Trump's catchphrase "Dishonest media" equals Nazis' "Lugenpresse"

[Tanuki]

In several of his recent tweets, DFT has included the phrase "dishonest media," in an attempt to delegitimize any coverage if him that is not fawning and deferential. I first heard the term "Lugenpresse" in coverage of one his rallies last year, and the connection is chilling.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pwa/?utm_term=.1987400386fa#https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/24/the-ugly-history-of-luegenpresse-a-nazi-slur-shouted-at-a-trump-rally/

BERLIN — When a video of two Donald Trump supporters shouting “Lügenpresse” (lying press) started to circulate Sunday, viewers from Germany soon noted its explosive nature. The defamatory word was most frequently used in Nazi Germany. Today, it is a common slogan among those branded as representing the “ugly Germany”: members of xenophobic, right-wing groups.

Its use across the Atlantic Ocean at a Trump rally has worried Germans who know about its origins all too well. Both the Nazi regime and the East German government made use of it, turning it into an anti-democracy slogan."
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[bdamomma]

1. K&R

[gademocrat7]

2. K&R

[AgadorSparticus]

3. Oh the irony. The press IS dishonest. Our media is nothing but a propoganda machine

And trump has benefited from it greatly. The u.s. media is responsible for trump and what is about to happen to this country. We need to voice our concerns and support ethical journalism.

[Initech]

4. Where's Aldo Raine when you need him?

[bdamomma]

5. K&R