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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1259651)	9/4/2020 3:48:58 PM
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"We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral," and he became furious, according to witnesses, when he saw flags lowered to half-staff. "What the fuck are we doing that for? Guy was a fucking loser,"-- Donald J. Trump, quoted in The Atlantic ................... Even as they profess skepticism, they know that the accounts are most likely true because they've seen it so many times before. This is the lens through which Donald Trump habitually views the world. Losers versus winners; suckers versus killers. Does this extend to members of the military? Of course it does. No one has forgotten how he mocked John McCain as a POW (for BEING a POW actually), or attacked Gold Star families. He has suggested that soldiers in Iraq were stealing money they were supposed to distribute. As Max Boot notes, he once called avoiding sexually transmitted diseases “my personal Vietnam” and said it made him “'feel like a great and very brave soldier.'" But Republicans eventually accepted it all. Trump told us who he was over and over again and they chose to simply ignore him. In the abstract, skepticism is justified, but there is a particular reason that so many on the right simply choose not to believe this new story: if this is who Donald Trump really is, then they would have to (again) confront the choices they have made. ............ Many conservatives think of themselves as decent people: caring, virtuous, and honorable. (Can any Trump supporter really be this deluded?) They are Christians, who believe in upholding the values of Western culture. They understand the idea of American exceptionalism and they have a deep and abiding patriotism and respect for the men and women who have fought for their country. This is what distinguishes anti-anti-Trumpers from the hard-core bootlickers. The anti-antis generally have no illusions about the man's character, and even remember the many times that he has lashed out viciously at women, minorities, the disabled, and veterans. But they salve their consciences in various ways. Today they would prefer to talk about Nancy Pelosi's visit to a hair salon. But this story is awkward, because it dramatically raises the ante. It causes a stirring in the place where their consciences have been hibernating. What if it is true that the Commander-In-Chief, who is seeking another four years in office, is a small, vicious, and despicable man, who dishonors everything he touches? [ Baloney! No one who enthusiastically supports Trump HAS a conscience. ] So, better to cling to doubt. Better (to PRETEND) not to believe. Even if they know it is true.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1259651)	9/4/2020 4:04:03 PM
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State: Lawmaker advocated burning Black Lives Matter houses an hour ago CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A legislator accused of making a Facebook post that advocated burning and looting houses displaying Black Lives Matter signs is being investigated by the state attorney general and facing calls to resign. “Public Service Announcement: If you see a BLM sign on a lawn, it’s the same as having a porch light on at Halloween. You are free to burn and loot that house,” New Hampshire Rep. James Spillane, a Republican, posted recently, according to an image the state attorney general’s office provided in a letter to House Speaker Steve Shurtleff that was also given to news organizations. The Facebook post now appears to have been deleted. Sean Locke, of the attorney general’s office civil rights unit, said his office received complaints about the post. In his letter to Shurtleff, dated Thursday, Locke wrote that “members of the public who support the Black Lives Matter movement have expressed fear that they may become targets of violence as the result of Rep. Spillane’s post.” Shurtleff, a Democrat, called for Spillane’s immediate resignation. He said the post was “inexcusable.” Spillane, of Deerfield, is seeking a fifth term in the Legislature. Email, phone and Facebook messages were left seeking comment. Jordan Thompson, a founder of Black Lives Matter Nashua and a racial justice organizer for the ACLU of New Hampshire, also called on Spillane to resign. “Remarks like these indicate a total lack of decency and respect for Black lives,” Thompson said in a statement. Last year, Spillane lost a seat on a legislative committee after sharing a photo of a squirrel’s bloody carcass in response to a vegan animal rights activist. “I shot a squirrel on my bird feeder today with a .50 caliber muzzleloader. Enjoy,” he wrote. The tweet prompted a complaint to the state Fish and Game Department, which sent officers to Spillane’s home to tell him he did not have the legal right to kill the squirrel outside the hunting season, which runs from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1.