Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Having spent years studying Stalinism, this is serious cult of personality crap. Are there also children’s books depicting him as an avuncular father figure?
He really does remind me a LOT of Stalin, but Stalin was a self-made man who actually sort of accomplished something as a young man (not something good, but still) whereas Trump mostly just pissed sway his dad’s money.
Yes, Kash Patel wrote a children's book called The Plot Against the King. It's one of the reasons he was selected to head the FBI.
https://a.co/d/8KfSGYF
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I had been in the camp of I would possibly continue to attend some events to support the artists and remaining staff. I hadn't bought any tickets but hadn't mentally ruled it out.
This is the nail in the coffin though. I'm not going.
I do wonder what will become of it. It's awful. Ticket sales are already in the crapper and this will make it worse.
I am going to a Christmas concert this weekend that we have attended in the past. Now I am regretting it.
I used to love that but did not buy thickets this year because of Trump.
Anonymous wrote:I've been to three Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performances this year, and they were all excellent. (If you have kids, definitely go to Cirque Nutcracker next year!) And the Meyerhoff is a very comfortable venue with easy parking right across the street.
We can still support the arts and artists while not supporting anything remotely related to this festering turn of a human.
Anonymous wrote:We just need to get through the next 3 years and 2 days. Then the rebuilding of our country can begin.
Anonymous wrote:What's next?
The Trump-Lincoln Memorial?
The Trump-Washington Monument?
The Trump-Jefferson-Memorial?
You too can come and see ALL of these AMAZING memorials to our GREATEST presidents in TRUMPINGTON D.C.!!
Anonymous wrote:What's next?
The Trump-Lincoln Memorial?
The Trump-Washington Monument?
The Trump-Jefferson-Memorial?
You too can come and see ALL of these AMAZING memorials to our GREATEST presidents in TRUMPINGTON D.C.!!
Anonymous wrote:Having spent years studying Stalinism, this is serious cult of personality crap. Are there also children’s books depicting him as an avuncular father figure?
He really does remind me a LOT of Stalin, but Stalin was a self-made man who actually sort of accomplished something as a young man (not something good, but still) whereas Trump mostly just pissed sway his dad’s money.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They just voted to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Center.
What a damn shame.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/trump-renaming-kennedy-center.html
Who cares? The next Dem president can rename it.
It hasn’t been renamed now. Need Congress to actually rename it.
The website has already been changed.
Anonymous wrote:Having spent years studying Stalinism, this is serious cult of personality crap. Are there also children’s books depicting him as an avuncular father figure?
He really does remind me a LOT of Stalin, but Stalin was a self-made man who actually sort of accomplished something as a young man (not something good, but still) whereas Trump mostly just pissed sway his dad’s money.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I had been in the camp of I would possibly continue to attend some events to support the artists and remaining staff. I hadn't bought any tickets but hadn't mentally ruled it out.
This is the nail in the coffin though. I'm not going.
I do wonder what will become of it. It's awful. Ticket sales are already in the crapper and this will make it worse.
I am going to a Christmas concert this weekend that we have attended in the past. Now I am regretting it.