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Trump arrives at the Clemson-SC game tonight to a chorus of boos. (Original Post) kpete Nov 2023 OP
A man of the People. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2023 #1
Trump needs to stop appearing stopdiggin Nov 2023 #2
Well, there are also the right-wing, ultraconservative colleges like Liberty University and Hillsdale. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #12
Yeah. Thought about those as I was writing ... stopdiggin Nov 2023 #13
actually Liberty U football is ranked in the lower 25 pstokely Nov 2023 #48
Spot on ._. Nov 2023 #14
Whle it was gratifying to hear him loudly booed Warpy Nov 2023 #21
Yes, well... sheshe2 Nov 2023 #23
OK, you put a smile on my face Warpy Nov 2023 #24
;) sheshe2 Nov 2023 #29
What is ForgedCrank Nov 2023 #40
About what I figured Warpy Nov 2023 #41
Don't be so sure about the service academies. paleotn Nov 2023 #25
This is true but... slightlv Nov 2023 #31
No decent person would like Trump. Roll Tide!! walkingman Nov 2023 #3
Rough crowd. Valdosta Nov 2023 #4
It's the little things that make us smile Generic Brad Nov 2023 #32
What's really funny is how people MANUFACTURE events WarGamer Nov 2023 #5
"If one is relying on Xitter or ANY social media for reality... you're looking in the wrong place." erronis Nov 2023 #7
thanks. I appreciate anyone doing the work stopdiggin Nov 2023 #15
most people know that NJCher Nov 2023 #19
Nice try but I don't hear any wild cheers. Kingofalldems Nov 2023 #20
Manufacture my foot. Kingofalldems Nov 2023 #26
a further look shows this was a mixed bag (at best) stopdiggin Nov 2023 #33
Wrong. He was booed inside the stadium as well. paleotn Nov 2023 #27
I can show you one screaming approval tweet for every booing disapproval tweet... WarGamer Nov 2023 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie Gates Nov 2023 #39
Then why did you type thls? paleotn Nov 2023 #44
Of course it's true, lol... WarGamer Nov 2023 #45
Then why is this all manufactured? paleotn Nov 2023 #46
Sheesh you're really making me work. WarGamer Nov 2023 #47
Some yes, but not all. paleotn Nov 2023 #49
Have a great Sunday... WarGamer Nov 2023 #50
Post removed Post removed Nov 2023 #52
Nice crystal ball you have there. Where'd you get it? paleotn Nov 2023 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie Gates Nov 2023 #38
I agree with this! Initech Nov 2023 #43
Agreed.. DemocratInPa Nov 2023 #51
THUMBS UP!!! elleng Nov 2023 #6
More boos than multigraincracker Nov 2023 #8
Big strong men with boos in their eyes were saying "Sir - you fucking SUCK!" hatrack Nov 2023 #11
Please tel me... surfered Nov 2023 #9
The shadow of his nose above his upper lip looked very much Hitler like. n/t spike jones Nov 2023 #10
But the polls say.............................. twodogsbarking Nov 2023 #16
That's been consistent at public non-MAGA events for a long time bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #17
I sure wish I could read lips. sheshe2 Nov 2023 #18
Boos are a good sign in thar rube red area. Silent Type Nov 2023 #22
If elected, he will send his flying monkeys to Clemson Norbert Nov 2023 #28
who invited the clown? pfitz59 Nov 2023 #30
No ties at all gratuitous Nov 2023 #34
He has to go searching out Traildogbob Nov 2023 #53
Even the Clemson band booed Trump 🤣 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2023 #35
Not the welcome he expected. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2023 #37
Music to my ears! Initech Nov 2023 #42
He was booed outside Tickle Nov 2023 #55
Here's a message for Trump AND his supporters. Kingofalldems Nov 2023 #56

stopdiggin

(15,463 posts)
2. Trump needs to stop appearing
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 09:17 PM
Nov 2023

at any venue where there is any chance of a true cross-section of the population.

And, with college football? The student section of just about any school (outside perhaps the military academies?) - is almost guaranteed to give him the business.

The lesson here? Stay home, and in your own little insulated playroom, you fat bloated pig!

ShazzieB

(22,590 posts)
12. Well, there are also the right-wing, ultraconservative colleges like Liberty University and Hillsdale.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 09:42 PM
Nov 2023

Those places might welcome Slobby with open arms, but they're not known for fielding high level athletic teams, so if he wants to watch college football, he'd best stay home!

stopdiggin

(15,463 posts)
13. Yeah. Thought about those as I was writing ...
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 09:50 PM
Nov 2023

But then - same conclusion ..
Average JV field hockey team could destroy ... - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

pstokely

(10,891 posts)
48. actually Liberty U football is ranked in the lower 25
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 11:06 AM
Nov 2023

the elder falwell had visions of becoming a fundie Notre Dame and playing them, hoping for this own subway alumni, or 15 passenger van alumni in this case

._.

(1,832 posts)
14. Spot on
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 09:58 PM
Nov 2023

You're right about the Academies..Any Cadet that openly booed Hair Fuhrer at a game would be in DEEP shit.

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
21. Whle it was gratifying to hear him loudly booed
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 10:45 PM
Nov 2023

He was arriving outside, where protest crowds were likely to be

I have to wonder about his reception inside, where more of his fan club was.

Still, it's nice to see him getting razzed in SC, if that's where they played. It's even nicer to know the boos ruined his whole evening.

sheshe2

(97,626 posts)
23. Yes, well...
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 10:55 PM
Nov 2023
This same pattern repeated itself tonight. His advance team has a throng of cheering Trump fans assembled for him when he got out of his car for his social media crew. However, before that, a reporter caught his motorcade as it pulled up to the stadium and what we saw was very revealing.

Trump was booed as he waited on his car as his advance team assembled the people to cheer him. You can see him peering out pensively from his car as the boos rained down, waiting to pull away to where Cheung/Miller were assembling the adoring fans

Booed in Republican Iowa. Now booed in deep red South Carolina.

Trump's popularity is a facade. Like all autocrats, his image is carefully managed by his handlers and advance team for the social media influencer propagandists. On the very rare occasions where Trump ventures out of his protective bubble, things don't go well for him.


From the link above

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
24. OK, you put a smile on my face
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 11:01 PM
Nov 2023

I don't think he's going to draw a young crowd anywhere.

I wonder how much they had to pay his claque.

ForgedCrank

(3,096 posts)
40. What is
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 02:22 AM
Nov 2023

more troubling is that they were mainly booing at the Clemson team on the other side who arrived at the same time.
SC is in trouble, they've fallen for the MAGA line. Go watch the video of him walking onto the field tonight, it's not so funny.

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
41. About what I figured
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 02:51 AM
Nov 2023

because late season games are when his adoring fans will show up, usually crowding out the college kids.

slightlv

(7,790 posts)
31. This is true but...
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 11:52 PM
Nov 2023

They are usually constrained by peers and the hierarchy. I know I kept my politics to myself during the Reagan years, and I wasn't the only one.

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
5. What's really funny is how people MANUFACTURE events
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 09:24 PM
Nov 2023

The left leaning Xitter posters show video that he was boo'ed by a couple dozen people outside the event.

Then right leaning Xitter posters show video where he is wildly cheered inside the stadium...

If one is relying on Xitter or ANY social media for reality... you're looking in the wrong place.

erronis

(23,879 posts)
7. "If one is relying on Xitter or ANY social media for reality... you're looking in the wrong place."
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 09:31 PM
Nov 2023

Perfectly said. Thank you!

stopdiggin

(15,463 posts)
15. thanks. I appreciate anyone doing the work
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 10:00 PM
Nov 2023

of setting the record straight. And you couldn't be more correct about 'manufactured' content.

NJCher

(43,165 posts)
19. most people know that
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 10:27 PM
Nov 2023

It's just common sense. You see what you want to see: confirmation bias.

stopdiggin

(15,463 posts)
33. a further look shows this was a mixed bag (at best)
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 12:59 AM
Nov 2023

I've seen 2 or 3 local media (print and TV) that had it as a warm welcome and applause. And Newsweek is calling it both ways - cheers and jeers. Looks to me like both sides are trying to 'manage' the feed here - including having their own groups of supporters at strategic locations.

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
36. I can show you one screaming approval tweet for every booing disapproval tweet...
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 02:02 AM
Nov 2023

I've watched both... that was the whole point of my post.

Response to WarGamer (Reply #36)

paleotn

(22,215 posts)
44. Then why did you type thls?
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 10:45 AM
Nov 2023
The left leaning Xitter posters show video that he was boo'ed by a couple dozen people outside the event.

Then right leaning Xitter posters show video where he is wildly cheered inside the stadium....


That's not correct. Moving the goal posts?

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
45. Of course it's true, lol...
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 10:53 AM
Nov 2023

Go to Xitter... there are MANY tweets of people BOOING and people CHEERING.

Depends on who the Xitter poster is and what narrative they're forming.

Just like I said above.

Do I need to link them all for you?

paleotn

(22,215 posts)
46. Then why is this all manufactured?
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 10:59 AM
Nov 2023

Your words.

What's really funny is how people MANUFACTURE events


I think the point is he's not all that well received even in venues that lean very heavily red. Not like he got booed when he showed up at the library. Why that seems to bother you, I really don't know.

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
47. Sheesh you're really making me work.
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 11:04 AM
Nov 2023

When I say MANUFACTURED...

I'm talking about the tweets and the circumstances around them.

On the clip widely distributed on the Left, it's a couple dozen protestors OUTSIDE the stadium, staged to get video.

On the clip widely distributed on the Right, a couple hundred Trump supporters filled a parking area where the motorcade entered the stadium and cheered wildly.

The people who post these videos are trying to drive a narrative, "Look Trump is (un)popular"

When you take away the manufactured circumstance, inside the stadium... Trump is met by a mix of boos and cheers, just like the USA in general.

One more time, those on social media are trying to create a narrative that doesn't match reality.

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
50. Have a great Sunday...
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 11:21 AM
Nov 2023

Are you a Titans fan? Rough year but been a franchise fan since the 80's when they were the Oilers.

I recall a lovely week I spent in Nashville a few years back. I caught a game and then fulfilled a bucket list item by scouting the remains of the Battle of Franklin battlefield, finding geographical features and markers of the battle which is now mostly covered by modern Franklin...

And of course, the wonderful Carter House...

Response to paleotn (Reply #27)

paleotn

(22,215 posts)
54. Nice crystal ball you have there. Where'd you get it?
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 11:29 AM
Nov 2023

The odds lean heavily that he'll win SC. By exactly 12 points? That's an interesting statement. But then again, that's really not the point.

Response to WarGamer (Reply #5)

bucolic_frolic

(55,136 posts)
17. That's been consistent at public non-MAGA events for a long time
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 10:12 PM
Nov 2023

Public awareness is growing. Negatives are very hard to overcome.

sheshe2

(97,626 posts)
18. I sure wish I could read lips.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 10:17 PM
Nov 2023

You can see his face clearly, dayum wish I knew what he was saying there. Ya want to bet that it was @#$%^&*(&^!!!!!

Norbert

(7,765 posts)
28. If elected, he will send his flying monkeys to Clemson
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 11:12 PM
Nov 2023

And root out all the vermin. I'll give it 48 hours before he announces this.

Traildogbob

(13,018 posts)
53. He has to go searching out
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 11:28 AM
Nov 2023

Big crowds to say he brought out. The MAGA KKKLan Jamborees are shriveling and the cameras can’t fake the images of empty seats any more.

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