Originally posted by: jstewa22
David, you must have heard what Trump said about NATO and about wishing that Putin would do whatever he wants. This wasn't fabricated, it wasn't cherry picked or taken out of context. How can you see this as anything other than throwing our NATO allies under the bus? I guess the whole isolationist, "America First" thing is appealing on the surface, but that's just not reality. FDR tried to keep us out of the European war from 1939 to 1941, but he supported England and condemned Hitler, he never said that Hitler could do whatever the hell he wanted because America comes first. What would the world have looked like if a power like the United States condoned or even remained neutral about what was going on?
And this TDS crap, it's juvenile and anyone with half a brain should be able to see right through it. "Anyone who doesn't support me, who believes the overwhelming evidence against me, has a psychiatric illness, Trump Derangement Syndrome, so being opposed to me isn't a matter of opinion, it's evidence of mental illness." How can anyone take this crap seriously?
Jstewart, you have to realize that when you're talking to David Miller, you're trying to have a rational conversation with a cult member. And like followers of Hitler, Jim Jones, Reverend Moon, etc., one required characteristic of cult members is that they believe in the absolute infallability of their dear leader and will indignantly and passionately defend him. And of course, any accusations of wrongdoing are just brushed off, often with a vicious personal attack against the accuser.
Of course, Trump's idiot statement--pulled out of his ass on a whim, like everything he says--is dangerous as well as stupid. At the very least, it will give Putin the impression that Trump, if elected, will help him crush Ukraine. And anyone who thinks that would be the end of it ignores history.
Davis knows that his cultist views are indefensible as well as irrational, so he doesn't really try to defend them. Instead, he pitches insults, makes widdle speechies ("I shall continue blah blah blah"), and yes, squawks "TDS! TDS! TDS!" whenever any of the numerous horrible faults of his cult leader are mentioned. So it's futile to try to talk to him.
What David calls "TDS" is a legitimate concern that we all have, that this awful man may somehow manage to be reelected to the most powerful office in the land. Many, many people would suffer, and many would die. That's not hyperbole.
But the greater concern is the size and power of Trump's cult. They're millions strong and seem totally unfazed by the fact that their hero is demonstrably a criminal. The existence of these people and their brainwashed behavior is a much bigger problem that that of Trump himself. If he goes away, someone else will assume the mantle of Dear Leader.