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Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
Sun Oct 2, 2022, 10:08 AM Oct 2022

mmmmm-Fire Good

The recent dust up, latest veiled death threat and racist rant from Donald Trump aimed at Mitch McConnell brought about the thoughts of Moscow Mitch's creation turning on him ala Frankenstein's monster. That's not a new thought. However, what Trump has really brought us is new twist on an old story. Instead of the ignorant peasants taking up their pitchforks and torches and chasing the monster to his ultimate demise, it's as if they've decided to join the monster in his rampage. They heard Frankenstein say "mmmm, fire good" and they looked at each other and said, "you know, that monster really speaks the truth. Let's burn everything down!" The real monster in this version of the story is the ignorant racist mob that's been unleashed and now can't be contained as they turn on their creator. They're just led around by a brain dead monster. Doesn't matter if he says "Fire good" or "Fire bad", it all sounds like real genius to the MAGAts. I'm not sure this is what Mary Shelly had in mind.

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mmmmm-Fire Good (Original Post) Dread Pirate Roberts Oct 2022 OP
Yah, pretty much true. Srkdqltr Oct 2022 #1
It's The Dark Side Of Our Country..... Laxman Oct 2022 #2

Laxman

(2,419 posts)
2. It's The Dark Side Of Our Country.....
Sun Oct 2, 2022, 10:51 AM
Oct 2022

that has always been there. Hatred, racism, xenophobia all unleashed. It's always a race to the bottom, who's worse? Trump or the people who follow him? Is DeSantis worse for using immigrants to "own the libs" or are the people who applaud the cruelty worse. I think you're right, its like the peasants joined Frankenstein to go on a rampage and I don't know who is worse, the lumbering ugly monster or the monsters who follow him? I'm not sure it matters.

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