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Is Donald Trump Creating a Mafia-Like Culture of Thug-followers?
Constitution.com ^ | March 14, 2016 | Rob Knowles

Posted on 03/14/2016 7:56:18 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’ve reached a breaking point with those who continue to defend Donald Trump’s endless brutishness.

If you went back in time a year, and asked Trump supporters if they would ever vote for a man who made fun of POWs, mocked the physically handicapped, compared another candidate to a child molester, and shifted positions as frequently as a fat guy in a church pew, they would have likely said “No.”

How did we get here? How did we get to a place where Trump’s rhetoric and behavior is not only accepted, but emulated?

Donald Trump is a master manipulator. He came on the scene as a single issue candidate, with no other discernible positions. This was a necessity, because it allowed voters to fill in the rest with their own magic markers; the needs and ideas of millions of voters built Donald Trump from scratch. That’s why attributing any coherent policy position to the man is like trying to nail jello to a wall. His deliberately ambiguous and transitory rhetoric acts as a sort of scaffolding upon which anything can be built. This is a dangerous thing when you have an incredibly angry electorate.

When you pour yourself into an empty vessel, that vessel becomes personally linked to you. It harbors your needs, wants, and ideals in a way that nothing else can. Ultimately, what people see in Trump is their own reflection. When you see yourself in such a candidate, you’re much more likely to justify, defend, and even emulate their behavior–no matter how deplorable.

Given this, it comes as no surprise that we’re beginning to see violence at Trump rallies. Donald himself has made numerous comments passively or directly condoning violence against those who defy him.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; election2016; groupthink; gruppendenken; mobrule; specialsnowflakes; thuggery; violence
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To: LibFreeUSA

No. You didn’t understand the slogan. It’s Make America Trump Again.


61 posted on 03/14/2016 8:10:01 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“and shifted positions as frequently as a fat guy in a church pew...”

Yep. Written by a real sensitive fellow.


62 posted on 03/14/2016 8:10:32 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Where the Hell do you put the bayonet?" - Gen. "Chesty" Puller, at a flamethrower demonstration.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Monday its brown button down with heavy starch then just like that, Tuesday morning first thing they want you in a suit and vest with a matching fedora!


63 posted on 03/14/2016 8:10:33 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: altura

It is beautiful to finally be fighting back against the Evil Left.

Whether you realize it or not, they have been at war with us since the 60s.


64 posted on 03/14/2016 8:10:53 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Is that...Mormon underwear?

Or are you a good old-fashioned Cruz fan?

I ask because Romney has started doing Robocalls in FL and OH; and has started doing appearances with Kasich.

65 posted on 03/14/2016 8:11:02 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: altura

Make America Trump.


66 posted on 03/14/2016 8:12:13 PM PDT by glock rocks (TTTT !)
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To: Duchess47

A large following of oath keepers still sounds cultish.


67 posted on 03/14/2016 8:12:16 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Some of us actually enjoy and appreciate being able to be supported while standing up to those who seek to take everything from us that we hold close.

I have no interest in being the last in line to be eaten by the crocodile.

68 posted on 03/14/2016 8:13:14 PM PDT by Solson (Trump plays to win. Deal with it.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Good grief...more GOP sniveling.


69 posted on 03/14/2016 8:13:55 PM PDT by roses of sharon ("Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43)
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To: livius
So how much money did Trump pay them to make a show of busting up the meeting?

And yet some wonder why Cruz supporters are losing respect around here.

70 posted on 03/14/2016 8:14:12 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks


71 posted on 03/14/2016 8:14:38 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I’ve reached a breaking point with those who continue to defend Donald Trump’s endless brutishness.

"You brute...You brute....You vicious brute!"

72 posted on 03/14/2016 8:14:46 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I support Cruz. I know it’s a longshot for him to win the nomination, but I still hold out hope. If he does win, he’s going to need a good share to the Trump voters to beat Hillary. I think it’s stupid to call them thugs, and then hope they vote for Cruz.


73 posted on 03/14/2016 8:14:49 PM PDT by Big E
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To: livius

Livius home page: I’m a Spanish legal translator by profession and live in St Augustine, Florida.


74 posted on 03/14/2016 8:14:50 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (I am just another low info/stupid and evil Trump supporter wanting to select my candidate!)
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To: pilgrim
“Videos in original. Donning asbestos underwear now.”

Chicken!

I have sensitive skin.

75 posted on 03/14/2016 8:15:15 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Stick a fork in America; she's done.)
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To: Talisker

“Get the hell out”

Way to go. You get the Trump seal of approval.

Why don’t you go ahead and threaten to punch him out if he keeps on posting.


76 posted on 03/14/2016 8:15:26 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: altura
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77 posted on 03/14/2016 8:16:12 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Donald Trump has the vim and vigor and attitude of the tough people that made this country work. We supporters like Trump's brashness and understand that establishment politicians need to bashed and trashed from here to kingdom come for the damage they have inflicted on our once great country.

If it ruffles your conservative feathers too effin bad. You can always vote for Hillary.

78 posted on 03/14/2016 8:17:12 PM PDT by WRhine
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To: Mozilla

That’s what Trump did to Ben Carson apparently.

Made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Ben will have a high position in the Trump administration.

I told Ben to get it in writing.


79 posted on 03/14/2016 8:17:18 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It’s an amusing irony that this misleading, anti-free speech article was written on a site entitled constitution.org.


80 posted on 03/14/2016 8:18:00 PM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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