MichaelJ
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I did not vote for Trump nor Hillary in 2016 and can not in good conscience vote for any Democrat currently on the stage eligible to be the nominee. The political correctness of this country has become a cancer that immediately threatens the most important amendment to our constitution, the right to free speech (much like in the book 1984 where the government and, yes government controlled media, determines what the "truth" is). People today who do not adhere to liberal ideology are not even allowed to speak on college campuses in a lot of cases or are ridiculed as being rednecks, stupid, uneducated, evil or just fascists in most cases. ( and mea culpa here, I am basically a Conservative)
Also, Hitler is being inaccurately portrayed in this thread by some and does not represent the actual "truth"of history. He came to power because of a hated treaty, ethnic hatred, and the promise to represent the workers by putting them back to work after a hyper inflationary period caused by the Great Depression and by government ownership of industry (hence the socialism part of the Nazi party). He was nothing more than a dictator/fascist who coalesced truly desperate people by uniting them in common hatreds of the Jews, the Versailles treaty, Democracy, or the rich "barons" and not just by having control of the "good press". BTW, first 2 things he did was to start burning Bibles and a lot of great literary tomes (and substitute Mein Kampf for them) and confiscate guns. Yes he also poured money into the Nazi friendly or wholly owned newspapers of the time who most all towed the party line.
Trump is divisive no doubt, but no more than Obama was, it is just people will not admit it from either one. To those who say Trump supporters would eat dog crap if he told them to, some would, but some others here would not acknowledge/credit him if he cured heart disease. Believe it or not, there is a middle ground here (and in this country) of people who will likely vote for Trump but realize he is far from perfect and makes many mistakes that make them cringe at times. Regardless of who is elected President this year, it is going to be of a very divided country with major economic issues to face in the coming years. If we don't face and try to fix them now, then another dictator like Hitler or Stalin could well come to power here in the next 20 or so years. As so often enumerated on this thread, neither the Trump haters nor the Trump lovers will change the others minds.
Also, Hitler is being inaccurately portrayed in this thread by some and does not represent the actual "truth"of history. He came to power because of a hated treaty, ethnic hatred, and the promise to represent the workers by putting them back to work after a hyper inflationary period caused by the Great Depression and by government ownership of industry (hence the socialism part of the Nazi party). He was nothing more than a dictator/fascist who coalesced truly desperate people by uniting them in common hatreds of the Jews, the Versailles treaty, Democracy, or the rich "barons" and not just by having control of the "good press". BTW, first 2 things he did was to start burning Bibles and a lot of great literary tomes (and substitute Mein Kampf for them) and confiscate guns. Yes he also poured money into the Nazi friendly or wholly owned newspapers of the time who most all towed the party line.
Trump is divisive no doubt, but no more than Obama was, it is just people will not admit it from either one. To those who say Trump supporters would eat dog crap if he told them to, some would, but some others here would not acknowledge/credit him if he cured heart disease. Believe it or not, there is a middle ground here (and in this country) of people who will likely vote for Trump but realize he is far from perfect and makes many mistakes that make them cringe at times. Regardless of who is elected President this year, it is going to be of a very divided country with major economic issues to face in the coming years. If we don't face and try to fix them now, then another dictator like Hitler or Stalin could well come to power here in the next 20 or so years. As so often enumerated on this thread, neither the Trump haters nor the Trump lovers will change the others minds.