Donald Trump’s campaign spokesman defended Trump using “vermin” to describe his enemies, while historians compared his language to Hitler, Mousselini.

  • @grue
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    341 year ago

    The difference is that Trump has an (increasingly literal) army of thugs ready and raring to inflict violence on us “vermin,” and you don’t. Trump is not just “calling [people] names;” he’s making credible threats.

    Anybody who tries to minimize this with false equivalences is either dangerously naive or spreading disinformation.

    • @carl_dungeon
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      101 year ago

      I’m all for his REAL supporters proving it by getting TRUMP or MAGA tattooed on their foreheads. Problem with red hats is you can take them off.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        Hah. Somebody on Reddit called mine “the most uninformed comment I’ve ever seen” for drawing that comparison. I haven’t logged in over there since June 30th, otherwise I’d go back and rub their face in it. Oh, also, I hate being right about this one.

        • @CurlyMoustache
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          21 year ago

          Cockroaches (Rwanda, 1994)

          Vermin (US, 2023)

          There’s a comparison to be made here