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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 09:17 AM Aug 2018

J.K. Rowling zings trump this morning on Twitter




J.K. Rowling
?@jk_rowling

I do'nt care what Kids at School call me because they are all Disgusting Fake Losers and my Real Friends go to a diffrent Scool you haven't heard of and they think Im the Coolest and Smartest and we go to parties and I don't have to tell you there Names for this to be True.

(In response to Trump's Tweet:
?Some members of the media are very Angry at the Fake Story in the New York Times. They actually called to complain and apologize - a big step forward. From the day I announced, the Times has been Fake News, and with their disgusting new Board Member, it will only get worse!)
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J.K. Rowling zings trump this morning on Twitter (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 OP
Beautiful. dalton99a Aug 2018 #1
Fantastic! FM123 Aug 2018 #2
Now that's what a writer can do with words. Love it. Wonder if trump even gets it? brush Aug 2018 #3
Who is the new Board member? n/t malaise Aug 2018 #4
He is referring to Sarah Jeong Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 #7
Thank you Mrs. overall malaise Aug 2018 #13
ANOTHER individual smarter than Dump... AZ8theist Aug 2018 #32
Now, if she ran for President... malthaussen Aug 2018 #5
Thanks Mal malaise Aug 2018 #12
Born in South Korea xxqqqzme Aug 2018 #34
I was referring to Rowling, not Jeong. :) malthaussen Aug 2018 #49
J.K. Rowling misuses "there"? sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #6
No, Chellee Aug 2018 #9
It's satire. volstork Aug 2018 #10
I'll bet she washed her hands thoroughly afterwards. Girard442 Aug 2018 #16
I'll bet you're right! volstork Aug 2018 #37
Shocked me too. I wonder if it was on purpose katmondoo Aug 2018 #14
look at d_r Aug 2018 #15
Wow. No words that at least two on the thread missed the entire point of her tweet. Tipperary Aug 2018 #20
No kidding, right? SammyWinstonJack Aug 2018 #22
I thought it was clever of her. xxqqqzme Aug 2018 #35
Sheesh! dchill Aug 2018 #25
Unfucking believable !!!!!!!!! pangaia Aug 2018 #27
something I've noticed too.. JHan Aug 2018 #29
Perhaps he could be charged with that, too! MyOwnPeace Aug 2018 #45
Poe's law is a thing mythology Aug 2018 #33
Good point... pangaia Aug 2018 #38
THis: Amaryllis Aug 2018 #42
In fairness, we live in a Poe's Law world. malthaussen Aug 2018 #50
Agree..... Pachamama Aug 2018 #51
I had a post hidden because satire was missed. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #53
WHOOOOSH!!! Liberalagogo Aug 2018 #21
For god sakes it is SATIRE....... pangaia Aug 2018 #30
Wow, point missed. Read the tweet again. Deliberate misuse of grammar. Tipperary Aug 2018 #19
Yep. The only thing missing, perhaps, was another couple of phrases, such as, Joe Chi Minh Aug 2018 #24
"and whatnot" lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #54
Your not paying atention too teh Contex!! hatrack Aug 2018 #48
Correction --- "Disgusting" is the current occupant of the Oval Office. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #8
Some members of the media .... actually called to complain and apologize rurallib Aug 2018 #11
Made me chuckle this am, thank u Ms. Rowling. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2018 #17
Ha, Ha! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #18
Kick for the brilliant J.K. Rowling FakeNoose Aug 2018 #23
If she had spelled it "loosers" woulda been perfect. Nt yodermon Aug 2018 #26
J K Wins the Week With This Gem! DoctorJoJo Aug 2018 #28
He loves the attention ... GeorgeGist Aug 2018 #31
Trump fetishizes people apologizing to him. Oneironaut Aug 2018 #36
Trumpers won't get it. But it was good. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #39
Outstanding! Chemisse Aug 2018 #40
Hilarious! cp Aug 2018 #41
She really is brilliant nt dflprincess Aug 2018 #43
Ha! A woman from England writes better Republicanese than Trump! DFW Aug 2018 #44
Perfect. betsuni Aug 2018 #46
Nobody does smartarse quite like a Brit. ArchTeryx Aug 2018 #47
I love the mispelling Renew Deal Aug 2018 #52

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
27. Unfucking believable !!!!!!!!!
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 11:31 AM
Aug 2018

Something has happened here in the past couple of years.
The concept of SATIRE seems to be difficult for some to grasp.

Some months ago I had a post hidden because of it...

I mean there is subtle satire, and then there is... this..




JHan

(10,173 posts)
29. something I've noticed too..
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 11:38 AM
Aug 2018

In these current times, I think people's satire detectors have been shot to hell.

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
45. Perhaps he could be charged with that, too!
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:13 AM
Aug 2018

I think the "detectors" have been overloaded because so much of what IQ45 says and does leaves one thinking: "Did he REALLY say/do that?"

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
33. Poe's law is a thing
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 12:10 PM
Aug 2018

Satire is hard when what should be absurdly impossible is in fact actually possible. Like say an idiot like Trump being president.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
38. Good point...
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 01:01 PM
Aug 2018

I tell you, occasionally I have seen something that SHOULD be from THE ONION or BOROWITZ or such, and it turns out to be real. THIS is the intent of the russians, in this case, or anyone or group of authoritarians trying to destroy a society and then take over.

malthaussen

(17,195 posts)
50. In fairness, we live in a Poe's Law world.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 09:44 AM
Aug 2018

With someone like Donald Trump taken seriously, "satire" becomes an even more slippery concept than it was. And it does kind of deflate the effect by labelling it "satire" when written.

But, as a Latin teacher once told his student, "Juvenal doesn't write nonsense," so when a writer of J.K. Rowling's ability appears to make "mistakes," one should probably look a little deeper than the surface. That, I'll grant you, is something that is sorely missed these days.

-- Mal

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
53. I had a post hidden because satire was missed.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 11:27 AM
Aug 2018

We do need to de-DeVos our education system; it's getting pretty bad.

Joe Chi Minh

(15,229 posts)
24. Yep. The only thing missing, perhaps, was another couple of phrases, such as,
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 11:26 AM
Aug 2018

'''n' stuff,' and 'nuff said!'

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
8. Correction --- "Disgusting" is the current occupant of the Oval Office.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 09:48 AM
Aug 2018



And notice I did not say current president.

rurallib

(62,415 posts)
11. Some members of the media .... actually called to complain and apologize
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 09:51 AM
Aug 2018

Boy would I like to see who that was.
I am thinking it is one of those invisible people we hear about or Hannity
Either way not a real person.

Oneironaut

(5,495 posts)
36. Trump fetishizes people apologizing to him.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 12:35 PM
Aug 2018

Anyone ever notice this? It’s especially true when he’s talking about women. He brags about people begging him for a job, or forgiveness. It’s always people who slighted him - it’s his sadistic power fantasy. He portrays his enemies as meek subjects who fall to his feet, pleading for his forgiveness.

Trump is a mentally ill, Fascist man. His mindset is fascinating and terrifying at the same time.

DFW

(54,379 posts)
44. Ha! A woman from England writes better Republicanese than Trump!
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 02:27 AM
Aug 2018

Of course, being literate in the first place almost guarantees being able to write better than Trump in any language.

ArchTeryx

(221 posts)
47. Nobody does smartarse quite like a Brit.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:39 AM
Aug 2018

There's that fine British sense of humour showing. Wit so dry you can make raisins out of grapes from it.

It'll go right over Trump's head, but it certainly didn't go over mine. Bravo, Ms. Rowling. Bravo.

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