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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri May 8, 2020, 09:51 AM May 2020

I can't say it.

I know what my reaction would be if anyone else told multiple lies that put me and mine in mortal danger.

I know what would happen if anyone else ridiculed POWS and the physically impaired in my presence.

I know just exactly how I would treat any man who laughingly proclaimed his "right" to grab my wife or daughter or granddaughter by her crotch.

I know how bullies and cowardly "tough guys" get treated in the face to face real world.

I know---and you know---what needs to happen with Trump.

But, we can't say it out loud.

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I can't say it. (Original Post) Atticus May 2020 OP
You're telepathic WheelWalker May 2020 #1
It a good thing you're not advocating violence, because then I'd need to alert this thread. brooklynite May 2020 #2
Of course you would. nt Atticus May 2020 #7
Knowing that Trump is devoid of good character or meaningful leadership qualities that you Baitball Blogger May 2020 #3
my view is that his supporters must share orangedump's values. NRaleighLiberal May 2020 #15
Our task once this is over, is to never let them forget how they remained silent, when they Baitball Blogger May 2020 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon May 2020 #21
"I know how bullies and cowardly "tough guys" get treated in the face to face real world." Great Stuart G May 2020 #4
It doesn't do our souls or our moral compasses any good even thinking it. VOTE. marble falls May 2020 #5
What, that someone should kick his ass so hard--- plimsoll May 2020 #6
Under a fascist government fascists are above the law. nt yaesu May 2020 #8
He brings out the worst in us but... hay rick May 2020 #9
It seems that evil always overplays its hand. MontanaMama May 2020 #10
I had a nice thought as to what to do with him jmowreader May 2020 #11
Make sure he's surrounded by women who DON'T look like slinky long-legged models. calimary May 2020 #16
Its OK...I am imagining some things right now... Moostache May 2020 #12
K&R mountain grammy May 2020 #13
The republican coup was sanctified on 02/05/2020. Cat grabber is not leaving office by johnthewoodworker May 2020 #14
I went ahead and did it for you, Atticus. Tommy_Carcetti May 2020 #17
Dude Wawannabe May 2020 #18
His fans like the idea that he doesn't care what Democrats think. Ironically, he cares very much. Beartracks May 2020 #20
Kick....n/t Upthevibe May 2020 #22
I know what I would LIKE to happen Martin Eden May 2020 #23

Baitball Blogger

(46,705 posts)
3. Knowing that Trump is devoid of good character or meaningful leadership qualities that you
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:09 AM
May 2020

would want your children to adopt, I have to say, that I have trouble respecting people who support him. I have trouble respecting Republicans. But I don't underestimate their ability to demand the high ground, even though we've seen their dark souls.

When this presidency is over, I predict that there will be a groundswell of shock and a race to a verbal high moral ground, insisting that they were nothing like Trump, and they will go back to targeting Democrats the way they always do. Like the duck shooting carnival game. They'll use morality, that they have not shown, as bullets to shoot at Democrats. They will be empty bullets, but Democrats will fall, instead of turning around and calling their bluff.

They should tell them: You were silent when Trump was lying, changing statistics for political gain, firing good people, using the federal government to line his pockets. You were silent then, be silent now."

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
15. my view is that his supporters must share orangedump's values.
Fri May 8, 2020, 11:24 AM
May 2020

His values are vile. I can't knowingly be friends with or respect any republican right now. None. No tolerance.

Baitball Blogger

(46,705 posts)
19. Our task once this is over, is to never let them forget how they remained silent, when they
Fri May 8, 2020, 11:57 AM
May 2020

should have stood up and publicly denounced Trump for the vile man he is.

Response to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #15)

Stuart G

(38,421 posts)
4. "I know how bullies and cowardly "tough guys" get treated in the face to face real world." Great
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:15 AM
May 2020

Sentence..Great Post...............................................................

..........................................& That is going to happen to Trump..................................................

plimsoll

(1,668 posts)
6. What, that someone should kick his ass so hard---
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:38 AM
May 2020

Its sitting on his shoulders.

Forgive me, but I thought someone had already done that. My bad.

hay rick

(7,611 posts)
9. He brings out the worst in us but...
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:58 AM
May 2020

pretending it isn't there is dishonest. Also, I think our anger and lust for revenge is no accident- it serves a legitimate self-preservation function.

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
10. It seems that evil always overplays its hand.
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:59 AM
May 2020

But damn. Seems this crowd continually has another ace up its sleeve.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
11. I had a nice thought as to what to do with him
Fri May 8, 2020, 11:01 AM
May 2020

It seems that our ersatz president doesn't believe the Constitution applies to him.

It also seems to me that if Trump doesn't want to live with the duties and responsibilities the Constitution bestows on every citizen, nor does he want to live with the duties and responsibilities it demands of a president, then he shouldn't enjoy the protections it gives to us.

The Sixth Amendment guarantees to every defendant a Speedy and Public Trial. The Eighth Amendment protects us from Excessive Fines and Cruel and Unusual Punishment.

And so, it is quite obvious (at least to me) that the proper thing to do with this scumbag is to lock him up without trial for about five years, seize and sell all his properties, then give him a one-day drumhead trial in the prison's conference room and sentence him to live as an ordinary citizen. That means he gets to live in a pleasant middle-class subdivision in a $250,000 house with no gold anywhere in evidence, he gets to drive a Ford Escape to his job stocking shelves at Walmart, and he gets to play public courses for the rest of his life.

If you can think of anything more cruel to do to this bastard than to strip away his veneer of wealth and prestige, please let me know.

calimary

(81,260 posts)
16. Make sure he's surrounded by women who DON'T look like slinky long-legged models.
Fri May 8, 2020, 11:28 AM
May 2020

None of them blonde.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
12. Its OK...I am imagining some things right now...
Fri May 8, 2020, 11:16 AM
May 2020


The visuals are choice (flashes of yellow flowing wildly in the air, whipped into different directions by forces known but not named...a momentary flash of some shade of orange too, passing quickly like a hurricane projectile flung past a stationary camera), but the audio is absolutely clutch (piercing, echoing, like a firecracker with reverb and vibrato and an under current of bass that trails off so nicely)!!!

Oh...the sweet sweet escape of a vivid imagination...

I am definitely experiencing some things right nah!!!
 

johnthewoodworker

(694 posts)
14. The republican coup was sanctified on 02/05/2020. Cat grabber is not leaving office by
Fri May 8, 2020, 11:20 AM
May 2020

conventional means. He won't be voted out. Republicans cannot afford to lose control of the DOJ. They will not be allowing
common voters to decide the next portion of this takeover. Everybody vote and see what happens. This country is toast.

Wawannabe

(5,657 posts)
18. Dude
Fri May 8, 2020, 11:29 AM
May 2020

I go out to a private place and scream it out. That’s ok.

IF. He wins again. I am taking a long, last walk in the Cascades. Ain’t doing this again.

Beartracks

(12,810 posts)
20. His fans like the idea that he doesn't care what Democrats think. Ironically, he cares very much.
Fri May 8, 2020, 12:24 PM
May 2020

He cares VERY much what Democrats think, because he's a narcissist and egoist. If Democrats don't fear him or aren't cowed by him, it ruins his day. He most definitely cares.

But his fans believe Democrats should fear and be cowed by Republicans regardless, so it likely wouldn't make a difference to them if they realized Trump really actually does care. But they'll say he doesn't, because he publicly acts like he doesn't, and this helps them sleep at night.

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Martin Eden

(12,864 posts)
23. I know what I would LIKE to happen
Sat May 9, 2020, 07:16 AM
May 2020

While rage tweeting on his golden throne the orange shitgibbon drops his twitter device in the fetid excrement that just came out his other end.

He gets up, turns around, trips over the trousers around his ankles, hits his head on the rim, then drowns in his own shit.

Totally self inflicted karma.

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