I hear this a lot from good folks. But there are also people who thrive on the rage and chaos. My concern is that reasonable people will grow exhausted and increasingly retreat from the public square, leaving mainly the trolls and the truly angry to dominate discourse. x.com/Peter_Wehner/status/10…
If we keep saying fascism when we mean nationalism or populism or isolationism or any of a number of more accurate isms, it will lose it's meaning. The discussion turns from valid concerns to what is and isn't fascist.
So that video from Colbert about the "German news anchor?" It's a 7 year old clip and she is talking about a slavic Easter egg tradition. That sounds pretty sexual when translated to German. That's what she's laughing about. Plus, she's Austrian. #TrumpNATO
Dearest children,
The battle, I'm told, is heated. I wandered around for a couple hours listening for the gunshots, but hearing none. I could find neither my company, nor the battle.
Apparently, everyone's still on Twitter.
#secondcivilwarletters