I think it's time to start laughing.

[Raven]

I had this thought last night while watching the MSNBC Special Report. Laurence O'Donnell described walking through the park across from the Court and being followed by a guy who was yelling questions at him about his vagina. O'Donnell was very deadpan about it and had the panel in hysterics. It struck me that Trump, if he was watching this, would be furious.

Today, I read that Trump is calling for the defunding of the FBI and the DOJ because they're after him.

MTG gets chased out of the park. Lindsey begs for the peoples' last dollar.

And on and on.

These people, and the Republican Party in general, aren't rational. They can't be reasoned with. They must be ridiculed. They must be laughed at.

Trump hates to be made fun of. He needs to become a joke.

How do we get this to catch on?

[global1]

3. That's Probably Good Advice - But.....

It's going to be quite a lot of time between now and when there will be a trial - if we ever get to that day.

Betweena now and the trial - I think the thing that would frustrate TFG more than anything is he being ignored.

Since he announced that he was going to be indicted 3 weeks ago until today - the MSM talked about TFG 24/7. He loves when he is the center of attention.

What needs to happen is he needs to be ignored. Don't talk about him. Don't show countless pictures of him every time they mention his name. Pretend he doesn't exist.

That would drive him crazy and would probably cause him to do something outrageous.

As you said in your post: Nothing to him is more humiliating than knowing he isn't in charge. I'll add to that: and also knowing that he isn't the center of attention on the news and he feels neglected.

And as you noted: His humiliation is going to take care of itself.

Let nature take its course and it will catch on.

Somehow - he'll screw up and further humiliate himself.

[crud]

2. I thought that was pretty funny!

I thought the MSNBC coverage was fine, and they dug down deep into the legal stuff that underpinned the charges. I switched over to CNN later on, and the difference in tone and analysis was really striking. They were still throwing up their hands and asking where is the there there, and a lot of "I'm not a lawyer" but I'm gonna pretend to be one on TV.

[raging moderate]

4. Yes, but remember that the world was laughing at Hitler, and he was in jail.

Then he got out, more preposterous than ever, and his furious fascist mob took over Germany and many other countries as well. Laugh, but stay vigilant.

[cayugafalls]

12. Exactly [phone]

[IronLionZion]

21. Many of us laughed when TFG was running back in 2016

and never expected him to be president, and then never expected a full term, never expected Jan 6 or any of the crazy things that have happened with his mentally ill supporters.

It was a minority of Germans who supported Hitler. Stranger things have happened.

[relayerbob]

5. I totally agree

Laugh at them and mock them mercilessly

[summer_in_TX]

24. Doesn't work.

Counter-productive.

Plays right into the RW media's messages to convince them to NEVER vote for a Dem because liberals bring chaos, are elitists, laugh at them, think they are better than anyone else.

[edisdead]

32. Hahahahaha

[pandr32]

7. I'd laugh at him, too, if...

...he didn't cause so much suffering, loss, stress, and chaos. If only he was funny.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Yes, reverse the RW trope of "First they laugh at you, then ...

(Truth be told, the rump has been ridiculed for decades and it continues through all the periods covered by the tropes.)

The trope goes:

First they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they attack you and try to burn you.
Then they build monuments to you.


For the rump lickers it will be:

First they lie to you.
Then they sell you merch.
Then they use you ("pro-life&quot .
Then they abandon you (J6, no swamp drained).


For the rational public it will be:

First they ignored him.
Then they attacked him.
Then they convicted him.
Then they laughed at him.
Then they used him as a lesson for future generations.

The rational public will never ignore him again. He will be more infamous than even Benedict Arnold. After a couple of generations rump's cult will die. Benedict Arnold has no following in the US of A.

[Auggie]

9. Saw that segment. It was great. I agree: laugh at Trump. And don't debate MAGATs ...

just laugh.

[NotVeryImportant]

10. I always mock them

They make it so easy.

[Sneederbunk]

11. I've heard of Repugs swirling the drain,

but this is ridiculous.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Certainly laugh at them, they hate it. But don't forget to vote as well...

As was mentioned above, a lot of people didn't take Hitler serious and laughed at him, but he won elections.

[Glaisne]

14. I wonder how different this country would be

if there was a 1500 nation-wide network of progressive news talk radio to counter the garbage from right-wing hate radio.

[TwilightZone]

15. I've been saying something similar for years.

Trump detests being mocked. As such, he should be mocked relentlessly at every opportunity.

Had we (as a society) just laughed his ass off the stage, as he deserved, instead of taking him seriously as a presidential candidate, he likely would have gone nowhere.

[EarnestPutz]

16. I think of the left as the much more creative, humorous and colorful end of....

.....the political spectrum. The perfect example of this, to me, is when some anti-LGBT “church” folks showed up in San Diego to demonstrate against all the “sinful” goings on at the Comic Con convention. Big mistake. A few hundred wildly creative folks, already dressed in great costumes, made clever signs and came out to surround them in a counter-demonstration.
Turning TFG’s trial into a real circus would be humiliating, for him, and great fun for us.

[NoMoreRepugs]

17. Social media BOMBARDMENT, especially from young voters could start a tidal wave.

[LymphocyteLover]

18. They are such incredible snowflakes and laughable-- problem is they control some of govt

and can do some real damage to the country

[LymphocyteLover]

19. Love Elie Mystal's take

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[Pinback]

20. Excellent. Thanks. (nt)

[plimsoll]

25. Elaborating the question I keep asking.

If this is really just a political stunt, then the jury isn't going to convict. Why all the pressure to keep it out the court and threaten the legal system? It's just an indictment at this point. I've heard it said that a competent prosecutor can always get an indictment. I have to assume that Bragg wouldn't have brought it to the Grand Jury if he didn't also think he could get a conviction, but Trump has not been convicted yet. So the threat seems to be that the jury is also politically motivated? Trumps lawyers get to question the jurors, remove the ones they don't like. By the end the defense attorneys will try to make that jury as aware as compost. All the screaming and gnashing of teeth makes me think they know he's guilty, allowing him to get away with his crimes is obviously politically motivated.

[flying_wahini]

41. I believe that the powers that be in NYC decided to be the 'warmup' case for the Documents case.

Even if NYC loses the Rpugs will be sitting in rapt attention for the next one.
It will be impossible to refute the mountain of evidence.

[LymphocyteLover]

44. exactly!

[malaise]

31. Excellent thanks

[Blue Owl]

22. Oh I've been pointing and laughing at these fucking losers for awhile now

It's all they deserve

[dickthegrouch]

23. More TIME covers!

The more TIME can poke him, the less stable and able to control himself he'll be.

[rubbersole]

26. Keep the clown clusterfuck front page above the fold 24/7.

Throw mtg under the fold to keep America reading. The face of repub leadership. They're losing every election. Weaker by the day.

[H2O Man]

28. Recommended.

[LPBBEAR]

29. Sure, laugh at them

all you want......

And then put them in prison where they belong.

[malaise]

30. Ridicule the fool

and his tools

[Maeve]

33. One caveat--he may have run for president BECAUSE Obama laughed at him

That dinner where he was made the fool ate at him and angered him. He used what tools he had to claw his way to the top and won*.

However---he hasn't got the same tools today--to use another metaphor, he's already broken most of the golf clubs he'd need to get out of the sandtrap. So treating him as a has-been, never-again may do the trick.

*he never won the popular vote. Ever.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

34. The GOP reminds me of the Three Stooges.

Hapless fools, hopelessly roaming through life without a freakin' clue in the world.

[Gore1FL]

35. Kind of like this?

[Septua]

36. I have BEEN laughing at him...

..for a while. The crazy stuff he says is so, so outrageous, it eventually ceases to be shocking and becomes laughable, triggering a "I can't believe he said that" reaction. The hypocrisy and projection in his comments are so obvious one can't help but laugh though it's not actually a laughing matter. But you have to remember he's talking to the 'base'.

He knows there is a segment of the population that wants, even demands, to hear and believe what he's saying. They are not interested in hearing the truth. The Dominion vs FOX lawsuit has confirmed that.

But I'm convinced the 'Trump Effect' has lost momentum and the untruther crowd is getting smaller for whatever reasons. What goes around has come around and a lot of the chickens have found their way home to roost. The Manhattan indictment is the first of more to come. He may never be convicted of anything but the trials and negative publicity resulting will have a detrimental impact on his 'Trump Effect.'

[paparush]

37. I still can't believe 60 Minutes gave MTG a forum.

But yes...ignore them or show them only mocking attention.

[race bannon]

38. I mean

They are walking talking disasters.

And would not have a clue about what to do after they got what they wanted.

[flying_wahini]

42. Welcome to DU Race Bannon!

[race bannon]

43. Thank you

[SouthernDem4ever]

39. I'll laugh when the clowns are no longer running the show

until then, it's not funny.

[OldBaldy1701E]

40. PLAW

Point
Laugh
Walk
Away

It's the best way to handle them. Do not give them anything but ridicule and derision. Do not stand and try to argue. They cannot be reasoned with. They must learn the consequences of their actions. If we don't give them such consequences, they will destroy everything.

Point
Laugh
Walk
Away

[Raven]

45. Perfect! PLAW is shorthand for "pshaw" which is an expression of

CONTEMPT.