself, he just wanted you to give him permission to cross lines as he retaliated.  It's his whole pattern.  Wah wah I'm a victim, you're a victim, we're all victims, now give me unlimited power.  Now look the other way while I try to entangle vulnerable foreign governments in my personal and partisan schemes.

I think L2L is starting to get it.  There's hope for the rest of you, maybe.

Except he’s not talking about Trump, but in his words “Trump sycophants”. So you might want to put a pause on the self congratulatory back pats for the time being.

I said he's starting to get it, not that he gets it. 
He sees the opportunity out there for an authoritatarian. 
He sees the many people who want Trump to exploit that opportunity. 
He knows it would be bad for almost everybody if Trump became like a king. 
But he still refuses to see the evidence that Trump wants to be that guy, that he's trying to be that guy. He still insists that it's just theater and New York style exaggeration. 
But still he's made more progress in his perception than the rest of you.

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