1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

Mary Trump's book

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Dice, Sep 4, 2020.

  1. Dice

    Dice ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    Jun 23, 2002
    Messages:
    5,124
    Media:
    24
    Likes Received:
    149
    Gender:
    Female
    Remove all ads!
    Media Bias/Fact checker rates BBC as highly reliable.

    This is an article on five excerpts from the book Mary Trump wrote about her uncle Donald. Please either read the article or have read the book to make a comment on this.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53328654

    I'll wait until someone chooses to comment before I approach this topic. It would be nice to have some feedback from people.
     
    Last edited: Sep 5, 2020
    Dice, Sep 4, 2020
    #1
  2. Dice

    Dice ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    Jun 23, 2002
    Messages:
    5,124
    Media:
    24
    Likes Received:
    149
    Gender:
    Female
    Guess nobody wants to discuss it. :( Maybe I should choose more forum-friendly topics?
     
    Dice, Sep 5, 2020
    #2
  3. henkie

    henkie Hammertime Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

    Joined:
    Jan 13, 2006
    Messages:
    2,662
    Media:
    38
    Likes Received:
    158
    Gender:
    Male
    Politics do not interest me much.

    Trump's personal past also doesn't interest me, and someone calling him a narcissist is nothing new to anyone in the world. He got elected, though, so I guess more than half the americans are getting what they want?
     
    henkie, Sep 5, 2020
    #3
  4. Dice

    Dice ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    Jun 23, 2002
    Messages:
    5,124
    Media:
    24
    Likes Received:
    149
    Gender:
    Female
    The funny thing is that politics used to be the last thing I was interested in. It hasn't been since Trump has come into power that I've started really looking at politics, especially american politics.

    I'm not sure half the americans actually did want Trump in power. The ones who voted him in might have chosen him because he was a republican and they didn't want to vote outside their established political side. Also there are a considerable amount of the voting population who didn't or couldn't vote. I found out recently that people in the USA who are incarcerated aren't allowed to vote, which isn't the case in Canada.

    I think Mary Trump published her book for a few reasons, but the main reason was to try and educate the voters who've been ignoring the reprehensible behaviour of Trump.
     
    Dice, Sep 5, 2020
    #4
  5. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

    Joined:
    Dec 13, 2001
    Messages:
    8,731
    Media:
    88
    Likes Received:
    379
    Gender:
    Male
    Well, put simply, less than half of the Americans that voted in the election actually voted for Trump. The Electoral College, which is a relic from the late 1700's that was necessary in order to get all 13 colonies to join the then-new USA gives disproportionate voting power to smaller, less populated states.

    Because of the power imbalance, the small states will never vote to get rid of it, so we're stuck with it.
     
    dmc, Sep 5, 2020
    #5
    Dice likes this.
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.