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Trumps history of downplaying sexual abuse and rape: THREAD
26 women have come forward about sexual misconduct from Donald Trump: https://www.businessinsider.com/women-accused-trump-sexual-misconduct-list-2017-12?amp
He also raped his own wife and claimed that raping your spouse is not illegal. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/the-violence-of-donald-trump-109938/amp/
Preyed upon very young women: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/a-timeline-of-donald-trumps-creepiness-while-he-owned-miss-universe-191860/amp/
A woman came forward about being raped at 13 by Trump but dropped the lawsuit due to multiple death threats from #maga and his “fans”: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/04/donald-trump-teenage-rape-accusations-lawsuit-dropped
Called Epstein a “terrific guy “although ‘likes them on the younger side” https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/trump-epstein.amp.html
Has a long history of degrading women and measuring a woman’s substance based on their looks: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/time.com/5047771/donald-trump-comments-billy-bush/%3famp=true
Paid off a pornstar he had an affair with: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/trump-financial-disclosure-form-michael-cohen-stormy-daniels-payment-2018-5%3famp
Sexualises his own daughter: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-creepiest-most-unsettling-comments-roundup-a7353876.html%3famp
If you are able to read all of this and think “they are lying”, think about how many people must be lying - perhaps an attack from the “left”? Then this is a logical fallacy - to discount them all and instead believe a “fake news” rhetoric is not new: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/opinion/hitler-speech-1919.html
What he is asking you to do, is to believe in him and him alone. Mind you, he will not provide DNA for one of his rape victims - which would ultimately clear his name.. if he didn’t do it that is.. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1131841
He is able to do this through psychological techniques that have been used in previous dictatorships: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201609/the-psychology-behind-donald-trumps-unwavering-support%3famp
Which has then morphed into an echo chamber - remembering that only he is to be trusted and no one else. This is what cults do. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-pacific-heart/201912/the-cult-trump
Using rhetoric like “radical left” and “fake news” and “lock her up!” Creates an us Vs them narrative keeping people angry - which neurologically keeps us motivated to reject anything that doesn’t reinforce those ideas: (skip to 1hr:49min)
He also uses fundamentalist Christian narratives to add a layer of “higher purpose” and a fight between “good and evil” - which can feel more exciting. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201810/how-religious-fundamentalism-hijacks-the-brain%3famp
Which can then result in full blown unsubstantiated conspiracy theories https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/akzxae/fringe-conspiracy-theorists-think-trump-is-an-immortal-alien-got-covid-as-cover-to-shapeshift
We need to increase our critical thinking. If in doubt, use Occam’s razor - the simplest rationale is usually the most true. Extraordinary claims MUST have extraordinary evidence.
