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Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:05 PM Nov 2018

Trump? "Very safe form of tear gas."

Last edited Tue Nov 27, 2018, 05:21 PM - Edit history (1)

Tear gas is fucking tear gas. there is no "Very safe form." It burns your eyes, it makes you choke, it makes you want to escape the horror of burning eyes and the inability to take a breath.

Donald Trump said that a "very safe form of tear gas" was used against women and children down at the Mexican border. And, oh yeah, it wasn't the U.S. side of the border. American border control agents (not the U.S. military) fired tear gas at people on the Mexican side of border. And that shit spreads for hundreds of yards.

"President" Trump, there is no such thing as a "very safe form of tear gas," you ignorant, evil prick. If you actually believe your own lie, try it out on yourself.

The America we believed existed is no more. Someway, somehow, we must get this horrible human-like creature out of the White House. And we must rid ourselves of the criminal organization, that calls themselves the Republican Party and stands behind the criminal no matter what.

"VERY SAFE FORM OF TEAR GAS." No decent human being can allow this to stand.

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GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
1. So gassing toddlers is a-okay as long as the tear gas is "very safe"??? WTF????
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:08 PM
Nov 2018

SMGDH. What a sick, sick individual.

Stuart G

(38,420 posts)
2. If he really said this..Please include a link...?? Then he is far stupider than I thought.
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:14 PM
Nov 2018

And that was very, very, very stupid.

Stuart G

(38,420 posts)
5. I am very sorry that I doubted it....apoligize ...but how stupid can he be?
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:22 PM
Nov 2018

In 1968, I was near tear gas...I didn't get the full effect but I got some and it was awful.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
6. At Parris Island and Camp Lejeune
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:29 PM
Nov 2018

Our Junior ROTC unit was required to take off our gas masks while in the gas chamber and then put them back on.

By the way the gas masks at Parris Island are not very good (or they were not in 1980).

Would Trump and his buddy Sean Hannity like to give it a go?

If 15 year olds are willing to do it, these two warriors should have no problem.

DFW

(54,369 posts)
10. Trump shoud beathe in some publicly to show the nation how harmless it is.
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:42 PM
Nov 2018

He can even bring Pence along with him if he wants (I doubt Pence wants).

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
12. Well Bush claimed waterboarding wasn't torture
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 05:11 PM
Nov 2018

Maybe more like a nose drops to clear your sinuses...

underpants

(182,788 posts)
13. Ive been tear gassed twice
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 05:11 PM
Nov 2018

Once in civilian life and once in the Army (a standard of basic training). It's horrible. The feeling of your skin peeling off and your eyes bleeding is just part of it. The feeling that you aren't breathing immediately leads to panic. I've never been near drowning but it has to be close to that BUT you know you are are standing in open air which makes it worse.

Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
14. The "very safe tear gas" shit could be the last straw
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 05:18 PM
Nov 2018

Can democracy survive two more years of this madman?

He really needs to be dragged from office in a straight jacket. But it ain't gonna' happen.

So fasten your seat belts, pray to whatever universal being or spaghetti monster you believe in, eat, snort or inhale some weed, and hope for the best.

As for me, I've turned off nighttime TV and am enjoying Michelle Obama's book, "Becoming." It's filled with what we all need right now. Inspiration, hope and courage.

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