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Susan Travis's avatar

Noah, you have outdone yourself with this piece! Here in East Tennessee, we are experiencing the atrociousness of maga behavior ๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿ˜ค Our "reprentatives" voted against funding for FEMA. Marsha Blackburn, Tim Burchett, Bill Hagerty, Bill Lee do not have their constituents' interests in mind as they strut about acting like the government has been too slow to respond!

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Richard's avatar

Great analysis and framing.

"I think the answer is that disasters can be a major spur to solidarity and unityโ€”and Trump, as an instinctual gutter fascist, loathes solidarity, and rejects it even when it could plausibly be used to his advantage.

"The reason he canโ€™t do it is that he loathes the very idea of solidarity and neighborliness. The real disaster, for Trump, is the possibility that we might respond to disaster with love and care, rather than with fear, rage, and hate. Fear, rage, and hate are his only tools, and his only faith. He puts them above party, and even above winning. He has demonstrated, over and over, that he puts them above the lives of his constituents."

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๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 9/11 ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด.

So, for me, it's less about the solidarity and more about what you say here. It's compassion, courage, and honest-to-god leadership; three things we know Trump isn't capable of. The solidarity piece of it comes from the ground up.

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Susan Linehan's avatar

Heaven forfend that anyone should actually be allowed to act like Jesus preached. What would happen to the End Times?

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mermcoelho's avatar

Trump has his followers addicted to โ€œfear, rage and hate.โ€ I hope that hope, faith in humanity (which I struggle to hold onto) and compassion are stronger. November 5 will tell the tale.

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