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Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 04:32 PM Jan 2017

So when do the book burnings start?

Excerpt from today's NY Times column by Charles Blow.

Trump told The Washington Post this week that he may start having military parades in major American cities à la North Korea: “Being a great president has to do with a lot of things, but one of them is being a great cheerleader for the country.” He continued: “And we’re going to show the people as we build up our military, we’re going to display our military. That military may come marching down Pennsylvania Avenue. That military may be flying over New York City and Washington, D.C., for parades. I mean, we’re going to be showing our military.”



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/opinion/are-you-not-alarmed.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fcharles-m-blow&action=click&contentCollection=opinion®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

One can only wonder how many thousands of flags this man will fly at his latest, horrible version of a Nuremberg rally. (For those too young to know what I'm talking about, that's why god created google.)

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So when do the book burnings start? (Original Post) Cyrano Jan 2017 OP
... and getting rid of arts funding too. That is so fascist-like OKNancy Jan 2017 #1
tomorrow night? MFM008 Jan 2017 #2
Books? Nobody reads books. What Century are you living in? FarCenter Jan 2017 #3
Evidently, the wrong one Cyrano Jan 2017 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Cyrano Jan 2017 #4
I visited a country once... HipChick Jan 2017 #6

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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
6. I visited a country once...
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 05:05 PM
Jan 2017

and certain books were banned in that country,however I had every last one of them on my bookshelf at the house I rented..

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