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Cyrano

(15,020 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 02:24 PM Nov 2020

Tomorrow evening, Donald Trump will declare that the Earth is flat.

He may also inform us that the sun and stars rotate around the Earth.

And he may even tell us that leeches sucking your blood is a cure for Covid-19 and everything else.

But what I find scary is how many people will believe him. They're certain he's not lying to them. Hell, he doesn't even know when he's lying to them.

So here's some advice. Turn off your TV until, maybe Wednesday afternoon. The insanity that he spouts will just drive your blood pressure through the roof, and you may even throw something heavy at your television set.

Joe and Kamala are going to win this election. And they're going to win it big.

Shut out the background noise and the ravings of a lunatic.

What if this reaches the Supreme Court? Would they really march off a cliff for "Dear Leader?" I don't think so. At least five of them know that appointing him as president would be the end of democracy, our freedoms, and the beginning of that second Civil War that all of us paranoids worry about. "As Joseph Heller said in 'Catch 22', "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't really after you."

So keep this in mind. The world isn't flat. The sun doesn't revolve around the Earth. And Trump will be what he hates most. "A loser."

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Tomorrow evening, Donald Trump will declare that the Earth is flat. (Original Post) Cyrano Nov 2020 OP
Then it can never be a 10 lame54 Nov 2020 #1
his supporters no longer "think" - they just absorb and repeat. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #2
Imma gonna need more wine to put up with that awful whine. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #3
Strictly speaking, VWolf Nov 2020 #4
I wish we could get the word out to all the other candidates FM123 Nov 2020 #5
Hell the nutjob may declare himself President for life and God. Thomas Hurt Nov 2020 #6

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
2. his supporters no longer "think" - they just absorb and repeat.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 02:36 PM
Nov 2020

when people can't or don't critically think, distrust science, and are vulnerable to authoritarian character, they are lost. My feeling is that they are lost forever. It is hard to deprogram a cult.

I think we could take any bizarre idea or theory or concept and 40% of the public would believe it.

THIS is why infomercials are so common...and sadly, why they work.

C_U_L8R

(44,889 posts)
3. Imma gonna need more wine to put up with that awful whine.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 02:37 PM
Nov 2020

He really is so pathetic and predictable.

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
4. Strictly speaking,
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 02:40 PM
Nov 2020

The sun and earth BOTH revolve around their common center of gravity, and that's before accounting for the perturbative effects of the other planets. But I digress ...

FM123

(10,050 posts)
5. I wish we could get the word out to all the other candidates
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 02:48 PM
Nov 2020

that as soon as trumpy announces he won the election - they ALL post/tweet that they won the election! The candidate from the Libertarian party, Green party, Reform party, etc etc oh yes, and of course Kanye must announce that he won too:

“Yo, trump, I’m really happy for you, I’mma let you finish,” “But I, Kanye had one of the best wins of all time!

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