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Pierce Morgan, of all people:

And the fact Donald Trump is not just allowing it to happen, but actively encouraging it to happen, is an indefensible disgrace.

The President keeps insisting he’s not a racist, and I’ve repeatedly said that in the 13 years I’ve known him, I’ve personally never witnessed him being a racist.

But since running for the White House, his inflammatory language has flirted ever closer to crossing the line into overt racism, and now he’s crossed that line. Big time.

Let’s be very unambiguously clear: what happened in North Carolina last night was not just racist-fueled demagoguery but bordered on fascism.

There was the President of the United States whipping his supporters into a hyper-animated state of rage about a political opponent because of her ethnicity.
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What happened last night was a despicable moment in modern America.

There’s no possible defense for such an outrageous racist attack on a young Muslim American congresswoman.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7261101/This-sickening-moment-presidency-Mr-Trump.html

He underestimates the power of motivated thinking when he says "there's no possible defense." Just over the last couple of days, I've read hundreds of possible defenses from people who should've known better.

Furthermore, one of my biggest personal disappointments since the 2016 elections has been the unfading desire of people who think about themselves as "Soviet/Russian intelligentsia" to support ugliest forms of dishonesty, xenophobia, racism, and amorality, as long as the ugliness serves their perceived interests.

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Exactly. As if, we should give Trump the benefit of the doubt because he's "just" a narcissistic asshole.