And none of them attempted a coup or tried to destroy all the checks and balances of our government in order to set themselves up as a dictator with unlimited corruption!
Bush absolutely destroyed all sorts of checks and balances and got near-limitless power, which has be maintained by every president since. Warrentless wiretapping? Mass surveillance? Authorization to attack every country on earth? Indefinite detention without trial in the torture dungeon at Guantanamo? He was not held accountable for any of it, because as Edward Snowden revealed, Obama wanted to keep most of it going himself. That’s why he became public enemy #1 and was hunted to the ends of the earth.
You wanna talk corruption, who benefited from the multiple wars of aggression Bush started? Oil companies and arms dealers. Nobody else.
We used to have some pretense of civil liberties and privacy, but that was all long gone before Trump ever ran for anything.
You keep using fascist Republicans and ancient history as your examples and then trying to pretend that there’s been no difference when “liberals” have been in charge – a bullshit lie that serves only to promote the right wing. Obviously the Democrats aren’t all that good, but they sure as Hell aren’t the same as the fascists and only a fascist would pretend they were.
Fuck off with your cherry-picking bullshit. Bush was indeed terrible, but even then he wasn’t in the same league as Trump in terms of corruption or tyranny.
Again, the fact remains that you’re trying to normalize fascism, which makes you fucking evil. You lose; end of.
“Cherry picking” is what you did. Grabbing very specific things you can point to as different while ignoring the general case. The other presidents during that period also had major problems. Clinton was an architect behind mass incarceration, Obama doubled down on the pointless war in Afghanistan and did nothing to roll back the surveillance state, etc. Even if it was just Bush, that still wouldn’t be “cherry picking” because Bush was president for a substantial time within the period you mentioned.
Bush was indeed terrible, but even then he wasn’t in the same league as Trump in terms of corruption or tyranny.
Trump is more corrupt and tyrannical, only because he is standing on the shoulders of giants. He wouldn’t be able to do half the shit he is if the power of the executive hadn’t expanded so much during the period from the 90’s to the 2010’s that you idolize so much.
Again, the fact remains that you’re trying to normalize fascism, which makes you fucking evil. You lose; end of.
If the exterminator tells you the termites ate through the foundations of your house, do you say that he’s “trying to normalize termites,” which makes him “fucking evil” and means the things he says are false? What a load of bull.
I’m not the one who normalized fascism. All the politicians who enacted fascist policies are. I’m only the one informing you about the state of things, and you’re only upset with me because you don’t want your little bubble to burst.
Bush absolutely destroyed all sorts of checks and balances and got near-limitless power, which has be maintained by every president since. Warrentless wiretapping? Mass surveillance? Authorization to attack every country on earth? Indefinite detention without trial in the torture dungeon at Guantanamo? He was not held accountable for any of it, because as Edward Snowden revealed, Obama wanted to keep most of it going himself. That’s why he became public enemy #1 and was hunted to the ends of the earth.
You wanna talk corruption, who benefited from the multiple wars of aggression Bush started? Oil companies and arms dealers. Nobody else.
We used to have some pretense of civil liberties and privacy, but that was all long gone before Trump ever ran for anything.
Did I fucking say “Bush?”
No, I did not!
You keep using fascist Republicans and ancient history as your examples and then trying to pretend that there’s been no difference when “liberals” have been in charge – a bullshit lie that serves only to promote the right wing. Obviously the Democrats aren’t all that good, but they sure as Hell aren’t the same as the fascists and only a fascist would pretend they were.
YES you did fucking say Bush.
Liar.
Bush was president from 2000-2008
2000-2008 is within the time period of “the 90’s through the 2010’s.”
I don’t know how it could possibly be more clear that you are the liar and I’m not.
Fuck off with your cherry-picking bullshit. Bush was indeed terrible, but even then he wasn’t in the same league as Trump in terms of corruption or tyranny.
Again, the fact remains that you’re trying to normalize fascism, which makes you fucking evil. You lose; end of.
“Cherry picking” is what you did. Grabbing very specific things you can point to as different while ignoring the general case. The other presidents during that period also had major problems. Clinton was an architect behind mass incarceration, Obama doubled down on the pointless war in Afghanistan and did nothing to roll back the surveillance state, etc. Even if it was just Bush, that still wouldn’t be “cherry picking” because Bush was president for a substantial time within the period you mentioned.
Trump is more corrupt and tyrannical, only because he is standing on the shoulders of giants. He wouldn’t be able to do half the shit he is if the power of the executive hadn’t expanded so much during the period from the 90’s to the 2010’s that you idolize so much.
If the exterminator tells you the termites ate through the foundations of your house, do you say that he’s “trying to normalize termites,” which makes him “fucking evil” and means the things he says are false? What a load of bull.
I’m not the one who normalized fascism. All the politicians who enacted fascist policies are. I’m only the one informing you about the state of things, and you’re only upset with me because you don’t want your little bubble to burst.