Comments on: On the heels of the killing of Khashoggi: Trump praises U.S. congressman from Montana who body-slammed reporter https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/10/18/on-the-heels-of-the-killing-of-khashoggi-trump-praises-u-s-congressman-from-montana-who-body-slammed-reporter/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/10/18/on-the-heels-of-the-killing-of-khashoggi-trump-praises-u-s-congressman-from-montana-who-body-slammed-reporter/#comment-42420 ER Sat, 20 Oct 2018 03:56:19 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=74102#comment-42420 Especially one who carries the imprimature of authority. The drill sargent, the football coach, the tough cop. The take-no-prisoners, kick-ass and take names boss, the guy who takes no shit from inanimate objects. Think Dirty Harry, Charles Bronson, Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura. Yeah, we love our tough guys. Especially one who carries the imprimature of authority.
The drill sargent, the football coach, the tough cop. The take-no-prisoners, kick-ass and take names boss, the guy who takes no shit from inanimate objects. Think Dirty Harry, Charles Bronson, Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura.

Yeah, we love our tough guys.

]]> By: RL https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/10/18/on-the-heels-of-the-killing-of-khashoggi-trump-praises-u-s-congressman-from-montana-who-body-slammed-reporter/#comment-42419 RL Sat, 20 Oct 2018 02:31:06 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=74102#comment-42419 ...or is it the result of 2 years of continually lowering the bar for themselves to justify their support of Trump... It is clear who the violent mob really is... …or is it the result of 2 years of continually lowering the bar for themselves to justify their support of Trump…

It is clear who the violent mob really is…

]]> By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/10/18/on-the-heels-of-the-killing-of-khashoggi-trump-praises-u-s-congressman-from-montana-who-body-slammed-reporter/#comment-42415 ER Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:34:26 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=74102#comment-42415 You don’t really need to call out for direct attacks on the press. By a little judicious suggestion and careful dog-whistling you can implicitly create the conditions so it emerges “spontaneously”. That way, nobody can accuse you of deliberately intimidating a free press from reporting on you. This will escalate, to slander and libel litigation against press organizations, nuisance lawsuits against reporters and news outlets, restrictive legislation to muzzle the press (disguised as anti fake news and anti terrorism measures), tax and other business obstacles and pressure on advertisers will be gradually but systematically instituted. "Illegal", you say? Well, that's up to the courts, and they're being quietly stacked right before our eyes. Besides, what does it matter what a court says, if law enforcement doesn't carry out its decisions, and gerrymandered legislators don't make sure they do. Read your Shirer. It doesn't happen all of a sudden. The old order is quietly dismantled and the new one is assembled piece by piece and one day you wake up and you live in a fascist state. And they whine about Godwin's Law. You don’t really need to call out for direct attacks on the press. By a little judicious suggestion and careful dog-whistling you can implicitly
create the conditions so it emerges “spontaneously”.

That way, nobody can accuse you of deliberately intimidating a free press from reporting on you.

This will escalate, to slander and libel litigation against press organizations, nuisance lawsuits against reporters and news outlets, restrictive legislation to muzzle the press (disguised as anti fake news and anti terrorism measures), tax and other business obstacles and pressure on advertisers will be gradually but systematically instituted. “Illegal”, you say? Well, that’s up to the courts, and they’re being quietly stacked right before our eyes. Besides, what does it matter what a court says, if law enforcement doesn’t carry out its decisions, and gerrymandered legislators don’t make sure they do.

Read your Shirer. It doesn’t happen all of a sudden. The old order is quietly dismantled and the new one is assembled piece by piece and one day you wake up and you live in a fascist state. And they whine about Godwin’s Law.

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