Peter Vianden

It's not about to be or not to be, it's rather how to be, and why

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow.

Here’s Robert De Niro’s full statement about how Donald Trump should NEVER be president again:

“I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty.

Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. 

Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world.

We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. 

They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it. 

Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity. 

Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world. 

Safety for our families. 

Decency. 

Let’s welcome them back. 

We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@CalltoActivism It doesn’t matter who speaks the truth -those who have ears to hear and eyes to see and humanity in their hearts will be able to tell truth from lie. It’s plain like day and night, that Robert deNiro‘s appeal and warning is only an observation of reality and conclusion of history

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@LDSLivingMag Sure, on vacation or business trips. Even when we didn’t understand the language, eg. in Italy, the warm welcome and kindness of the brethren and sisters always was uplifting and made us feel at home. Often, Elders or sisters from the US did translate, or people speak English.

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@ClaudMajor DACCORD! 10 Punkte auf den Punkt gebracht! Der Unterschied zwischen Debattierclub und Demokratie: in der Demokratie werden auf der Grundlage solch klarer Abwägungen mutige Entscheidungen getroffen.

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@MelnykAndrij Andrej, Sie schaden der Ukraine und Ihrem Präsidenten erheblich!! Sie sind nicht als Richter berufen, das sollten Sie Gott und den Historikern überlassen. Gemeinsame Werte und Ziele brauchen Konstruktivität, nicht Destruktivität! Bitte fragen Sie sich vor jedem Tweet: Cui bono? !

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

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[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@Schnurzel64 @tagesschau Der hat ein Alibi: Hausdurchsuchung

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@null_neun_elf @tagesschau Sehr überzeugende Theorie. Das Gute daran: am Klimawandel sind wahlweise die anderen schuld oder niemand. Oder es gibt keinen

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@tagesschau … ist schon Sylvester?

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@Insomnia0_o @tagesschau Sehe ich genau so! Erfrischend direkt und authentisch im Vergleich zu den vielen Teflon-Politikern, die überwiegend leere Worthülsen in die Mikrofone blubbern, um niemanden eine Angriffsfläche zu bieten und sich nicht festzulegen.

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@BBCSteveR I pray for the safety and life of this brave, honest man and his family, who dares to tell the truth! Wondering who stepped in from the background to instruct the host how to counter the statements …

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@welt gemäß dieser Definition wären Gewehre, die Geschosse abschießen können keine Verteidugungswaffen. Vielleicht 5000 Helme - aber die könnte man auch vielen Leuten an den Kopf werfen .. wenn's denn hilft ...

[tagesschau @tagesschau]

Pressekonferenz zur Corona-Lage https://t.co/DWqOHiDDGn

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

Trumps presidency in a nutshell

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@CBSNews Straight to the point

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@klee_lina Ausrufezeichen!!!

[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

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[Carsten Dierig @CarstenDierig]

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[Peter Lüdike @luedike]

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[Peter Vianden @mindmate]

@tagesthemen #illner "Sind sie zu stark, bist du zu schwach." Eine lebendige Identität geht nicht unter. Angst offenbart hier Defizite.