TimS

Consent was less of a thing back then so in the main the only recorded rapes were violent attacks by strangers. (View Post)

I think it would be particularly hard to be more malevolent and inimical to democracy or Western interests than Trump. Not easy at all. (View Post)

One thing she does have (as does Bernie Sanders) is confidence. Sheer untrammelled confidence has taken Trump a long way. Among the centrists Pete Buttigieg has it too. They really need that - the FU… (View Post)

He is a type that has existed in other historical periods too: the extremist intellectual. The thinking man’s ideologue. Pol Pot and Radovan Karadzic being 2 prominent examples, but there are plenty … (View Post)

We’re all assuming they will have a real choice in 4 years time. I’m not sure they will. I think we are still in continuity bias. (View Post)