Read on Twitter
Look at the date of this tweet. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/752849315094298624
Yes, reply guys, there is 'always a tweet' - but that doesn't mean such tweets should not have a further thought
The reason the date is significant is that this was how he approached the last election - same message as now, and it was effective
The inconsistency is irrelevant
The reason the date is significant is that this was how he approached the last election - same message as now, and it was effective
The inconsistency is irrelevant
The fact that, in substance, Trump is not interested in either law or order - as my quote tweet here avers - is also irrelevant
"Law and Order!" has nothing to do with law and order
It is about coercive power and who that power should be inflicted upon
It is about supremacy https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1300583924637331458
"Law and Order!" has nothing to do with law and order
It is about coercive power and who that power should be inflicted upon
It is about supremacy https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1300583924637331458
It is easy to mock Trump, and it is easy to point out the inconsistencies and the lies
But he has worked out how to get power, and you have not
Do not underestimate him
But he has worked out how to get power, and you have not
Do not underestimate him
Absolutely this
Johnson and Cummings have also worked out how to get power, and you have not https://twitter.com/JessicaMarkwel1/status/1300722131513364480
Johnson and Cummings have also worked out how to get power, and you have not https://twitter.com/JessicaMarkwel1/status/1300722131513364480
Waiting for the mass of lies absurdities and inconstancies to somehow self-implode, and thereby eject Trump or Johnson, is not going to work
The thing self-sustains
And there is not point 'matching' it, as they are better at it than you
The thing has to defeated some other way
The thing self-sustains
And there is not point 'matching' it, as they are better at it than you
The thing has to defeated some other way
And that defeat must be political and electoral
Looking to the courts or to special counsel investigations is wishful thinking - lawyers and judges are many things but they are not fairy godmothers
Looking to the courts or to special counsel investigations is wishful thinking - lawyers and judges are many things but they are not fairy godmothers
Pointing out lies and so on will not work when a sufficient number of voters do not mind being lied to
And so the daunting task is get enough voters to care that they are being lied to
To care about law and order, and not "Law and Order!"
And that ain't going to be easy
/end
And so the daunting task is get enough voters to care that they are being lied to
To care about law and order, and not "Law and Order!"
And that ain't going to be easy
/end
ps
This thread from medieval historian @prof_gabriele makes the same points better and in a different way
ht @frogfather https://twitter.com/prof_gabriele/status/1300806172761563139
This thread from medieval historian @prof_gabriele makes the same points better and in a different way
ht @frogfather https://twitter.com/prof_gabriele/status/1300806172761563139
