Trump's rhetoric is increasingly mirroring Nazi talking points, and nobody is paying attention, an expert on extremism warns
Trump's rhetoric is increasingly mirroring Nazi talking points, and nobody is paying attention, an expert on extremism warns
Extremism expert Peter Simi told Business Insider why Donald Trump's increasingly extreme rhetoric keeps falling on deaf ears.
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I think that's exactly what's happened with Trump, is that deviance has been defined down in the sense that there's so much focus on, it's almost like an overload of sorts. The result is, you just don't see it — it's almost like he's kind of normalizing this on some level. Even as outrageous as he can be, it's been very difficult, I think, for people to maintain a consistent vigilance and see the threat that he represents because it's kind of overwhelming, really, in many respects.
Precisely why this article shouldn't exist. This article is normalising the behaviour. Reporton what he does, not what he says.
We should ignore Nazi rhetoric? No thanks.
I don't think that's what they're saying, I think they're pointing out that Trump says so much and has so much said about him that what he actually does ends up getting swept under all the other news.
Sure those in the know can keep track but the average person is just seeing the headlines as they come - and this article is part of the very same problem that it is pointing out
That's not what I said.
You can acknowledge the behaviour without reporting on every utterance (which is what he wants).
You said "report what he does not what he says" which is pretty cut and dried. Maybe you meant something different but you didn't say something different
Exactly. Reporting on what Trump does rather than what he says does not require you to ignore nazi rhetoric.
You don't see the contradiction?
I think the articles a out him smelling bad or having a piss fetish are stupid articles that don't need to get any attention. When he paraphrases Hitler? That's pretty relevant
I personally believe his stink is completely unrelated to his love of being urinated upon.
You can report on the behaviour without breathlessly trotting out every sentence.
The actual story is that Trump is using nazi phrases to stoke furore, generate headlines, and galvanise his base. It's so tiresome that it's working so well.
It's been working for the last six+ years too, even my grandma in conservative land has called him a nazi since he first ran. If anyone isn't paying attention to his Nazi rhetoric now it's because they got bored of it.