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nolabear

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30. Democracy, and humanity!

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Fri Dec 16, 2016, 12:47 PM

Dec 2016

This is not what we should be evolving into.

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NYT: Is Donald Trump a Threat to Democracy? [View all] Skinner Dec 2016 OP

K&R... spanone Dec 2016 #1

Yes, he is a threat. kentuck Dec 2016 #2

Yes we do. pangaia Dec 2016 #8

no, i think the question is mopinko Dec 2016 #15

With a Republican majority in Congress, the question is how much WILL he do; hamsterjill Dec 2016 #20

the uncertainty is a big part of the problem srobertss Dec 2016 #43

It's scary, because in many ways he's using the same tactics! Especially turning large RKP5637 Dec 2016 #104

Kicked and recommended. WheelWalker Dec 2016 #3

Definitely worth reading the entire thing. K & R Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #4

K&R. Not only a threat, a puppet of a foreign entity. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #5

yes, to our democratic process of government bigtree Dec 2016 #6

If you have to ask . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #7

This editorial will never be understood by Trumpski and his comrades GusBob Dec 2016 #9

tRump scares me madokie Dec 2016 #10

Me too, absolutely.. whathehell Dec 2016 #12

I agree with you. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #23

Yes, my major fear about him is whathehell Dec 2016 #59

"Say what you will Bob Loblaw Dec 2016 #70

Lol. whathehell Dec 2016 #88

He was Bob Loblaw Dec 2016 #89

and we will be just as dead tavalon Dec 2016 #86

Yes, exactly. n/t whathehell Dec 2016 #87

This! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #99

Same here tavalon Dec 2016 #85

I sadly agree with you Pachamama Dec 2016 #95

Reminds me of how we felt with the rise of Hitler, all of the dictators back then! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #105

Yes, he is a threat - and the republicans, in congress, well asiliveandbreathe Dec 2016 #11

A companion piece from Smithsonian, DU thread by Muriel Volestrangler UTUSN Dec 2016 #13

This is even a question? ananda Dec 2016 #14

YES He Is! Donald Trump, the Family of Donald Trump and the Presidency... Raster Dec 2016 #16

K&R! Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #17

Yes. And in related news, water is wet. malchickiwick Dec 2016 #18

Around here, the water is as hard as a rock. tclambert Dec 2016 #22

Anyone who doesn't pipi_k Dec 2016 #19

+1 hamsterjill Dec 2016 #24

The KKK, American Nazis(alt-right) the Russian dictator Putin workinclasszero Dec 2016 #21

The scariest thing is the media is playing the alt right like it's a joke. Initech Dec 2016 #103

Yeah, I'm stunned with how some in the media cover this with giggles. FFS, just how clueless RKP5637 Dec 2016 #106

Death threats, rape threats, harassment threats are no laughing matter. Initech Dec 2016 #112

Don't you feel like we're in some kind of Stephen King novel, really? It's like a TV RKP5637 Dec 2016 #114

I feel like we're living in an episode of The Twilight Zone or the X Files. Initech Dec 2016 #116

This. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #111

Russian interests say yes too. He's the perfect chaos candidate and easy to manipulate. ffr Dec 2016 #25

Trump alone is not a threat to democracy. He'll need a lot of help. subterranean Dec 2016 #26

That should be a statement Perseus Dec 2016 #27

This last election and the hacking of DU should show w/out a doubt that democracy is over for now. Botany Dec 2016 #28

This is what scares me workinclasszero Dec 2016 #50

YES-- he's a threat to everything we hold dear ailsagirl Dec 2016 #29

Democracy, and humanity! nolabear Dec 2016 #30

The entire Republican Party is a threat to democracy. Maven Dec 2016 #31

Absolutely correct. Look what they are doing right now in NC mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #38

Bingo! workinclasszero Dec 2016 #51

Incompetent governing + a terrorist attack... ginnyinWI Dec 2016 #32

YES! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #33

American democracy has collapsed elmac Dec 2016 #34

Thank you for posting that video. dawn frenzy adams Dec 2016 #110

this is not accidental AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #35

Agree. MarvinGardens Dec 2016 #39

Dem moderates have been pushed out? What's your evidence for that assertion? JudyM Dec 2016 #47

learning AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #53

Your "both sides are the problem" characterization is exactly wrong. Maven Dec 2016 #49

"moderates from BOTH parties have been pushed out? WTF? How dare you spew that crap KittyWampus Dec 2016 #117

how in the world does one "build bridges" or work with a person who is completely irrational, niyad Dec 2016 #121

Trump, by himself is no threat Lithos Dec 2016 #36

Even Condoleeza Rice is Pushing Back! McKim Dec 2016 #37

Col. Von Staffenberg, where are you? muntrv Dec 2016 #40

Donald Trump is the living embodiment of Plato's critique of democracy 0rganism Dec 2016 #41

Political extremist, polarization and leaders in power who are ideologues. herding cats Dec 2016 #42

Not any more than any other president can be seen as a threat. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #44

please understand that he doesn't give a rat's behind about whatever limits a president. and, niyad Dec 2016 #69

Meh. Tough talk Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #71

so, reportedly, did members of hitler's cabinet. niyad Dec 2016 #72

Hitler didn't have a cabinet... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #78

whatever you want to call them. and no, it is not silly. his speeches, his gestures, niyad Dec 2016 #92

The whole world Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #93

you go right ahead and tell yourself whatever makes you comfortable. the rest of us, niyad Dec 2016 #98

You keep doing the same. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #108

"by their actions shall ye know them"-- and we have seen his actions enough to know him. niyad Dec 2016 #120

A nice rational pause. CanSocDem Dec 2016 #90

Thanks for the link! Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #91

This is even a question?? randr Dec 2016 #45

Exactly! Generator Dec 2016 #46

Dump has already harmed American democracy in numerous concrete ways. Nitram Dec 2016 #48

Is any President who ignores the Constitution a threat to democracy? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #52

I'm particularly alarmed by the people Trump is surrounding himself with. octoberlib Dec 2016 #54

Clearly and concretely yes!! onecaliberal Dec 2016 #55

KnR Hekate Dec 2016 #56

Trump tests positive Generic Other Dec 2016 #57

Does a bear shit in the woods? malthaussen Dec 2016 #58

"to civilization" Bucky Dec 2016 #60

Uh yes, yes, and yes. YOHABLO Dec 2016 #61

Do we have a democracy in the US? I say no. jimmil Dec 2016 #62

KamaAina: Is Pope Francis Catholic? KamaAina Dec 2016 #63

His 'election' already triron Dec 2016 #64

yes he is bdamomma Dec 2016 #65

I think he's a threat to life on this planet.. whathehell Dec 2016 #66

Trump voters think we are upset because Hillary "lost" Skittles Dec 2016 #67

dear nyt--perhaps if you had DONE YOUR DAMNED JOB of actually being journalists, and telling niyad Dec 2016 #68

To NYT: yes. tandem5 Dec 2016 #73

Of course he is NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #74

Not just to Democracy, he's a threat to the entire world. nt Autumn Dec 2016 #75

These paragraphs are particularly ominous............. LongTomH Dec 2016 #76

Those three paragraphs stood out to me, too. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #113

we haven't had a real democracy the last 30 years certainot Dec 2016 #77

This. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #115

Yes, he is! And 62 million crazed American voters like it that way radhika Dec 2016 #79

Donald J. Trump told us, repeatedly, that the election had to be "fair" bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #80

He's a threat not only from his own fascist BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #81

Trump is a threat to life. nt SunSeeker Dec 2016 #82

Kick and recommend Hekate Dec 2016 #83

I think we can fight and defeat him internally tavalon Dec 2016 #84

Yep, he makes Bush seem harmless. This ass is likely to start a war over a tweet. Someplace awhile RKP5637 Dec 2016 #107

If you have too ask. you don't have a clue. Nitram Dec 2016 #94

... orleans Dec 2016 #96

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... C Moon Dec 2016 #97

He's a threat to the human species. Third Doctor Dec 2016 #100

Yes of course Emilybemily Dec 2016 #101

Idiots are more of a threat. liberalmuse Dec 2016 #102

ascent of anti-democratic politicians? eniwetok Dec 2016 #109

They have to ask???!!! n/t Different Drummer Dec 2016 #118

Duh. Rex Dec 2016 #119