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(4,175 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)calimary
(81,527 posts)housecat
(3,121 posts)ariadne0614
(1,738 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,230 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)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
(35,766 posts)are emotionally maladjusted.
This pandemic didn't help, but at least it exposed the problem.
Captain Zero
(6,845 posts)And way too many of them identify with him as kindred.
The Mouth
(3,165 posts)for their racist, homophobic, sexist, and nativist feelings. And for that they will follow him straight through the gates of hell.
paleotn
(17,989 posts)malaise
(269,225 posts)Rec
riversedge
(70,357 posts)malaise
(269,225 posts)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
(53,925 posts)the house is engineered to win money 24/7.
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Buns_of_Fire
(17,202 posts)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.
malaise
(269,225 posts)Response to Buns_of_Fire (Reply #5)
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Harker
(14,056 posts)And your concern for their feelings.
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Jim G.
(14,811 posts)Spending much of her life trolling. Pathetic.
niyad
(113,630 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,683 posts)If you remember corarose or Lady Democrat, that is who this is.
niyad
(113,630 posts)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.
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BumRushDaShow
(129,683 posts)and back on the meds.
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BumRushDaShow
(129,683 posts)was derived from willow bark.
Jim G.
(14,811 posts)That was decided many years ago. You are a misguided troublemaker that doesn't belong here.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)and stick it where the sun don't shine. You give trolls a bad name.
Celerity
(43,601 posts)malaise
(269,225 posts)Celerity
(43,601 posts)fucking piece of dogshit
malaise
(269,225 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,918 posts)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
malaise
(269,225 posts)Celerity
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WhiskeyGrinder
(22,467 posts)Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #13)
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meadowlander
(4,411 posts)What difference does weight or dress sense have to do with whether someone is admirable or not?
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Dr. T
(97 posts)here in neon red Waukesha County, Wisconsin but rarely say out loud.
plimsoll
(1,671 posts)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.
malaise
(269,225 posts)plimsoll
(1,671 posts)The infotainment industry?
Mr. Evil
(2,856 posts)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)And from me:
In the absence of objective reality, in other words truth, there will be insanity.
Beware of liars !!!
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)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."
William Gustafson
(299 posts)Septua
(2,263 posts)..is, they aren't stupid.
StClone
(11,689 posts)Free access to a long-term study by the major authority on the subject:
https://theauthoritarians.org/options-for-getting-the-book/
The Left suffers from this too, but it is relatively benign.
NJCher
(35,766 posts)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.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)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
(10,217 posts)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.
DoBotherMe
(2,340 posts)The beast is revealed.
IronLionZion
(45,570 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,687 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)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)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
(14,496 posts)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.......
Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,369 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,673 posts)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
(20,017 posts)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
(32,098 posts)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.
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,643 posts)Last edited Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:36 PM - Edit history (1)
Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) Tweeted:
We went to hell when we stopped leaving people back in school
Link to tweet
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malaise
(269,225 posts)Profound
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,643 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,783 posts)Blue Owl
(50,532 posts)Fuck the Slobfather
dchill
(38,565 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)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
(24,072 posts)...admiration is absolutely mind-boggling. No matter how many explanations I read, I still don't "get it."
DeeDeeNY
(3,356 posts)It is willful stupidity.