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Faux pas

(14,686 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:07 AM Jan 2021

WOW! This:

William Rivers Pitt
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Remember that anonymous letter to Trump from three years ago? Here, in all its glory, is my New Years present to you. Still don't know who wrote it.
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Dear Fucking Lunatic,

I read with interest your recent interview with The New York Times. I couldn’t get past the bit about your being the most popular visitor in the history of fucking China — a country that’s only 2,238 years old, give or take.

Do you know how fucking insane you sound, you off-brand butt plug? That's like the geopolitical equivalent of ‘that stripper really likes me’ — only 10,000 times crazier and less self aware.

You are fucking exhausting. Every day is a natural experiment in determining how long 300 million people can resist coring out their own assholes with an ice auger. Every time I hear a snippet of your Queens-tinged banshee larynx farts, I want to crawl up my own ass with a Union Jack and claim my sigmoid colon for HRH Queen Elizabeth II.

We are fucking tired. As bad as we all thought your presidency would be when Putin got you elected, it’s been inestimably worse.
You called a hostile, nuclear-armed head of state ‘short and fat.’ How the fuck does that help?

You accused a woman — a former friend, no less — of showing up at your resort bleeding from the face and begging to get in. You, you, YOU — the guy who looks like a Christmas haggis inexplicably brought to life by Frosty’s magic hat — yes, you of all people said that.
You attempted — with evident fucking glee — to get 24 million people thrown off their health insurance.

You gave billions away to corporations and the already wealthy while simultaneously telling struggling poor people that you were doing exactly the opposite.

You endorsed a pedophile, praised brutal dictators, and defended LITERAL FUCKING NAZIS!

Ninety-nine percent of everything you say is either false, crazy, incoherent, just plain cruel, or a rancid paella of all four.
Oh, by the way, Puerto Rico is still FUBAR. You got yourself and your family billions in tax breaks for Christmas. What do they get? More paper towels?

Enough, enough, enough, enough! For the love of God and all that is holy, good, and pure, would you please, finally and forever, shut your feculent KFC-hole until you have something valuable — or even marginally civil — to say?

You are a fried dick sandwich with a side of schlongs. If chlamydia and gonorrhea had a son, you’d appoint him HHS secretary. You are a disgraceful, pustulant hot stew full of casuistry, godawful ideas, unintelligible non sequiturs, and malignant rage.

You are the perfect circus orangutan diaper from Plato’s World of Forms.

So happy new year, Mr. Pr*sident. And fuck you forever.

Oh, and Pence, you oleaginous house ferret. Fuck you, too.

Sincerely,

Everyone

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WOW! This: (Original Post) Faux pas Jan 2021 OP
Standing O SoonerPride Jan 2021 #1
The Faux pas Jan 2021 #2
The person who wrote it is the same person who called Obama a Piece of Shit used Car Salesman. MrsCoffee Jan 2021 #4
That person also threatened another DUer. MineralMan Jan 2021 #15
True. kstewart33 Jan 2021 #27
Well that I did not know. SoonerPride Jan 2021 #20
William Rivers Pitt did not write the piece in the OP. He's quoting what someone else wrote. scarletwoman Jan 2021 #37
that is Rivers Pitt, but did he write this letter? LymphocyteLover Jan 2021 #47
Who Faux pas Jan 2021 #76
Bravo. Makes the Rude Pundit sound like Miss Manners Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #3
I thought it was the Rude Pundit. ananda Jan 2021 #7
Yeah, sounds like Rude to me.. mountain grammy Jan 2021 #53
Author might be Pantagruel Jan 2021 #5
The author is Aldous J Pennyfarthing - see my post #35, below. scarletwoman Jan 2021 #38
Yes, thanks-- I thought it sounded familiar LymphocyteLover Jan 2021 #49
Great, thanks for that.. mountain grammy Jan 2021 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #6
Wish I had said that. It's certainly what I think. Augiedog Jan 2021 #8
I Faux pas Jan 2021 #77
Who gives a flying leap about anything William Rivers Pitt Hobo Jan 2021 #9
Respect where due, please. He has a long history of posting keen insights Orrex Jan 2021 #17
I do Auggie Jan 2021 #19
Me too! mountain grammy Jan 2021 #55
Me too! Owl Jan 2021 #58
Pitt is a good man. Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #36
So what ever happened to him? calimary Jan 2021 #42
FWIU, he is with TruthOut / Buzzflash. Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #59
OMG! calimary Jan 2021 #65
Hiya, calimary! Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #67
Virtual hug 'n' kiss! calimary Jan 2021 #71
So glad to know your new handle octafish questionseverything Jan 2021 #68
Hiya, questionseverything! Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #69
How Faux pas Jan 2021 #79
HI! I remember your righteous posts, appalachiablue Jun 2021 #80
Threatening to beat a homeless DUer to death. Such a good man. NYC Liberal Jan 2021 #46
Really? Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #57
I didn't know about that! Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #66
Again, he didn't write the piece. SergeStorms Jan 2021 #50
Well said, thank you. mountain grammy Jan 2021 #56
plenty of us do Skittles Jan 2021 #61
He Faux pas Jan 2021 #78
Perfect malaise Jan 2021 #10
K and R Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #11
I had suspected Mira Jan 2021 #21
I too thought that, only him not holding back, heh nt. Pluvious Jan 2021 #23
Thank you. That is very nice of you to say. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #62
Yours not truly, DeSmet Jan 2021 #12
Ah, the classics.. denbot Jan 2021 #13
Aldous J. Pennyfarthing emily333 Jan 2021 #14
You're correct! scarletwoman Jan 2021 #39
Holy fuck I like this wildman76 Jan 2021 #16
Sounds like The Ferret / Shower Cap Auggie Jan 2021 #18
These righteous outbursts remind me of poetry slams. Politicub Jan 2021 #22
Pitt did not write that. Please see my post #35. scarletwoman Jan 2021 #40
I still feel the same way. Politicub Jan 2021 #41
KnR...nt N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2021 #24
K&R (n/t) Moostache Jan 2021 #25
Sorry, I don't listen to used car salesmen. William769 Jan 2021 #26
K&R cp Jan 2021 #28
ROFL Joinfortmill Jan 2021 #29
I think the person who wrote this was a bit too kind. Lokee11 Jan 2021 #30
Sung to the tune of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" Orange Buffoon Jan 2021 #31
Thanks for signing my name too world wide wally Jan 2021 #32
Pitt is banned here, murielm99 Jan 2021 #33
He didn't write it. Grasswire2 Jan 2021 #43
William Rivers Pitt no longer on DU? XanaDUer2 Jan 2021 #34
He was banned for threatening to kill another DUer, then allowed back. NYC Liberal Jan 2021 #48
Oh, Lord XanaDUer2 Jan 2021 #52
Sounds like he developed HDS--Hillary Derangement Syndrome. nt SunSeeker Jan 2021 #73
The actual author is Aldous J Pennyfarthing from Daily Kos. scarletwoman Jan 2021 #35
Kick Beringia Jan 2021 #44
POSUCS ismnotwasm Jan 2021 #45
The comments section was as interesting as the OP itself. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #51
And it only went downhill after that Martin Eden Jan 2021 #60
Read this to my husband and had to do it haltingly. calimary Jan 2021 #63
Off brand butt plug,oleaginous house ferret, circus orangutan diaper, feculent KFC-hole . Autumn Jan 2021 #64
Will Pitt is someone I consider a friend flotsam Jan 2021 #70
Sounds like Rick Wilson wrote that, especially when he calls him an "off brand butt plug." SunSeeker Jan 2021 #72
LOVE WIlliam Rivers Pitt -- Hell Yeah TRUTH OUT!!! TigressDem Jan 2021 #74
K&R K& R K&R K&R K& R K&R K&R K& R K&R TigressDem Jan 2021 #75

MrsCoffee

(5,803 posts)
4. The person who wrote it is the same person who called Obama a Piece of Shit used Car Salesman.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:24 AM
Jan 2021

Fuck that guy.

MineralMan

(146,320 posts)
15. That person also threatened another DUer.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:59 AM
Jan 2021

I'm surprised anyone would post anything from that person on DU.

kstewart33

(6,551 posts)
27. True.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 12:32 PM
Jan 2021

Many of us who've been a DUer for many years (me, 19) may recall that Mr. Pitt has a checkered past on DU.
Beyond that, I don't see the value in F-you rants. IMHO, a complete waste of time.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
5. Author might be
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:24 AM
Jan 2021

Scottish, seen some fine examples of the way the Scots hurl insults-effectively brutal and erudite.

Response to Faux pas (Original post)

Hobo

(757 posts)
9. Who gives a flying leap about anything William Rivers Pitt
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:35 AM
Jan 2021

Has to stay or write that guy needs to be in the dustbin of history he is an asshole

Hobo

Orrex

(63,218 posts)
17. Respect where due, please. He has a long history of posting keen insights
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 12:02 PM
Jan 2021

Just days after those same insights were published by multiple other outlets.

Yet somehow people still lionize his Johnny-come-lately commentary.

Kid Berwyn

(14,933 posts)
36. Pitt is a good man.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:15 PM
Jan 2021

Not only is he a Democrat in the best senses of the word and Party, he signs his real name to what he writes — including this “Anonymous” letter he published.

calimary

(81,383 posts)
42. So what ever happened to him?
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:36 PM
Jan 2021

LOVED the OP! An absolutely delicious read! Couldn’t have been better if it was served with a side of chocolate!

Kid Berwyn

(14,933 posts)
59. FWIU, he is with TruthOut / Buzzflash.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:27 PM
Jan 2021

I’ve seen his by-line there.

http://legacy.buzzflash.com/commentary/william-rivers-pitt-you-are-made-by-your-memories-so-remember

He and I had some serious word fights on DU in the old days — I used to post as Octafish.

Didn’t amount to a hill of beans, though, as we are on the same side. I still think he’s TOPS!

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
46. Threatening to beat a homeless DUer to death. Such a good man.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:46 PM
Jan 2021

Not voting for Hillary Clinton in 2016 - ergo, voting for Trump - and encouraging others to do the same. Such a good Democrat.

Kid Berwyn

(14,933 posts)
57. Really?
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:24 PM
Jan 2021

I don’t remember him wishing ill on a homeless DUer or anyone. I remember the abuse Pitt got for using his real name.

I don’t think he voted for Trump over Hillary, but you’ll have to ask him.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
66. I didn't know about that!
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 04:52 PM
Jan 2021

Of course I blocked him some time ago. I read this today to hear he got thrown off.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
50. Again, he didn't write the piece.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:54 PM
Jan 2021

It was forwarded through Pitt. That's the only reason his name is on it. Yes, Mr. Pitt left bad taste in more than a few DUers mouths. That said, there were extenuating circumstances for Mr. Pitt's words and actions at the time, and although that doesn't excuse those words and actions, it shouldn't disqualify him from being a productive and important force for Democratic ideas in the future. He was ashamed of his words and actions, and later apologized for them.

Carrying a grudge takes a lot of energy from a person, and it's a daily chore. You only have to forgive someone once and that burden is lifted. I don't know about you, but I like to travel through life with the lightest load possible.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
22. These righteous outbursts remind me of poetry slams.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 12:17 PM
Jan 2021

When I was in college, the campus arranged for poetry slam performers to come to campus and do dramatic readings. They would talk about all manner of injustices, and I ate the performances up.

I still enjoy a good righteous rant, and there is no shortage of them on the internet today.

However, I’m getting kind of tired of them. Yes, I hate everything republicans and Trump stand for. I am disgusted by the false equivalencies drawn between protest movements and seditious acts. And, yes, I am angered about a right-wing media apparatus that keeps a tight grip on people who enjoy manipulation and being whipped into a frothy frenzy.

Out of a scale of five, I would give this rant one star. While it contains a copious amount of explicatives, it goes on for too long. It would benefit from an edit. Or, indeed, not written at all.

These days, I prefer rants on video that last no more than a minute. Anything longer gets repetitive. My favorite ones have a segment where right wing acquaintances are told to fuck off because we are tired of discussing their shit.

While Pitt’s “rancid paella” is evocative, I see it as a purple-prose bourgeois show-off because I don’t like paella in the first place, and most of them seem rancid to me. Now, I would be able to relate to a rotten apple concealed by blood-red sugar (aka an old candy apple), because rotten apples are disgusting and a thin veneer of sugar would not mask the taste or texture. Paellas reek of classism.

XanaDUer2

(10,699 posts)
34. William Rivers Pitt no longer on DU?
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:10 PM
Jan 2021

I've been gone a long time. Back in the day, he was a DU super-member; I remember him relating his Truth out job to us when he got it.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
48. He was banned for threatening to kill another DUer, then allowed back.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:48 PM
Jan 2021

He then stated he was not voting for Hillary in the general election in 2016 and encouraged others to do the same, which is what I believe got him banned for good.

XanaDUer2

(10,699 posts)
52. Oh, Lord
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:02 PM
Jan 2021

I remember the excitement and congratulatory posts he always got on his books and Truthout articles. Crazy how things turn out. Thanks for the update.

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
35. The actual author is Aldous J Pennyfarthing from Daily Kos.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:13 PM
Jan 2021
https://twitter.com/AJPennyfarthing

Also see:


Yes, I'm the original author of the "Dear Fucking Lunatic" letter.

Martin Eden

(12,873 posts)
60. And it only went downhill after that
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:35 PM
Jan 2021

How low can Trump go?
I don't want to know
Eiight days hence
He's ejected with Pence.

calimary

(81,383 posts)
63. Read this to my husband and had to do it haltingly.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:36 PM
Jan 2021

Had to stop for laugh and interrupting “RIGHTEOUS!!!” breaks - mine as well as his!

Had to take, and deliver this slowly, paragraph by paragraph.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
64. Off brand butt plug,oleaginous house ferret, circus orangutan diaper, feculent KFC-hole .
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:45 PM
Jan 2021

Last edited Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:42 PM - Edit history (1)

Will certainly has a way with words. Few have ever come up with such perfect descriptions of Trump.
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