Donald Trump says a lot of things, almost all of which are bullshit. This line doesn’t ‘signal’ anything, and isn’t grounds for optimism. He’s still monstrous, and will still either endorse, encourage, or say nothing against all manner of cruelties against LGBTs and anyone else on the long list of people he hates.

Best, calmest explanation I’ve seen, thanks.

Most people don’t give a shit about politics. They hear some rich fuckwad say “Mexicans are stealing your jobs” and “Haitians are eating chihuahuas” and “The schools are changing Timmys into Tinas,” and it’s oh my god they gotta vote for Trump. It’s not intellectual, it’s reptilian.

How do we get through to them, all the victims who <i>know</i> they’re victims, but never figure out who’s victimizing them? That’s the insolvable riddle-me-this-Batman.

I love this! It’s from 1869…

A few free ways around paywalls, region-blocking, and adblock-blocking:

• archive.today

• Ghostarchive

• Google Cache

• Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)

• 12-Foor Ladder

If there are other workarounds, please let me know.

Bingo. :)

Schultz was almost at the Fred Rogers level — a guy who never seems to have stopped being decent.

Man, that is one trippy historical turn of events.