where he appeared to pledge allegiance to Russian President Vladimir Putin over US intelligence agencies, prompting some Americans to label Trump a traitor.
— Read on www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2018/07/18/dershowitz-concedes-maybe-didn-realize-enough-how-emotionally-people-are-invested-opposing-trump/qNTEmIIHLvVSxUInvqyKyK/story.html
He didn’t get that the group he identifies with is as capable of foaming-at-the-mouth stupidity as the groups on the right he used to defend Communists against. Take this line from the article: ‘where he appeared to pledge allegiance to Russian President Vladimir Putin over US intelligence agencies, prompting some Americans to label Trump a traitor.’ It’s striking: they have no trouble portraying the President of the United States as pledging allegiance to another country. Why? Because they want to believe Trump works for Putin. Because that utterly irrational idea has taken hold over many traditional liberals. They’ve gone nuts.
jomi: playing with perception 