Excruciating! #Trump's Endlessly Long, Wildly #Dishonest #RNC Speech
Donald Trump briefly tried a "new tone" — before pivoting to Hannibal Lecter, "crazy" Pelosi, #insurrection #lies & more of his greatest hits.
#Racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #misogyny #Authoritarianism #Tyranny #Autocracy #democracy #BidenHarris2024
"See the Reichstag fire; or Mussolini’s use of street violence; or the American tradition of bloody-shirt politics. This is what authoritarian movements do. They promote violence and chaos—and then use the spread of violence as a justification for their illiberal aims."
"Authoritarian movements thrive on political violence for a number of reasons.
1. It intimidates ordinary people who might otherwise resist.
2. It destabilizes institutions that are supposed to act as guardrails.
3. Because authoritarian movements are not bound by honor or norms, they can exploit any violence for their own ends.
4. Chaos is a ladder."
~ Jonathan V. Last