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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Because his approaches were similar to those of a dictator.

I visited several sites that are mentioned at thegatewaypundit.com (disinformation scum), and I see that I can comment on posts at those accounts.

thegatewaypundit.com has lied to us once again.

EDIT: https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHouse

[–]jet199 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Which approaches?

Concentration camps?

Disappearances?

Torture?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Authoritarianism

Attempts to restrict the news media

Attempts to make people distrust journalists

Attempts to silence those who are not loyal to him

Attempt to delegitimize a democratic election

Opposition to democracy

Opposition to political and cultural liberalism

Totalitarian ambitions

Radical republican borrowing form China to pay for tax breaks for the 1%

Corporatism and arranging corporate bribes for himself and his family

Imperialism and associated racism

The “new man”

Glorification of the 1% at the expense of the 99%

Demanding loyalty from everyone

Constant lying (10s of thousands of lies, in daily Tweets)

Inciting violence

Extreme nationalism

Scapegoating

Gaslighting

Populism

Revolutionary image

Sexism and misogyny

etc, etc

[–]denverkris 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Attempts to make people distrust journalists

Given some of the things they print these days that's some solid advice.

Glorification of the 1% at the expense of the 99%

Uh, what? Lots of what's in this list, but ya.

Sexism and misogyny

And yet on Biden's first day in office he obliterates sex based rights for women with a stroke of his pen. Trump had actually tried to undo some of the damage that Obama/Bide did to women's sex based rights.