I think it's more likely that the guy saw a reporter and, having worked as a cameraman before, knew that his best chance of getting his message out was to go talk to the reporter. There's lots of rea… (View Post)

@JuliusBorisov I don't know that this discussion is going to get any more productive. The people who voted for Trump are obviously not as concerned about the consequences of the result as those who a… (View Post)

@mashedtaters I don't think anyone's comparing Trump to the KKK or Nazis. We're saying that the way he conducted his campaign has galvanized and legitimized those groups. Trump's policies are scary o… (View Post)

It's a slight reductio ad absurdum, but a lot of people, when they compare him to Hitler, are pointing to Hitler's rise to power, more so than the specific things he did. Before Hitler became Fuhrer,… (View Post)

Edit: Thanks for the context, @BillyYank - I wondered if there might be more to the story, and it sounds like there is. Beating somebody up is still not okay, for any reason, but context is important. (View Post)