Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

[LinekersLegs]

Snap. I’d also rather see him flattened by a raging buffalo.

Tbf if he keeps on losing 26 pounds per indictment and weighs 215 pounds currently we have a decent chance of seeing him flattened even without a raging buffalo

 

[Chach]

Was only citing two examples in which actual sedition against the government not being swiftly and harshly dealt with ended up working out poorly for the side who chose to be lenient. Beyond that they aren't particularly analogous. Germany was reaping what they had sown within a decade of not dealing with the Nazis early on, and they had literally destroyed the entire continent within two.

It's an interesting one because it was that failed coup and charge of treason and the long trial that ensued that raised Hitler's profile and gave him a national platform, and it was the intensely polarising situation of the ToV and those war guilt clauses fed that situation and created the atmosphere for that type of politics to thrive more than anything IMO.
Once again this orange clown in sucking all the oxygen out of everything and I can't see jailing him being the catalyst for positive change which is why I feel like they need to find a better way to neutralise him without feeding the polarisation.

 

[Chach]

There are a number of paths to go in response to this. I'll keep it to just a couple thoughts:

1) What is bolded is scary, b/c while you argue Trump is clearly mentally ill, he has the OVERWHELMING support of the members of one political party; and
2) Because of what I just said above, we are long past the point where we can call what is happening simply "political differences." In the past, people with opposing viewpoints could have vociferous debate, and at the end of the day still be friends.

As for the "both sidesism" you refer to, there is nothing on the left to suggest that if a Democrat were to act like Trump, he'd still be in power. In fact, there is much more evidence to suggest that "the Left" eats their own, for much, much more benign "crimes"

For context in where I'm coming from I, for one, grew up a Republican, and was a registered Republican until Trump won the nomination in 2016. So I have some beliefs, that in theory, are way more moderate than most "liberals". As an accountant by trade that grew up with pick myself up by the bootstraps mentality, I am way more of a principled fiscal conservative than some on the left, although that has abated over the course of my career. I've generally always been socially liberal.

I cannot even have a serious conversation about anything any more, particularly with family, but also with former work colleagues I used to call friends. They are so far beyond the realm of reason that it is frightening. So I have a very hard time with simply calling out what is happening now as "both sidesism". It is just simply not true, and an oversimplification of where we are as a society right now.

I wasn't suggesting that if a Democrat was to behave like Trump they would still be in power, the specific context of my argument which was in reference to Moral Foundations Theory demonstrates how futile it is to try and change someones thinking by without appealing to their emotional position.
If you believe the Biden's are corrupt, which they are, and if you think the Democrats as a whole are a bunch of triangulating hypocrites, which they are, then your argument with your family that the Donald is corrupt/a liar etc is not going to appeal to their factory settings.
Reason is a very recent development in human history, everyone thinks they are riding the elephant which makes them blind to their own political biases.

FWIW if you were a moderate Republican who retained their principles when a national populist took over the party then you have pretty good factory settings IMO.

 

[TN Toffee]

WTF. Good to know there was no hanky or lanky taking place on the course.

This is only slightly less ridiculous than the time Kim Jong Il claimed he shot a 34, with 11 holes in one, in his first ever round of golf.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I genuinely don’t understand this kind of devotion to any politician, let alone somebody like Trump

 

[TN Toffee]

I genuinely don’t understand this kind of devotion to any politician, let alone somebody like Trump

I was at the mall yesterday afternoon and saw a woman walking around in a t-shirt with Trump's mugshot that said "Never Surrender". It must have been homemade, because there's no way any retailer is turning those out in less than 48 hours.

 

[tsubaki]

I genuinely don’t understand this kind of devotion to any politician, let alone somebody like Trump

TBF those in relationships with narcissists, or those who are being conned by fraudsters, often behave like this - they've had rows with friends and family over whatever patently stupid thing they are doing and are now totally invested in that thing being a success.

 

[LostLegend]

WTF. Good to know there was no hanky or lanky taking place on the course.

This is only slightly less ridiculous than the time Kim Jong Il claimed he shot a 34, with 11 holes in one, in his first ever round of golf.

It would be more hilarious for not for the fact that some of his support base eat all this stuff up as fact.

Imagine anyone else posting something like this. “I just won a big sporting event and I didn’t even have to cheat. No sir, I couldn’t cheat even if I wanted to. I just won because I am very good at sports”

It’s so bizarre lol

 

[TN Toffee]

It would be more hilarious for not for the fact that some of his support base eat all this stuff up as fact.

Imagine anyone else posting something like this. “I just won a big sporting event and I didn’t even have to cheat. No sir, I couldn’t cheat even if I wanted to. I just won because I am very good at sports”

It’s so bizarre lol

What’s even funnier is that it isn’t even anything close to a big sporting event. It’s the club championship of a club he owns. In all likelihood, he hand-picked his competition.

 

[roydo]

What’s even funnier is that it isn’t even anything close to a big sporting event. It’s the club championship of a club he owns. In all likelihood, he hand-picked his competition.

The "Commander in Cheats" book documents his golfing flexible approach to the actual rules and standards.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

What’s even funnier is that it isn’t even anything close to a big sporting event. It’s the club championship of a club he owns. In all likelihood, he hand-picked his competition.

As a golfer, there is no way Trump is any lower than a 15 index. And that’s being generous

I mean it’s North Korea levels of WTF when he says stuff like he shot 67

 

[TN Toffee]

 

[Ruairi77]

As a golfer, there is no way Trump is any lower than a 15 index. And that’s being generous

I mean it’s North Korea levels of WTF when he says stuff like he shot 67

 

[WA Toffee]

Side note, but it never ceases to amaze me how terrible the US plug design is.

Side note to your side note - Australian ones are worse. Half of our plugs have cords coming out the side of the plug meaning you can't use double sockets

 

[Prevenger17]

Side note to your side note - Australian ones are worse.

Having been here the last few weeks, I can confirm. Great country, horrendous plugs