re: Alabama LB Rashaan Evans was asked about President Trump attending the game

How will football fans react when Donald Trump tries to turn the championship game into a reality TV clown show?

I predict deafening chorus of boos. No president has ever been less popular. Very few Trump supporters can afford a $2,000 ticket price.

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If you are comparing trump trying to protect its borders with hitlers germany, you have some issues.

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Trump doesn't care about the borders he only cares that he can get votes by brining it up. The problem with a tyrant is most don't see the tyranny until it is too late. When you preach fear of the other guy it just means you are too weak to win on your own. What I know is you take freedom by degrees and not all at once. When they changed congress to allow simple majority on issues that deserve super majority then you have taken the first step down the rabbit hole.

As for Hitler, the old man and all my uncles fought him in WW II and they were always quick to point out the war was after the tipping point. The real takeover happened in the early 30's when Hitler was feeding the masses what they wanted to hear so they glossed over that the tipping point had already been crossed.

Look, Hillary was no bundle of joy to lead this country either. As registered voters we need to choose from folks who actually work for us than the folks to pander to us so they can take office and then take our wallet.

Man is focused. Jake Fromm better prepare his anus.

I might cheer for them if they had a legitimate shot to beat Bama, and Saban, in a football game.

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I fricked up hugely by not voting for Hillary against Trump if for no other reason than keep Trump out. I have to own that and I do and it embarrasses me. Trump was the most God awful candidate in U.S. history and I knew it. And Hillary was actually knowledgeable and competent. I was part of the problem in the last election, won't ever happen again.

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I didn't vote either. I'm not ashamed, and you shouldn't be either. Americans shouldn't be shamed into voting for a piece of shite just to keep a bigger piece of shite from being elected. "Stop Trump" isn't a good enough reason to vote for anyone.

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You are a horrible person if you do not denounce Trump every second of everyday

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frick you snowflake

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Obviously you have not paid attention to the football season!

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Maybe but I'm not a shite poster like you are

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Seriously doubt it. His Twitter is only semi literate even using the same small words saying the same thing over and over and over.

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That's because it's meant for public consumption by idiots like you who can't read big words.

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Why does narcissism equate to negative outcomes in a president?

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I think by nature politicians have to have a bit of narcissism to be politicians. However, having the full blown disorder is a mental defect the same as bi polar or schizophrenia. I know many who can function in society as long as they are on their meds and get outside support to keep them from going off the deep end.

The problem with the full blow disorder of narcissism is it creates a false narrative in the person affected so they will not accept the fact they have the disorder. A real life Catch 22 if you will in that disorder prevents getting help. Couple this with other disorders in Trump's personality like germ phobia. While you may be too young to remember Howard Hughes he is a classic study of charismatic billionaire to the public, the reality was quite different. Mash here for interesting read but here is the important bits.

The phobia grew so severe that it might have contributed to Hughes's increasing addiction to codeine and his reclusiveness in the two decades before his death from heart failure in 1976.

The bigger point being that a person in denial will not only avoid real help but will often self medicate to keep them from confronting the truth they seek to avoid in themselves.

(interesting as Fowler chaired the psychology dept at University of Alabama)


Many in history were afflicted with this disorder and had tragic effects when the person was elevated to great power.

Nero, the emperor who burned Rome
Mengele, the Nazi who embodied the dark side of power
Herod, the guy that has Jesus whacked
Tamerlane, who killed 70,000 women and children when he did not get his way
Countess Bathory de Ecsed, the real life woman who became the queen in "Snow White"
(she bathed and drank the blood of up to 700 young women to stay young)
Hitler, charismatic but lethal when he did not get his way
Napoleon, a tyrant of the first order when he was challenged

The problem is that normal human beings have at least a shred of empathy that keeps their narcissism in control. When it come to leadership, the more power they acquire, the more irrational they become as they have no empathy to keep them in check. Again, this is less about the POTUS and political parties and all about an individual with a very real mental illness who is insulated by wealth and power which disrupts proper treatment.