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I got it wrong. The OP wasn’t screaming anything. He also wasn’t predicting martial law, or the destruction of the city or that Trump would declare himself dictator for life.I don't know that I'm "downplaying" the guy screaming. I'm suggesting that screaming in this fashion is not a good or helpful approach in trying to convince people of the danger, and stop that danger.
It reminds me of the mythological story of Cassandra, the priestess in Troy who prophesied the destruction of the city. She was cursed in that her prophecies would be true and not believed, and so ultimately she was ignored. Obviously that part is entirely mythological, but I think it speaks to a very genuine part of human nature which is that people largely do not want to believe or accept that terrible things are going to happen. You are not going to convince a large percentage of Americans 9especially people who are agnostic towards politics) that we're on the verge of a dictatorship that will be enforced by martial law any day now. if you want to convince these people of the dangers of Trump, the way to do it is opening their eyes to the horrible things happening right now, not with dire predictions of Trump become a Hitler-esque dictator for life in 2028. Because not only is that just going to make people ignore you, if will make the actually really concerning aspects of Trump's rule seem not so bad by comparison if he doesn't name himself dictator for life at some point.
All he said was he thinks trump will try to finagle a 3rd term and that we shouldn’t think the 2028 election will be free and fair…. And that he has doubts about 2026 being free and fair either.
He was just making a prediction and followed up by saying he made correct predictions the past 3 presidential elections.
My fault for saying he screamed anything.
Whether or not his prediction is counterproductive may be debateable.
But I do think the canary in the coal mine has dropped dead and we would be wise to head for the exit.