1. One thing people really shy away from talking about -- I think because it's so disturbing -- is Trump's love of death porn: of stories of grisly murders by gangs, rioters, and terrorists.
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3. The death porn has a melodramatic structure: a "beautiful" victim, a vile murderer, weak Democrats who defend & enable, "angel" family of victim. It's designed to touch the core primordial emotions.
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4. And in the Covid moment, death porn is more important than ever. It's a way of constructing an alternative narrative to the way most people are dying right now. More thoughts here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-rnc-biden/ …
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Another example of his being a sociopath.
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It is literally an accepted truth on the left that American law enforcement is carrying out a centuries long campaign of wanton murder against Black citizens.
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this can be traced back to the Central Park five, as I imagine you know
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yes, absolutely.
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