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muntrv

(14,505 posts) Thu Nov 29, 2018, 09:31 PM Nov 2018

Watching "Last Days Of Knight" on ESPN.

It doesn't surprise me that Bobby Knight is a Trumpanzee. He is drunk with power.

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Watching "Last Days Of Knight" on ESPN. (Original Post) muntrv Nov 2018 OP

Just flipped over to it underpants Nov 2018 #1

The parallels with Trump are striking BeyondGeography Nov 2018 #2

underpants

(182,760 posts)

1. Just flipped over to it

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Thu Nov 29, 2018, 09:39 PM

Nov 2018

30 for 30's are great. Basketball, a love story is a loooong but great series too.

BeyondGeography

(39,369 posts)

2. The parallels with Trump are striking

Reply to muntrv (Original post)

Thu Nov 29, 2018, 10:08 PM

Nov 2018

The way his “base” stood up for him, eg. He could have shot a student on the commons and as long as he kept giving them what they wanted (winning basketball games) they would have supported him. A very particular brand of American ugly.

Now we’re on to Prof. Murray Sperber getting death threats for daring to stand up to Knight...

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