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Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 07:45 AM Jul 2020

So I got out of my car and encountered a Trump nut

Yesterday, I pulled up to a pharmacy, put my mask on, got out of my car, and some guy sitting on the passenger side of the car next to me opens his window. He had a face mask dangling from his finger and he said, "How do you like this China shit?" Then he started giggling maniacally, like some character out of a slasher movie.

My first reaction was, "Damn, I hope he doesn't have a chainsaw or a gun." I half expected him to put on a hockey mask.

I ignored him, started walking toward the store, but he continued. "Goddamn Chinese send us this shit and then we gotta wear masks that they had all ready to sell us. Fucking Chinese." And he then let go with that insane laugh again.

Going into the pharmacy, I hoped he wouldn't be there when I came out.

Seems that Trump has opened the door to all of America's morons, haters, and mentally questionable people. Will we ever be able to close it again?

I believe that Biden might win in a landslide. And I also believe that the Trump nuts will rebel against this outcome in crazy, dangerous ways. And you just know that if/when Trump loses, he'll be screaming "Rigged!" from the sidelines to stir up even more instability.

Nonetheless, it's unnerving that you can run into Trump nuts anywhere, anytime. But I guess we can't pass laws against them. Still, there must be some laws against them coming at you with a chainsaw and hockey mask.

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So I got out of my car and encountered a Trump nut (Original Post) Cyrano Jul 2020 OP
In this land of guns we are at risk from these nutjobs. BSdetect Jul 2020 #1
Ask him where his MAGA hat was made. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2020 #2
He at least had a mask. Tetrachloride Jul 2020 #3
Chances are he didn't know where to put it, gab13by13 Jul 2020 #4
Could have been a souvenir from a previous victim Cyrano Jul 2020 #5
Ask yourself: after what you say, will he wear a mask or not. Tetrachloride Jul 2020 #14
Not all mentally ill people are Trumpers GusBob Jul 2020 #6
I just say, "We're living the Libertarian Dream!" TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #7
We need strict hate crime laws liberalmuse Jul 2020 #8
Trump made it normal and brought them out from under the rocks dalton99a Jul 2020 #9
Right Woodwizard Jul 2020 #12
I don't know how we get these ignoramuses back under their rocks. llmart Jul 2020 #10
Yeah, I know exactly how you felt. PCIntern Jul 2020 #11
i saw an ad with Jason wearing a mask! samnsara Jul 2020 #13

Tetrachloride

(7,839 posts)
14. Ask yourself: after what you say, will he wear a mask or not.
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 02:27 PM
Jul 2020

Modest encouragement is my method.

Sarcasm and or fear will not make that person wear a mask.

Focus on the big picture, one human at a time.

TheBlackAdder

(28,189 posts)
7. I just say, "We're living the Libertarian Dream!"
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 08:54 AM
Jul 2020

.

It sure shuts them the fuck up, as you can see the gears in their tiny brains clicking.

One challenged me, and I retorted, "This is what happens when you make government small enough to drown."

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liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
8. We need strict hate crime laws
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 09:36 AM
Jul 2020

We need to stamp out racism and discrimination, and fine the shit out of it. The problem is, Will all the right wing Trumpster judges McConnell is packing the courts with enforce them?

llmart

(15,536 posts)
10. I don't know how we get these ignoramuses back under their rocks.
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 09:56 AM
Jul 2020

We can only hope that many of them will die off from Covid before they have a chance to reproduce.

PCIntern

(25,543 posts)
11. Yeah, I know exactly how you felt.
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 10:00 AM
Jul 2020

It seems to happen to me once every two or three days. I may have one of those faces to the extent that they can see it or postures that invites the stuff. Makes me wanna vomit fast as a comet

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