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I do think it's interesting that his supporters dismiss anything he says that's stupid, gross, or unhinged with "he's trolling." It's the weirdest kind of apologia I've seen
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"Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies"
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I do think it's interesting that his supporters dismiss anything he says that's stupid, gross, or unhinged with "he's trolling." It's the weirdest kind of apologia I've seen
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Is licking his boots part of the trolling process?
Nah. He knows how to feed red meat to his low information, knuckle dragging, mouth breathing base.
Maimonides wouldn't wish anyone to soil their face, unlike you.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Except the traitor isn't exactly trolling is he? That's what his supporters say, but on occasion even he has said otherwise.
Why don't you go full throttle and call them deplorables or ultra-mega-MAGA scum? You know you want to.
Don't you love it? "Where's Niki's husband? Where is he? Oh, he's not here."
Anybody seen Melania lately?
Hillary sure had it right, didn't she? "Basket of deplorables."
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Pointing out the fact that they're both intellectually and morally bankrupt is simply making an objective observation.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
I don't think he would wish for anyone to blindly embrace dishonesty and dishonor, either. But here we are guzzling orange Kool-Aid.
Maimonides would not use the offensive allusion to "drink the kool aid". Kindly read this,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...fensive-we-should-stop-saying-it-immediately/
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
A Trump supporter wants to mention something is offensive and we shouldn't say it?
You've done gone and broke my irony meter so severely I don't know if I'll have it fixed by the end of the year.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Nor would he likely join the fanbase of a misogynistic white nationalist.
Your article is behind a paywall, but I agree that what actually happened at Jonestown isn't really captured in the phrase "drinking the Kool-Aid."
At Jonestown, there were lots of cases of people drinking poisoned Flavor-Aid - or giving it to their children - not because they were true believers but because they were doing it at gunpoint and knew they'd be dead either way.
The expression "drinking the kool-aid" has become a shorthand to describe deluded people who are working against their own interests. This certainly describes Trump's core supporters, but it doesn't reflect Jonestown.
I agree that we need a new expression. "Lemmings" is the other shorthand expression that would fit, but it's based on a false understanding as well.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
How about "consenting 'human centipede' segments"?
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Yeah, it does tend to get unmentioned a lot that that day was already filled with violence, death and threats of further violence. I imagine many of them where in shock and not really able to think clearly or well at the time.
OK. Let's go with your words instead.
Heyo
Veteran Member
And usually futile. Whenever some apologist in his camp tried to control the damage, the Donald stabbed them in the back by stating that he was dead serious.
Heyo
Veteran Member
I'm against military spending, but I'd make an exception and support Germany changing military spending to 2% - when US military spending has reached 2%.