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Imagine being so stupid... (Original Post) 634-5789 Oct 2021 OP
Poor man's idea of a rich man, a stupid man's idea of a smart man; a weak man's idea of a strong man 634-5789 Oct 2021 #1
Wheres the "rec this post" button? I need to press it several times. NightWatcher Oct 2021 #4
Rich man poor man Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2021 #6
That's about it. calimary Oct 2021 #57
good point! housecat Oct 2021 #59
+1 n/t ariadne0614 Oct 2021 #20
They're completely debased and have been living a virtue lie. Trump awoke their depravity. TheBlackAdder Oct 2021 #67
The identify with him because he is exactly like them in every way. olegramps Oct 2021 #27
a significant number of Americans NJCher Oct 2021 #49
There is a lot of personality disorder out there. Captain Zero Oct 2021 #51
He gives them permission and validity The Mouth Oct 2021 #61
That about sums it all up. paleotn Oct 2021 #74
This should have 500 recs malaise Oct 2021 #2
I just gave it a R. Best description yet of Trumps hair--'cotton-candy"!!! riversedge Oct 2021 #3
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! malaise Oct 2021 #7
And going bankrupt several times running casinos, where... brush Oct 2021 #45
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #80
Me, too. But I hope it doesn't hurt the feelings Buns_of_Fire Oct 2021 #5
Hahahahha - I care not malaise Oct 2021 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Oct 2021 #9
I admire your restraint. Harker Oct 2021 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #11
Imagine Being A Grown Woman... Jim G. Oct 2021 #12
Was she one of our regularly returning trolls? niyad Oct 2021 #24
Yes BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #28
Ah yes, such memories. niyad Oct 2021 #35
Yeah... Jim G. Oct 2021 #30
I agree. niyad Oct 2021 #36
Post removed Post removed Oct 2021 #43
Get some help BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #44
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #47
But aspirin BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #48
But It Won't Be Your Choice To Leave... Jim G. Oct 2021 #46
Take your #bebest..... SergeStorms Oct 2021 #50
enjoy your stay Celerity Oct 2021 #14
Gone before I read it malaise Oct 2021 #15
was nasty racial attack, complete with the white power bloodclaat mockingly calling you sista Celerity Oct 2021 #16
Glad I didn't see it malaise Oct 2021 #17
+1 Celerity Oct 2021 #18
Glad I did Tom Rinaldo Oct 2021 #19
Thanks malaise Oct 2021 #21
so did I Celerity Oct 2021 #25
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #23
Yes, imagine admiring someone obese and disheveled. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #13
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #32
Like Albert Einstein? Or Winston Churchill? Or Aretha Franklin? meadowlander Oct 2021 #70
I'm saying. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #72
Post removed Post removed Oct 2021 #79
This is what I think every goddamned day Dr. T Oct 2021 #22
It's taken years, but some of the media is starting to notice the cruelty. plimsoll Oct 2021 #26
Meryl Streep knew it before his inauguration malaise Oct 2021 #33
Fair point. plimsoll Oct 2021 #34
What I find to be quite funny (in a macabre sort of way), Mr. Evil Oct 2021 #29
Interesting observation Trust_Reality Oct 2021 #37
Gotta say 2Gingersnaps Oct 2021 #31
I love the movie "Life of Brian"... especially ..... William Gustafson Oct 2021 #84
The reality AND tragedy... Septua Oct 2021 #38
Correct, they suffer from Authoritarianism StClone Oct 2021 #39
both sites worth a visit NJCher Oct 2021 #53
Two great links. I've been promoting the latter (Altemeyer) in my DU Journal for years. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2021 #62
The bright side... lambchopp59 Oct 2021 #40
This crap on your shoes is who the filthy rich hand selected to represent them in America Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #41
HEAR! HEAR! DoBotherMe Oct 2021 #71
Millions of Americans are that stupid IronLionZion Oct 2021 #42
TFG supporters are idiots LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #52
He validates the like minded,there are millions of them. He is a marketer and understood that power. BeckyDem Oct 2021 #54
I wish it was just stupidity luv2fly Oct 2021 #55
He could never have done it without massive help from our corrupt public and social media..... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2021 #56
Sounds like that came from Jeff Tiedrich Catherine Vincent Oct 2021 #58
Every American should be required to carry that card with their driver's license bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #60
We live in a country of cognitive dissonance Mr. Ected Oct 2021 #63
Put it in the White House! moondust Oct 2021 #64
He is not just "constitutionally" illiterate. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #65
Pretty much says it all. K&R! 11 Bravo Oct 2021 #66
+1000 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 #68
They must have graduated from tRump University with honors BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #69
I should cry but I am laughing at that malaise Oct 2021 #73
+1 dalton99a Oct 2021 #76
Now I have to wash my eyes with acid. BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #78
Is the Orange Anus doing the white power sign there?? If it's not photo-shopped, I say yes. n/t Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #75
K&R Blue Owl Oct 2021 #77
Wow! He's just like me! dchill Oct 2021 #81
Made me laugh I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #82
That so many people find him worthy of... 3catwoman3 Oct 2021 #83
Not just stupidity DeeDeeNY Oct 2021 #85

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
27. The identify with him because he is exactly like them in every way.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:56 AM
Oct 2021

They have actually found someone who is as racist, prejudiced and ignorant as they are. They have found a campion for their totally depraved, corrupt lack of any basic morality that can justify their delusional of belief of superiority. They like Trump actually believe that they are like Trump who actually said that he was smarter and better informed than all the generals. This why they are easily manipulated and readily accept the most bizarre nonsense that contradicts recognized and respected scientific fact. Etc, etc...

NJCher

(35,688 posts)
49. a significant number of Americans
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:38 AM
Oct 2021

are emotionally maladjusted.

This pandemic didn't help, but at least it exposed the problem.

Captain Zero

(6,811 posts)
51. There is a lot of personality disorder out there.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 10:03 AM
Oct 2021

And way too many of them identify with him as kindred.

The Mouth

(3,150 posts)
61. He gives them permission and validity
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:20 PM
Oct 2021

for their racist, homophobic, sexist, and nativist feelings. And for that they will follow him straight through the gates of hell.

malaise

(269,062 posts)
7. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:00 AM
Oct 2021

Perfect -and to think it doesn't even include his crimes, his stiffing workers, contractors, his contempt for law and order and his breath-taking arrogance.

Anyone who thinks he's the solution solidifies my long held view- show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are.

brush

(53,791 posts)
45. And going bankrupt several times running casinos, where...
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:29 AM
Oct 2021

the house is engineered to win money 24/7.

Response to riversedge (Reply #3)

Buns_of_Fire

(17,183 posts)
5. Me, too. But I hope it doesn't hurt the feelings
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 07:53 AM
Oct 2021

of his semi-sentient, moronic, drooling, inbred, illiterate, toad-sucking, sister-screwing, cowardly, oxycontin-popping, hateful, ass-kissing, nazified, flag-humping worshippers.

They're very delicate.

Response to Buns_of_Fire (Reply #5)

Response to malaise (Reply #2)

Jim G.

(14,811 posts)
30. Yeah...
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:59 AM
Oct 2021

I feel bad for her because she has obvious mental health issues, but she devotes a lot of time & effort to trolling here with little to show for it, except a bunch of removed posts.


Response to Jim G. (Reply #30)

Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #44)

Jim G.

(14,811 posts)
46. But It Won't Be Your Choice To Leave...
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:29 AM
Oct 2021

That was decided many years ago. You are a misguided troublemaker that doesn't belong here.





Celerity

(43,419 posts)
16. was nasty racial attack, complete with the white power bloodclaat mockingly calling you sista
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:15 AM
Oct 2021

fucking piece of dogshit

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
19. Glad I did
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:23 AM
Oct 2021

Because I got to vote on the jury to remove it! I almost couldn't believe what I was reading, Even read it twice to be sure it wasn't some clumsy failed attempt at satire

Response to Celerity (Reply #16)

Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #13)

meadowlander

(4,399 posts)
70. Like Albert Einstein? Or Winston Churchill? Or Aretha Franklin?
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 07:18 PM
Oct 2021

What difference does weight or dress sense have to do with whether someone is admirable or not?

Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #72)

Dr. T

(97 posts)
22. This is what I think every goddamned day
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:38 AM
Oct 2021

here in neon red Waukesha County, Wisconsin but rarely say out loud.

plimsoll

(1,670 posts)
26. It's taken years, but some of the media is starting to notice the cruelty.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:55 AM
Oct 2021

You forgot that they looked at this guy and thought, "He performs acts of overt cruelty and is not penalized, I aspire to such behavior.*"

*Translated to English from troll. Translation by plimsoll.

Mr. Evil

(2,845 posts)
29. What I find to be quite funny (in a macabre sort of way),
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:58 AM
Oct 2021

is that for so many years (the racist/bigoted) southerners have been screeching about their precious 'southern heritage' and yet, they worship a spoiled rotten rich kid (along with all the descriptors in the OP) from New York City.

Trust_Reality

(1,723 posts)
37. Interesting observation
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:10 AM
Oct 2021

And from me:

In the absence of objective reality, in other words truth, there will be insanity.

Beware of liars !!!

2Gingersnaps

(1,000 posts)
31. Gotta say
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:59 AM
Oct 2021

I was pretty happy not knowing. I had a pretty charitable view of the world. All evidence to the contrary. Kind of like the end of Monty Python's "Life of Brian," the end song, "Bright Side of Life."

NJCher

(35,688 posts)
53. both sites worth a visit
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 10:07 AM
Oct 2021

I saved the article on the first one; besides being a good explanation of authoritarianism in America, it cites the major scholars doing work in this area. I intend to check out their work, and thankfully links are provided.

Was totally unaware of the second one. That looks like it's worth following.

to the author, who is putting that out there for those of us who are trying to understand why anyone would support and follow this slob. And thank you, StClone, for posting it.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
40. The bright side...
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:21 AM
Oct 2021

Could be that their idiotic cult worship of TFG may succeed in dividing the republican field of candidates, split the vote and encourage lots of progressive democrats into running.
With lots of AOC's in congress, our future progeny may stand a fighting chance of survival, even thrive.
The period of nauseatingly idiotic history we came through would become a shameful, page long lesson on a history site, prime example of what NOT to do.

Farmer-Rick

(10,187 posts)
41. This crap on your shoes is who the filthy rich hand selected to represent them in America
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:23 AM
Oct 2021

This rediculus ego driven idiot is the filthy rich. He is them and they are he.

He isn't just a useful idiot puppet to them. He isn't just a tool to manipulate idiots out of their democracy. He doesn't merely promote all the corrupt a petty wants of the filthy rich. He is the filthy rich. He is what Koch bros really look like. He is the heart of Putin. He is Zuckerberg's vision, Bill Gates' desires and Bezo's real face.

Look at this awful example of a human being and realize he is the embodiment of the filthy rich and capitalism.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
54. He validates the like minded,there are millions of them. He is a marketer and understood that power.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 10:14 AM
Oct 2021

Let's remember it was M$M that sent their camera crews waiting for him with live coverage in a way they did not do for any other candidate.

They loved the ratings, while he spread his hate speech.

luv2fly

(2,475 posts)
55. I wish it was just stupidity
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 10:20 AM
Oct 2021

But it isn't... I suspect more of it is cult-like adoration, even amongst people with comparatively high IQs, and then the rest is just pure greed.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
56. He could never have done it without massive help from our corrupt public and social media.....
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 10:24 AM
Oct 2021

that seeks only to entertain and gain profit from views and clicks, thereby maintaining their status on Wall Street.

I remember being shocked how quickly tRump gained control over U.S. and international media in 2015, as they fought to gain access to his rallies around the nation. The only public media outlet I'm aware of that called out his lies at the rallies was based in the UK and that demonstrates just how pathetically useless our U.S. media has become as our Fourth Estate.

And, I was just as shocked to see how quickly he added supporters and at how fast they became brainwashed on his bullshit and lies that can be called just a re-branding of Republican Kool-Aid.

We are in a pathetic moral and mental state as a nation, seeking more to be entertained and have a god-figure to worship rather than looking for ways to get our hands dirty with the job of maintaining a democracy.

KY rant done.......

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
63. We live in a country of cognitive dissonance
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:06 PM
Oct 2021

Wherein for 40 years the propaganda machine has installed messaging in the brains of its listeners that will cause them to have a Pavlov's dog-type reaction when certain buzzwords are repeated.

There are tens of millions of Manchurian Candidates running around, voting against their own best interests because they've become zombified. They are so easily manipulated and their masters play their cards very well.

As someone said, the damage is done. The question is, will we be able to rebuild America after these fools lose us our democracy and hand the nation over to a group of international neo-fascists?

moondust

(19,993 posts)
64. Put it in the White House!
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 02:13 PM
Oct 2021

Move it to the top! Normalize it! Spread it far and wide! Make it king for life! The definition of 'murcan "success"!

Well-armed neo-confederate hoodlums gone wild!!!!!

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
65. He is not just "constitutionally" illiterate.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 03:16 PM
Oct 2021

He's just flat-out illiterate. And, drug-addled. He wears make-up, hair spray, high heels and a girdle, but the misogynists in his cult love him anyway.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
69. They must have graduated from tRump University with honors
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 07:06 PM
Oct 2021

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I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
82. Made me laugh
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 11:28 PM
Oct 2021

The magats are stupid self deceiving amoral assholes who want to shoot them gunz and kill, they wanna be rich sociopaths like tfa .fucking losers and stupid as a bag of bowling balls all of them are. Looking for a big strong daddy to bow and grovel to but they chose that crusty weak, vain, criminal malignant narcissist craven,illiterate,abuser,loser, amoral, bigoted mysogynist,transgender hating chunk of pasty white nincompoop.

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)
83. That so many people find him worthy of...
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 11:28 PM
Oct 2021

...admiration is absolutely mind-boggling. No matter how many explanations I read, I still don't "get it."

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