From: Skeeter OG <invalid@none.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: What fascists and dictators do #1: "The parallels are not subtle..."
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:53:49 -0600
Organization: UTB
In article <vt9h5b$3f3ts$5@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
says...
>
> On 2025-04-10 11:17, Skeeter OG wrote:
> > In article <vt8tbf$3csmk$1@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
> > says...
> >>
> >> "...and they're not accidental".
> >>
> >> "There?s a new dress code in Trump?s Washington, and it?s straight out
> >> of a dictator?s playbook. Loyalists in the regime?congressmen, senators,
> >> the whole parade of sycophants?are now sporting golden Trump bust lapel
> >> pins, a garish little tribute to the man who?s turned the White House
> >> into a shrine to himself. They?ve been quietly told to ditch their
> >> congressional or Senate pins in favor of this new badge of allegiance.
> >> It?s not a suggestion; it?s a loyalty test. And if you?re paying
> >> attention, it?s a chilling sign of where this country?s headed."
> >>
> >> <https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/trump-is-now-mandating-his-cabinetloyalist>
> >>
> >> "The image making the rounds on X, courtesy of Drew Pavlou, shows the
> >> Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the guy who regulates
> >> radio, TV, internet, satellite, and cable in the U.S., proudly wearing
> >> one of these pins. Pavlou?s caption nails it: ?Welcome to MAGA Maoism.?
> >> The pin, a golden relief of Trump?s unmistakable profile, sits on a blue
> >> suit jacket, a stark contrast to the Mao Zedong badge in the same
> >> frame?a red circle with the Chinese leader?s face, a relic of a time
> >> when loyalty to the Chairman was non-negotiable. The parallels aren?t
> >> subtle, and they?re not accidental."
> >>
> >> You asked me what he's doing that is what dictators do.
> >>
> >> #1 Demand loyalty to himself, rather than to the people of the US.
> >
> > He doesn't do that.
> >
> > You are drunk on MSM kool aid.
>
> Really?
>
> Why are they wearing faux-gold lapel pins of his face?
They aren't. So moving along.