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Orsino

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6. Trump is the fulfillment of a toxic subset of American values.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 08:59 AM

Mar 2018

The notion that a rich white man is better than anyone else, and ought to be allowed to do as he pleases with or to anyone else, is an old, old principle near and dear to too many Americans.

It has always implied a lack of consequences for anything up to and including the current toddler rage ruling the Executive Branch (and poisoning the other two).

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Biden: Trump 'dumbs down' American values [View all] DonViejo Mar 2018 OP

He promotes the values that deaden the sensibilities of a great Democracy. Mc Mike Mar 2018 #1

That's far too light a condemnation RandomAccess Mar 2018 #2

No, they have been systematically dumbed down for decades... dogknob Mar 2018 #3

True 'dat. SergeStorms Mar 2018 #4

Thanks to Fox News MissMillie Mar 2018 #5

Trump is the fulfillment of a toxic subset of American values. Orsino Mar 2018 #6