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What about these children? Also I have one question. Humans are universally similar. What is it that makes people politically on the left any worse---as humans---than people on the right?
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How else do you think Trump got to be president? Analyze the people that voted for him. This article in The Atlantic is hardly fake journalism. I recommend reading it.
The Mind Of Donald Trump

The author of that article, Dan P. McAdams, was interviewed just last month in a followup article. 'He's Going to Continue to Create Chaos'Some quotes from the second article:

I have to admit that when I wrote the piece I did not think he would win the election. If I were writing it today, though, I would stick pretty much with what I wrote, but I would emphasize two things more than I did.

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The first is that I would double down even more on the idea that what you see is what you get when it comes to Trump. The piece starts off with this uneasy sense that Donald Trump is playing a role. I wanted to get behind the mask, but by the end I’m frustrated because there’s a lot less behind the mask than you expect.

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The second thing I would emphasize more is the theme of authoritarianism. I think what we have seen in the last six monthsand now that he is presidentis that Trump really doesn’t know how, or want, to work within the typical institutional structures of democracy. Like an authoritarian leader, he wants to transcend that and connect directly to the people. He does that through Twitter, by going around the press, or by making it sound as though the world is an extraordinarily dangerous place and positioning himself as a sort of authoritarian leader, savior and strong man who will deliver the country from carnage, to use a word he used in his inaugural address.

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The upcoming State Of The Union address on Tuesday will tell us a bit more of what we (don't) want to know about this populist leader who some equate with Andrew Jackson.

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Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain "
~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith
"as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler

I guess our next question is how to define the standard for who deserves it and who does not. It makes sense not to let everyone in, but how can we fairly discriminate?

I'm now convinced that Trump does this stuff on purpose. He deliberately skews the news because he knows his followers don't believe the news anyway. He also attempts to incite the media into a response....which further leads credence to the conspiracy theory.I believe there is a definite strategy behind all this....I'm just not sure it's the best approach.Add by edit: Trump has advisors who are manipulating all of this. We are slow to realize that the entire power structure and agenda has turned on its head.I just worry how he would respond should an important global crises arise. What's the man really made of? Are his perspectives in line with reality?Edited by Phat, : No reason given.

I believe that the whole strategy of the new administration is to denounce the media as biased and then spin their own version....letting the people discriminate as to what is real.If the media is the message, Trump is attempting to take the media away from its former owners and own it himself...via press coverage and twitter. He is taking a leaf from reality TV.Edited by Phat, : No reason given.