Just to clarify:
the comparison of trump to hitler was lately popularized by louis ck, and he clearly qualifies that he meant hitler not as "der fuhrer" in the throes of WWII, but as he was rising to power in the mid-1930s. which incidentally -- and this was not in the email louis ck sent out -- was BEFORE Time magazine shortsightedly honored Hitler as "Man of the Year" in 1938 (basically, after sending out a massive, first-ever politically-charged email -- see below for link -- lambasting trump not as evil per se but as a sad and spoiled little boy who desperately needs our approval, he qualified what he meant on 60 minutes or one of those interview shows (i'm pretty sure i got the show wrong; just find it on youtube, i'm not your servant). though he also talks about what he means by this comparison in the email, but in less depth). others have made the comparison of trump to hitler, but louis ck seemed to have the most thoughtful one (and in fewer words, not overstating the scope of things, or trying to awkwardly match details of 1930s germany to america in the year 2016) that not only made sense, but also didn't have that sensationalist tenor of some nonlogical emotional "argument" whose hysteria was masked by some thinly-veiled attempt to lend a reason to it's blubbering validity, and 'splain us a thingertwo as to why it's SUCH an accurate comparison.
i say this because i've read several comparisons since that try to take the high road and sound logical (
), and to me it seems the longer they are in content, the more said self-ordained expert-of-knowledges seems to be overcompensating for not really having much of a strong point, and instead thinking whoever is reading will assume length equals thoughtfulness.
but anytime that happens, let's just remember that in 1957, US senator strom thurmond spoke for over 24 hours in OPPOSITION to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (he felt very stongly that 'white is right' and 'black is whack,' evidently), and in this longest-ever filibuster in US political history, thurmond regaled his rapt audience by reading passages from many things, among them the farewell address of george washington. oooooooh!
other famous filibusters have read things like their favorite recipes, entire novels, and large passages from the phonebook (i'm not sure the exact phonebook, but it's probably an important detail).
but i dye grass.
this sort of lorem ipsum-ing ad nausem may be, uh, riveting and effective in proving a point (as well as pissing literally everyone, supporters and non alike, off; my guess is that had thurmond read dale carnegie's "how to win friends and influence people," someone would have shot him on the spot), but aside from all the engaging rhetoric here, more isn't ALWAYS better, and, at least content-wise, it still is not above being anything more than, yknow, long-winded bullshit.
oh, and in case you have just over a day to kill, here is the full transcript of thurmond's eloquent and, uh, knee-slappingly hilarious, stunt:
http://www.senate.gov/.../pdf/Thurmo...uster_1957.pdf
louis ck's email:
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/loui...us-1201723679/
fine, i am your servant. and it was cbs with charlie rose: