Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Monday, June 9, 2025

A comparison -- meaningful or not, helpful or not?

One can just feel a slow awakening among some people. Comparisons are bound to be made. I've already made this comparison and come to the same conclusion this one does. 

But is it too little, too late? Maybe not.




Peanut 1, possibly asserting our last, best hope: There is one big difference. Trump is older, by a lot, than Hitler was. None of his subordinates can replace him and retain the loyalties of his core voter base. It's the one reason I don't think that the US will follow the same pattern as Germany during the Nazi regime - the dear leader won't survive long enough.


Peanut 2: They only need Trump long enough for Musk, Thiel, and the like to get what they want for their dark enlightenment horseshit. Even without Trump, they'll prop up Vance long enough to get it done and then depose them all.


Peanut 3, asserting a very familiar feeling: I wish I could go back to every one of those [expletive deleted] who said I was overreacting during Trump's first term. Some of 'em are still saying it. Fuck.


Peanut 4, asserting a discomforting truth: Don't forget: The US hosted fucking Nazi rallies in New York. There were a lot of fascists here in the US for a long time. We didn't ever defeat the fascists in WWII. They just went underground.