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In reply to the discussion: He's just so.....horrible. At times, I'm just at a loss for words because he's just so horrible. [View all]calimary
(81,139 posts)I keep going back to - "who the hell VOTES for these assholes?" And I've gotta tell ya - I blame THEM! Just as much as I blame the schmuck they're cockeyed over. That he's given THEM a voice. He, hate radio, Pox Noise, Alex Jones, Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and that guy whose name rhymes with Vanity - they've all elevated these assholes to respectability. Given them a seat at the table. Legitimized their asshole behavior and their even worse asshole attitudes. Allowed it to come out of the closet or the basement or from up in the attic where weird berserko conspiracy-theorist Uncle Harry stays holed up and only brought out to join polite company on Thanksgiving.
Now, it's OKAY to be rude, mean-spirited, and bullying. It's okay to parade around in t-shirts that say "Trump the Bitch." It's okay to be a crude loutish vulgarian. To hail the king of same, and even better yet, to aspire to be little "Mini-Me's" of him. I just heard someone on TV, on Rachel or Brian Williams or one of those a little bit ago this evening - talking about how bullying has increased in schools since Trump. His arrival on the political stage and his shitty behavior is making it okay to be a bully again. It's now okay to resent Blacks and Latinos, AND to say so out loud. It's now okay to be a white supremacist - and not just okay but you should even be proud of it! I just heard, too, that David the-Grand-Wizard-Deplorable Duke boast that THEIR movement is enjoying a nice new upswing. More people interested. More people joining in. More enthusiasm for the Klan than he's seen in a long time. How 'bout that.
Trump is Toxic. He's Toxicity Embodied. He's Toxicity Incorporated.
And so are his fans. There. I said it. And I meant it, too. They're Deplorables alright. Just like he is. The whole lousy weasel-y lot of 'em are certified Deplorables.