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Rick Massimo's avatar

I mean, he didn’t just praise Orban and Kim—he cited their endorsements as reasons he should be back in office. At other times, he’s cited the contempt Western democracies have for him as reasons he should be back in office. This is not subtle, and the people who make enormous amounts of money to cover national politics do not find this significant.

And yes, for Trump peace, harmony and unity means “Shut up and do what I tell you.” Every domestic abuser thinks that way.

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Kristi Gingrich's avatar

It was one of his incoherent talking points that disturbed me the most. How did this not make news? Well, I know how and why. The media is shameless and disgraceful.

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Michael Roberts's avatar

My wife is Hungarian. The irony of this textbook you quote is that Hungary has *always* been a cultural crossroads, a place where different cultures have *always* coexisted. Otherwise they'd all be speaking Turkish, if nothing else. But their greatest 19th-century literature describes a vibrant multicultural nation.

The only reason Fidesz adopted this hate-the-other attitude is that when they lost power in the early noughties, they hired Art Finkelstein as a consultant and he taught them how to be Republicans. This is why the GOP admires Orbán - he's literally done what they hope to do. He *is* the GOP.

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Patris's avatar

As someone who was supposed to stand and applaud when anyone of the military juntists walked into a theater I was at, and wouldn’t, I endorse this.

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Jacob Blaustein's avatar

This is the sane logic behind their views of "Jihad": https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthankrayt/s/K4Gh7OxO52

They don't admit to the inconsistency

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