POST-TRUTH IS PRE-FASCISM
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Posted:Jan 17, 2020 4:24 pm
Last Updated:Feb 13, 2021 2:10 pm 5696 Views
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From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" by Hannah Arendt 1958
Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion,facts depend entirely on the power of a man to fabricate it."
and..."The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between true and false (ie, the standards of thought) no longer exist.".......
"Trump's refusal to admit the truth of widely accepted fact erodes political discourse and is consistent with the practice of authoritarian leaders. The assertion of the power to dictate reality by ignoring inconvenient facts is destructive of democratic governance. False statements about politics and policy strike at the very heart of democracy. If there are no agreed-upon facts, then it becomes impossible for people to make judgments about the government or hold it accountable.".
From "On Tyranny", Timothy Snyder argued:...
"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no can criticize power, because there is no basis on which do so........"..
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YOU"LL HAVE TO ASK MY LAWYER......
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Posted:Jan 15, 2020 6:57 pm
Last Updated:Apr 22, 2020 6:04 pm 5243 Views
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Remember when Trump was getting on his plane and a reporter asked him if he knew Stormy Daniels and the payment to her......and he said "No, I don't know her or anything about any payment.....you'll have to ask Micheal Cohen about that....he's my lawyer."
Yesterday, under similar circumstances Trump was asked about Parnas and the papers that have come to light about Trump's in the Ukraine debacle and he said almost exactly the thing in exactly the way, facial expression, gesture, tone of voice......"No, I don't know anything about that, I don't know Lev Parnas, you'll have to ask Rudy Guliani, he's my lawyer"
Seems Trump just knocked that commandment about not bearing false witness right out of the ballpark..... so far that those Trump supporting Evangelicals can't find it.....
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MIKE PENCE
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Posted:Jan 10, 2020 12:31 pm
Last Updated:Jan 1, 2022 12:52 pm 4544 Views
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Mike Pence's delivery is always the same.....He looks and sounds like he is telling a lie to protect them from reality......You know the stuff....".I'm so sorry your isn't here anymore... she's fine.....in fact, she is much happier in her new life. The veterinarian said living in the city is bad for her health, so and I decided to send her to a farm where she can play with the other and run around as much as she likes...".....Look at his face when he's talking.....he is always telling you that something is sad but done for your own good people who know better than you........He's a farce.... ...
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HOW I LEARNED TO SKI.....
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Posted:Jan 7, 2020 7:52 pm
Last Updated:Jan 1, 2022 1:00 pm 4947 Views
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My first 10 years were spent 15 kilometers South of the Arctic Circle. Snow was our friend and skiis and "spark'......a kind of stand-up sled were our transportation....I skiied to school every Winter day.....
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