Thanks, Frank, And especially, thanks Jochen. The anonymous tab trick worked. (By the way, I subscribe to both the NYT and WP, and I support many other anti-Trump organizations. I can't support every good organization, though.)
It's a great article. Anne Applebaum is quite insightful. Just found out that she's also on Twitter (@AnneApplebaum <https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum>), where you can follow her for free. -- Russ Abbott Professor, Computer Science California State University, Los Angeles On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 9:48 PM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is an amateur summary: > > Anne Applebaum attempts to explain why Republican leaders have abandoned > their longheld principles in favor of loyalty to Trump. She makes > comparisons to Nazi collaborators in France, German Communists in East > Germany who accepted Russian Communism and authoritarian behavior even when > it was incompatible with their beliefs. > > Several motives are offered using Lindsey Graham, other Republican > Senators, Mike Pompeo, William Barr and Mike Pence. The latter two are > particularly interesting. She thinks they are determined to protect the US > from abortion, same-sex marriage, and demographic changes as the end times > approach. > > She gives examples of slippery slope phenomena such as accepting trivial > lies like greater attendance at the Trump inauguration than at the Obama > occasion. She details how acceptance of the lies has grown to the point > where American democracy is at risk. > > One detail: a high level Republican said that Graham tells people that he > talked to Trump in a way that made him think of a highschool nerd who got > attention from the school's star quarterback. > > I am not doing the article justice, Russ. I hope you can find a way to > read the entire piece. > > Frank > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 10:24 PM Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The Atlantic says I've reached my limit of 3 free articles for the month. >> Is there a free version somewhere? Or a summary? >> >> -- Russ Abbott >> Professor, Computer Science >> California State University, Los Angeles >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 8:11 PM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> This is an important article about Trump which is not unrelated to >>> our discussions of free will, narcissism etc. in my opinion. >>> >>> >>> https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/?fbclid=IwAR3yUmOg3xAiB7e8pKPZpAFs8VlJVQ1LyhX1XXUTJB2KHIqzgzGail2ZuyM >>> >>> >>> Frank >>> -- >>> Frank Wimberly >>> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz >>> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >>> 505 670-9918 >>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> >
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