Did Donald Trump on Inauguration Day intend to remind us of the European despotisms of the last century?
Who could miss signs? They adorned from the speech from brim to dottle with its invocations of solidarity, unity of purpose, devotion, patriotism, "loyalty to our country ... and to each other," "total allegiance," national striving, nationalism, and assurances that the state would protect us from enemies -- including even those would bestow low-priced goods on us. Then, to boot, he followed it all up with a decree that the day be known as the “National Day of Patriotic Devotion.”
Where the hell are we? And what year is it?
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Friday, January 27, 2017
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totally off your post's topic, but do you shoot uspsa or idpa?
I shot IDPA for years, but no longer.
As opposed to whom? We've taken what could and should be a quiet ceremony that can be and has been done in all sorts of places with all sorts of people presiding, and turned it into a coronation-in-all-but-name.
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