My favorite part of the Emma Lazarus quote at the base of the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free and I will lift my lamp beside them, separating out the children in the darkness and leading them to military warehouses" — Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) May […]
Tag Archives: dehumanization
I know, let’s separate immigrant children from their families and put them in military warehouses!
Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged anti-immigrant, authoritarianism, Defense Department, Department of Health and Human Services, Donald Trump, Emma Lazarus, human trafficking, immigrant rights, immigration, immigration reform, Joan Crawford, racism, Statue of Liberty, Sudden Fear 33 Comments
Trump, having given racists permission to come out of the closet, now tells that that, if they really want to make America great again, they need to “toughen up” and start doling out the violence
Since we had our discussion a week or so ago about the circumstances within the Republican party that made Trump’s ascent possible, and whether or not the comparison to Hitler is justified, quite a bit has happened. Most notably, we’ve seen Trump’s aggressive, authoritarian rhetoric intensify. And, with this ramped up rhetoric, we’ve seen a […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged aggression, Alvin Bamberger, birther, Donald Trump, fascism, Hitler, incite violence, ISIS, John McGraw, mob mentality, protesting, racism, subhuman, terrorism, threats to Democracy, threats to humanity, un-American, Untermenschen, violence 101 Comments