Trump's the sort of guy who loves violence so long as he's far removed from it. Like all weak men, he punches down and kisses up. The same can be said for his coke-addled failson and the likes of Charlie Kirk. Unfortunately, there's no mechanism for accountability for bad acts in the public square.
Trump's the sort of guy who loves violence so long as he's far removed from it. Like all weak men, he punches down and kisses up. The same can be said for his coke-addled failson and the likes of Charlie Kirk. Unfortunately, there's no mechanism for accountability for bad acts in the public square.
Your last sentence - not any more. Even 10 years ago, a fraudster like Santos would be driven from office by his own constituents so fast he wouldn't know what happened. Now? McCarthy bows before him.
Violence - seeing it in movies/TV, thinking about it, reading about it, writing about it - is an aphrodisiac, a turn-on for many, men and women, as movie-makers have long figured out as our movies/TV, etc. have become saturated with violence, blood and gore. Is it any wonder that in the minds of too many like Trump and his Pets it becomes accepted? Of course, when it attacks them - that's another issue.
Yeah, that's a good point, and I'm a bit guilty of digging violence in movies and video games. I'm a big fan of Grand Theft Auto V, and if I want to roam the map instead of doing missions, I just usually cause as much destruction as I can. But GTA V isn't the real world. I would never think of tossing a grenade at another car, for example. The reason that Trump and his "pets" have a violence-induced chubby is because they'll never have to experience the consequences of advocating something so reprehensible in the public square. We know Trump is a coward; look at how he groveled for Putin in Helsinki a few years back. The dude's never been in a bar fight.
Honestly, something has to change in the culture, but I don't know how to achieve that without making things worse.
Trump's the sort of guy who loves violence so long as he's far removed from it. Like all weak men, he punches down and kisses up. The same can be said for his coke-addled failson and the likes of Charlie Kirk. Unfortunately, there's no mechanism for accountability for bad acts in the public square.
Your last sentence - not any more. Even 10 years ago, a fraudster like Santos would be driven from office by his own constituents so fast he wouldn't know what happened. Now? McCarthy bows before him.
Yup, and now we're seeing the consequence of having a culture of zero accountability.
"Coke-addled failson" definitely wins Comment of the Day!
Violence - seeing it in movies/TV, thinking about it, reading about it, writing about it - is an aphrodisiac, a turn-on for many, men and women, as movie-makers have long figured out as our movies/TV, etc. have become saturated with violence, blood and gore. Is it any wonder that in the minds of too many like Trump and his Pets it becomes accepted? Of course, when it attacks them - that's another issue.
Yeah, that's a good point, and I'm a bit guilty of digging violence in movies and video games. I'm a big fan of Grand Theft Auto V, and if I want to roam the map instead of doing missions, I just usually cause as much destruction as I can. But GTA V isn't the real world. I would never think of tossing a grenade at another car, for example. The reason that Trump and his "pets" have a violence-induced chubby is because they'll never have to experience the consequences of advocating something so reprehensible in the public square. We know Trump is a coward; look at how he groveled for Putin in Helsinki a few years back. The dude's never been in a bar fight.
Honestly, something has to change in the culture, but I don't know how to achieve that without making things worse.