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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts)
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 10:49 AM Aug 2024

Jessica Tarlov: "What the actual f*ck"



Jessica Tarlov
What the actual f*ck

Jim LaPorta
I’ve received a flood of angry text messages from veterans whose political ideologies differ regarding former President Trump’s comments. I’ll be working late this evening.

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Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
1. Is he TRYING to lose?!
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 10:53 AM
Aug 2024

Speaking of bullets, this dumbshit has shot himself in the feet so many times it's amazing he can still stand.

Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)
2. This isn't about "political ideologies"
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 10:53 AM
Aug 2024

What Trump said should be offensive and appalling to every American, regardless of political affiliation. Unfortunately, we live in a political environment that one side is deathly afraid of criticizing their dear leader, so EVERYTHING becomes political.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
3. Angry old man syndrome....
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 10:59 AM
Aug 2024

Ive seen it in elderly relatives of both sexes though. As people age, their internal filters fall away. They say things they might otherwise have thought about first and then not said.

In some cases they are simply out of fucks to give. In others its dimentia removing the stops.

He is now incapable of judging the impact of his statements, and says whatever he is thinking in the moment. He doesnt think how it will impact the future, just how he feels now.

He is the worst kind of person, and should never again be in a position of authority.

Conjuay

(3,084 posts)
6. because there are a lot of angry, demented people that live in the same mental cesspool. n/t
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 11:14 AM
Aug 2024

CrispyQ

(41,023 posts)
8. I think their refusal to admit they were conned or that they made a mistake adds to their anger.
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 11:25 AM
Aug 2024

I see this in some people I know. They can't bring themselves to admit they were duped by this guy & the more Trump steps in it & shows what a totally deficient human being he is, they get angrier & angrier, like a feedback loop. The way out is to admit you were wrong.

Diamond_Dog

(40,782 posts)
10. True. Hopefully they will just not vote for him this time. They don't have to admit it to anyone.
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 11:31 AM
Aug 2024

Also there are a good number of old-fashioned males who would never vote for a woman, period.

Hotler

(13,747 posts)
9. The hate towards Dems & Libs is strong with these people. Their anger consumes them 24/7. nt
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 11:29 AM
Aug 2024

Blue Owl

(59,331 posts)
12. Dump is losing supporters left and right every day.
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 12:00 PM
Aug 2024

Yet he remains at this mysterious 45% level.

Is there something the M$M isn’t telling us? I don’t trust those motherfuckers one iota…

unblock

(56,230 posts)
5. this is what happens with his pathology of superlatives. he can't just honor someone, he has to put down others.
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 11:12 AM
Aug 2024

he's constantly searching for the most biggest bestest superlatives you've ever seen, maybe the whole world, maybe ever.

so he couldn't just say it was the highest award a president could give.

in his pea-brain, he wanted to say it's the highest award the entire government could give, so he had to place his award higher than the congressional medal of honor somehow.

the CMoH had nothing to do with anything he was talking about, but he had to talk up himself and the MoF he bestowed and in his hierarchical way of thinking, the only way to make the presidential medal of freedom better is to mock and minimize the CMoH.


imagine the family of someone who received the CMoH posthumously hearing donnie say that the acts of heroism for which their departed loved one gave their life was "rated equal" to a billionaire donating some money to republicans.

PatSeg

(53,250 posts)
11. Yes, he seems to need to embellish
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 11:32 AM
Aug 2024

all his comments with meandering, unnecessary fillers that often get him in trouble. He could have just let it alone, but he seems incapable of that.

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