no one besides the hardest core of his base would seriously deny he's corrupt in generalYou keep using the word corruption
also to @Leo I think you're overselling the singular importance of the NYT's work in re Trump, but I don't generally disagree
not shedding any tears isn't the same as actively wishing for its demise
that doesn't mean I can't enjoy some schaudenfreude at the cynicism and/or appeasement of the op-ed decisions blowing up in their faces
the NYT having blithely surfed as paper of record through the neoliberal and neoconservative years just gives it an extra twist
I was speaking to a friend about cancel culture etc earlier and he said he can't stand the right's manipulation of it, but that it is very real. He went through an NY liberal arts program and said he saw people shouting "Unlearn that! Unlearn that!" in other people's faces and all sorts. Said it was just as extreme and lacking in nuance as the Trump fanatics yelling about fake news.Im sorry @suspendedreason the lads are right. Im just not entirely sure of the hill you're on. I cant help but feeling that your time in a new york liberal arts program, surely one of the deepest circles of hell, has left you a little apologetic to the real transgressions of the right
no one besides the hardest core of his base would seriously deny he's corrupt in general
corrupt in a narrower sense, in specific ways that are legal grounds for impeachment is less certain but not unlikely
what you can make stick in a court is a different matter, and impeachment is by design an especially unwieldy and politicized court
I would agree that this impeachment was more like playacting to a foregone conclusion than something anyone thought would really work
the Democrats bowed to massive pressure and took the best shot they could in the circumstances
at the end of the day impeachment is about whether you have the votes or not, and they didn't. that doesn't mean he's not corrupt.
no one's doing thatall politics is just political theater; reifying trump's gaudy aesthetics is a mistake
no one's doing that
I am, in fact, often at pains to cite precedents to counteract the idea that he is some kind of sui generis, ahistorical monster
numbers are important, but it's not just about the numbers and to say so is disingenuouswe're talking about over a quarter million people less
he's been actively creating a climate of acceptance for xenophobia, racism, etc for the last 4 years
he didn't literally put the gun in Kyle Rittenhouse's hands but he had a large part in making it possible - "very fine people" etc
lol as I said to @Linebaugh recently you don't know a goddamn thing about me so don't imagine you doit does seem a little wrapped up in the "remove Trump before we're in a nuclear wasteland"