Trump 'authorizing Full Force, if necessary' as military deploys to another US city

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Switching sides, because why not

How oId are you, Amsterdam?

I'm not too sure. Never did figure it.

I'm 47.

Forty-seven years oId.

You know how I stayed aIive this Iong? AII these years?

Fear.

The spectacIe of fearsome acts.


[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8U3slXNy10]

It's not ironic at all. This comes from Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall...
 

In the 1860s, during the time period depicted in Gangs of New York, New York City’s political landscape was dominated by the Democratic Party, specifically through the influence of Tammany Hall. Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party’s political machine in New York City, led by figures like William "Boss" Tweed during the mid-19th century. It controlled local politics through patronage, voter mobilization (often involving immigrants, particularly the Irish), and widespread corruption, including vote-buying and kickbacks.

Fear...in itself can be a fickle and dysfunctional motivator 

One man's fear is just a legitimate concern... while another man may experience paranoid delusions from the same fear.

Both sides have always used the "fear factor," but which historical quotes below lean towards todays conservative and which quotes lean towards todays liberal....

 

"We have learned the simple truth...
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
 
Franklin D. Roosevelt




"A baby is born into this world in a state of fear. Total paranoia and awareness. He sees the world with eyes not used yet. As he grows up, his parents lay all this stuff on him. They tell him, when they should be letting him tell them. Let the children lead you."

"So, how do we communicate with a whole group of people? You stand up and take the worst fear symbol [swastika] and say, "There, now I've got your fear. Now I've got your fear." And your fear is your power, and your power is your control. I'm your king of this whole planet. I'm gonna rule this whole world."

Charles Manson