Comments by "" (@DavidJ222) on "Bob Woodward: We are being had" video.

  1. The media is NOT the enemy of the people. The media is the enemy of Trump's lies, and his attempts to hide his crimes, and his fraudulent life. A free press is the enemy of any dictator or demagogue like Trump.  Trump says that the free press is the enemy of the people, but what he really means,  is that the free press is the enemy of his demagoguery. A free press is the natural enemy of his lies. And he wants to be able to lie with impunity. Trump desperately needs to be able to lie without anyone checking him on his lies. Demagoguery is an appeal to people that plays on their emotions and prejudices rather than on their rational side. Demagoguery is a manipulative approach — often associated with dictators and amoral politicians — that appeals to the worst nature of people. Demagoguery isn't based on reason, issues, and doing the right thing; it's based on stirring up fear and hatred to control people.. Trump's demagoguery has been on full display since day one Since information from the press can undermine a demagogue's spell over his or her followers, modern demagogues have often attacked and demonized the free the press. They will usually claim that the media can't be trusted. They have even called out for violence against newspapers who opposed them, claiming that the press was secretly in the service of moneyed interests, or a deep state conspiracy against them , or claiming that leading newspapers were simply personally out to get them. This is dictatorship 101. Ladies and gentlemen...I give you demagogue, Don the con...
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