Can we please stop with the dog and cat eating

[displacedvermoter]

threads, please? The point has been made. They now reach the point where they are just stupid, and gross.

Thank you.

[claudette]

1. Why?

It’s relevant to show the idiocy of elected officials who still spread the lie.

[FarPoint]

5. We did that and it's done...

Put a fork in it....We are only taking MAGA bait of distration from tRumps weakness.

[claudette]

10. But

Dump’s supporting it at the debate SHOWS his weakness. If some posts here annoy me, I don’t open them

[FarPoint]

32. My suggestion is ....

lets stop feeding the MAGA message...we have bigger things to do....This Springfield, Ohio cat/pet eating has gone global....it's done....I have friends in Australia that have noted this mess.

It's done....we need to focus on getting out the vote.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

37. Others, like myself, have a differing opinion on this,

and, after all, this is a discussion board, which is exactly what we're doing now.

[FarPoint]

46. True enough...

just realize that by posting this over and over again has a role in proliferating the MAGA bait/ lie as a distraction....Distraction from Democrats getting out the vote and focusing on winning.

The outrageous tone of this pet eating story is historically a MAGA tactic...

[MarineCombatEngineer]

48. See post #47 nt.

[poozwah]

58. huh?

the pet jokes are great! they are a perfect(purrfect) example of trump’s weaknesses.

[yardwork]

68. I think that mocking them is an effective way to confront the lies.

For decades I've watched Republican politicians tell blatant lies, and Democratic politicians scurry around trying to refute the lies by talking about facts and figures. The interesting lies won every time.

For the first time, I'm watching the Democrats bring it. Kamala's facial expressions during the debate were perfect. Spreading couch memes about JD Vance beat them at their own game.

And Biden was brilliant to take "let's go Brandon" and make it his own with Dark Brandon.

It's a new world of online communication. Ideas are spread by memes.

When Trump said that immigrants are eating our pets in national TV he finally took a step too far.

I say, mock the hell out of it.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

152. 1+

[LetMyPeopleVote]

168. TFG and his allies are still pushing this lie

Why should we stop while TFG and his allies are still pushing this lie

Link to tweet

[Happy Hoosier]

188. Not done.

This issue is a killer for Trump. His highlights his vapid stupidity. We need to ride it until it is embedded in peoples' time every time they think about that muthafucker.

Like the couch and cat ladies for JD, this will be a reason why that fucker loses.

[displacedvermoter]

9. It is unsettling to me, and probably other folks, Ok?

[claudette]

13. Then

if that’s the case just don’t open the posts. Easy. Ok?

[SheltieLover]

18. Some of us find the post titles disgusting

[edisdead]

59. edited

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I am sorry but if we are going to censor anything and everything that might possibly offend someone then what is the point?

when ot comes to pop culture people are going to discuss what is going on.

[SheltieLover]

72. I personally find such posts as disgusting as topics on abuse of any sentient being

Additionally, it wouldn't hurt to title the posts something like "animal abuse humor" (is that really a thing?) "Trigger Warning," as we do for other types of potentially traumatic material.

[Jk23]

135. I Believe trigger warning is only for eating horses nt

[claudette]

94. yikes

[Happy Hoosier]

189. Do you wanna win? Winning against these assholes will require getting a little dirty

I can understand if that's not you. But it must be done. Just avoid those topics... ys know, like I have to avoid all the fat-shaming stuff that never goes away.

[SheltieLover]

14. It most certainly is!

Ty for your post!

[displacedvermoter]

22. We are in the minority I guess

and don't understand the basics of guerrilla politics.

[SheltieLover]

24. I don't care to engage in it. Reading even subjects that suggests such behavior is a trigger for many

[claudette]

102. Yikes

[claudette]

99. Maybe it's that

you don't understand that free speech is allowed here and we are allowed to IGNORE any posts that we don't want to read.

[whathehell]

118. Maybe it's that

you don't understand that it is VERY hard to "ignore" a Subject Line and that "free speech" is not an absolute.

[claudette]

145. OMG

Subject lines that are not against the rules here are free speech. I'm done.

[whathehell]

153. Oh My Gracious!

Yes you are done.

[claudette]

155. Really?

👎

[whathehell]

162. Yeah, really.

[Disaffected]

144. Yes, and there's a famous quote

about "heat" and "kitchens" that seems applicable here.

And, maybe we should all clean up our language (lot's of F-bombs etc. dropped) lest we cause additional offense.

[displacedvermoter]

26. Thank you for the donkey

[SheltieLover]

28. You're welcome!

I just wish those posting about this topic would title it something like "animal abuse humor - trigger warning." (Btw, is animal abuse humor oxymoronic or what?)

Some people have heavy trauma in their backgrounds and I don't think it's too much to ask to title posts in a sensitive manner out of respect for others.

[displacedvermoter]

35. Again, we are weak kneed and don't know how

to take the fight to the enemy.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

39. BS!!

Nobody on this board has said that.

[SheltieLover]

45. I'm,not "weak kneed" at all

It's just not worth the fight to me. Folks will burn themselves out on this sick humor & it will be on to the next couchfuckerism.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

17. Hey, here's a suggestion,

don't read the threads/posts or use the trash function, other than that, this is a discussion board.

[Autumn]

61. DU has wonderful tools touse. Hide by keyword cats and dogs and you won't be

bothered by them. You won't even see them. You don't have to click on them That way people who want to make fun of republicans who are stupid and think immigrants eat cats and dogs can do so and you don't have to. On edit I looked at your profile You have been here since 2002, long enough to know how to avoid posts you don't like. This makes me think you just want to control what other people do. Not very cool.

[jrthin]

64. I never open threads that will upset or unnerve me.

[claudette]

146. Me, too

[TheProle]

132. To whom?

Do we think any DUers are still on the fence? Do you think the cohesion and substance of those threads will sway any fence-sitters that may wander in?

Unless you can answer "yes" to one of those questions, then it's just masturbatory and taking up valuable digital real estate.

My opinion...

[FarPoint]

2. I second that Motion!

We are only pushing MAGA's distration/ attention diversion game..... We need to change up the narrative...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

169. TFG and his allies are still pushing the lie about non-whites eating pets

We are supposed to ignore these lies? These lies are hurting people

Link to tweet

[LuckyCharms]

3. Someone is eating dogs and cats?

[orangecrush]

98. ...

[Intractable]

4. Damn, another post mentioning the eating of household pets.

[displacedvermoter]

11. You are funny

[MarineCombatEngineer]

180. And you're not. nt

[Torchlight]

6. Reductionism through satire is showing itself an effective tool

and with the GOP on the ropes and in the corner, I'd as soon everyone keep the pressure on.

[Shermann]

7. Mockery is a powerful debate tactic against an opponent who won't debate in good faith. nt

[pwb]

8. Why avoid anything that hurts the pukes?

I say full speed ahead with the pet lies.

[FarPoint]

36. Because this is what they wanted, they, the MAGA's...

keep this outrageous lie alive is a huge distration from identifying the MAGA crimes and goals.

They put this out for a reason! It's bait.

[Farmer-Rick]

71. I don't think that's accurate

The MAGATs did Not make up that lie so Dems would be distracted. (And I honestly think Dems can multitask.)

They made up that lie to disparage immigrants. To make Haitian immigrants look like evil, hateful people. It wasn't so Dems would be distracted by the latest weird Trump behavior.

The lie is to make Haitian immigrants out to be the other who can't even honor the importance of our pets. It's to denigrate Haitians.

Making fun of it and joking about it brings us back to reality. It some what neutralizes the insult and makes the fantastical nature of the lie obvious.

Keep laughing at the comment it neutralizes the purpose of it.

[OAITW r.2.0]

92. You really think MAGA's want this fairy tale to continue?

Most of them would be happy to see it go away.

[Farmer-Rick]

195. What fairy tale are you referring to?

Not sure I understand your comment.

I think MAGAs support Trump. They vote for him, go to his rallies, put out weird signs and wear weird clothes to promote him. They repeat his lies like they are facts and get angry when you point out pedo Trump's awfulness.

MAGA want Trump, the dictator wannabe, to be....America's first dictator.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

161. Except it doesnt "hurt them" for us to waste bandwith on this nonsense - it HELPS THEM

Do yall really not understand that? Read about propaganda and disinformation, how it works! It's not necessarily to convince people of anything (though some will believe) its to sow chaos and conflict, and a certain no. of people will be confused and not know what to think and they just give up trying.

[pwb]

182. I still say it hurts them especially with Independents.

The people you speak of are already lost. It is not propaganda or disinformation right out of his mouth. It is hilarious and pathetic for a Presidential candidate thinking at that level.

[JHB]

12. "There are too many pet-eating threads! So I'll start a new one...

...decrying the others!"

DU has this nifty function called "trash thread". You don't even need to open the thread, just hit the little x in a box at the end of the subject line.

[FarPoint]

41. Sure...that is an option...

Yet, posters seem to not comprehend this is MAGA lie bait for distraction from their true failures and goal of destroying Democracy...

It's overdone now... we talked about it and now it's getting ridiculous.

The MAGA's do not want us to focus on getting out the Democratic vote or our candadates...

I'm not taking their bait.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

47. So, according to you, we're not capable of concentrating on their true failures and goal of destroying

democracy and mocking the racist meme from Been A Dick and the MAGAt's?

[FlyingPiggy]

74. Their bait? Pretty sure they didn't plan this. THIS is hurting them. They are embarrassed by it.

I think we should keep driving this home, actually..

[LuckyCharms]

15. This is why people are posting about it.

Because it's stupid and ridiculous, that's why.

It's an absurd notion that is being made by our mortal enemies, and it lends itself to mockery.

Personally, I have a real problem when people scold others about what to post. And yes, I guess I am scolding you for posting this. It doesn't feel very nice, does it?

It's an internet forum that we are on, it's not life and death.

It's real easy to just skip by posts that you do not like.

[displacedvermoter]

23. Wasn't scolding anyone, it was a request.

Sorry if you have a problem with someone expressing an opinion that you disagree with on this Internet forum.

[LuckyCharms]

30. My problem with is is as follows:

There are both introverts and extroverts on this forum.

There are a lot of people who are afraid to post things if they are extremely introverted.

When people are "requested" not to post certain things, they may never post anything again because they feel like they did something wrong. As a result, the forum is diminished.

Your OP is not about fostering discussion, instead, your OP is literally asking someone not to post something they may think is interesting or funny.

There are a lot of things that I don't like to read here, so I don't read them.

But public censorship is not really a progressive attribute.

I hope I'm not coming across too harshly, and I do understand your opinion, but asking someone not to post something is a hot button for me.

And yes, I realize that this may sound hypocritical since I am expressing my displeasure because you posted something.

It's just a hot button that I have. We have no idea of anyone's situation in here. Some people might take days to summon up the courage to post, and then they see someone asking them not to post? It doesn't sit well with me.

[displacedvermoter]

31. Yes, it does sound hypocritical

[Torchlight]

40. A much more honest sound though than sanctimony.

[displacedvermoter]

52. Really,

I am not sure what that even means. It was the poster who declared they might be sounding hypocritical. And I agreed.

People get pretty hateful quick around here, for a liberal site, I notice.

[LuckyCharms]

69. It sure does. But some things are difficult to explain in type.

Did you understand where I was coming from in my response?

[displacedvermoter]

79. I am kinda ignorant it seems, so your response would

probably go over my head. But don't worry, lots of other folks chimed in.

So for the third time I will say it, my grandchildren not living under Nazi rule depends on cat and dog eating threads -- even if the subject of the thread is not really happening -- being posted repeatedly on Democratic Underground.

[True Dough]

127. I hope your post here

isn't a precursor to you putting up more pictures of yourself sun-tanning in a Speedo in the DU Lounge!

[LuckyCharms]

129. Um...is that wrong to post those pictures?

[True Dough]

133. I can't point my finger on it (and, trust me, I wouldn't)

but I think the lighting is off or something.

[LuckyCharms]

136. True Dough, this is your second post in two days where you have mentioned "fingers".

Is there something I need to know about you?

[True Dough]

141. Yes, theyb're fat amb

I hit tha wromg keys allot.

[LuckyCharms]

143. .

[get the red out]

16. I cleaned a bag of stuff out of the back yard

that the Trump campaign can eat. It would be a present from my dogs.

[Arne]

85. Funny. I also do that every day.

[newdeal2]

19. Even most MAGA cannot defend this lie

It’s so absurd and gross that it makes them and Trump look like fools to undecided voters. So I say keep mocking them.

[EYESORE 9001]

20. I'm afraid you're stuck with them for awhile now

Hard to let such egregious lies go unaddressed. Especially from a candidate for president. People will get the novelty of this out of their system soon, but count on it being referenced lots of times going forward. It’s just too good to leave alone.

[Nanjeanne]

21. While I think it's been done to death I don't think it warrants an OP telling posters how to post. Just trash

threads you aren’t interested in and let others enjoy what they enjoy.

[GoneOffShore]

25. Just kick the threads under JD's couch.

[displacedvermoter]

27. Hated those threads too.

Guess I have delicate sensibilities

[newdayneeded]

34. Do you hate all posts

that are mean to trump or vance?

[displacedvermoter]

42. No, mainly just the ones that drop us to their

level, or are adolescent, which are kinda the same thing. Did you find the couch jokes raised the level of discussion? Did you even find them funny?

You alleging nefarious intentions to my not sharing your sense of humor?

[TommyT139]

65. What about Obama's accordion hands?

Or was that ok because you found it funny and it was Obama and it made fun of Trump?

Because - just to be clear - it was a joke about penis size.

Down through history, a powerful way for disempowered people to take down authoritarians has been to mock them. I'm sure there are academic references, but I'm not done watching Stephen Colbert make fun of the magats for spreading racist lies about pets.

[newdayneeded]

125. I do find them hilarious, in fact

I made a joke about some men liking blow up dolls, and maybe that's the reason they now make inflatable couches, just for Vance.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

193. Yeah they might be funny the first five thousand times, then.... gets kinda old, time to move on nt

[whathehell]

131. Um no, the point is these posts

are not being addressed to Trump and Vance, they're being addressed to fellow DUers, many of whom find the subject morally repugnant, especially when repeated ad nauseum.

[newdayneeded]

164. Hold on there!

Nobody is even remotely posting about couches and pets directly toward you!

[whathehell]

175. No need..

Any DUer reading a thread is allowed to respond to any post.

[Shermann]

73. Are cartoons still allowed? Because those can take a few days to draw. nt

[Wonder Why]

147. My dog ate the cartoon. I ate him for that as the Cockneys would say. 😁

[NoRethugFriends]

29. No

[displacedvermoter]

44. Ok, decisiveness!

[DeepWinter]

33. Lived

and traveled through Asia in the 1980s, 1990s. Pretty sure I shouldn't discuss what I ate there.

[yagotme]

192. Mystery meat on a stick??? nt

[Greybnk48]

38. NO WAY! That will follow him to his grave, and rightly so! n/t

[WhiskeyGrinder]

43. Someone's going to die because folks can't let it go

[Voltaire2]

49. No. That idiot repeatedly stated it as a fact. He needs to be mercilessly mocked.

After 12 years of his political presence it is quite obvious that ignoring his bullshit doesn't work.

[bucolic_frolic]

50. Why were they eating cats instead of cat food?

[Haggard Celine]

139. That makes a lot more sense.

[MineralMan]

51. You start first.

Since you have posted yet another one, I think it's up to you.

[displacedvermoter]

60. Ok

Jeezus, I get it. Dog and cat eating threads are important to saving democracy.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

53. The point is

NOBODY is eating cats or dogs or pets! It's NOT happening.

FYI: It's a disgusting RACIST LIE about Haitian immigrants, and it should be called out, LOUDLY.

[displacedvermoter]

56. It has been

[MorbidButterflyTat]

63. And will continue to be.

nt

[displacedvermoter]

67. Again, I admit it,

saving democracy is dependent on couch jokes, and dog and cat eating threads, and whatever other crude and distasteful topics that pass for humor and grab the attention of undecided voters in Scranton and Macon.

Ok? And don't forget Trump's shitty diapers, I forgot them, too!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

87. You just don't know when to stop digging do you?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

137. SO we're not supposed to mock Trump, got it

I'm sure there is a reason you are concerned about Democrats making fun of Trump.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

167. You know what's distasteful?

Blatant, ugly racism normalized by MAGAts. That's what triggers me.

I said none of those things you appear to be attributing to me.

Congrats on the thread, though.

[Texasgal]

173. It sounds like you may need to take a break.

Sometimes it's best to do so.

[demmiblue]

54. Why don't you just trash the threads you don't like?

Or use the ignore by keyword option?

[edisdead]

55. Hall Monitor is in the building.

[thucythucy]

57. Out of respect for you I'll include a trigger warning up top, but hope you will read my post.

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I understand how distasteful and even how triggering the topic might be.

In a better world or in better times I might agree that bringing this up has served its purpose, and then some.

However, there are two factors to consider.

First, the GOP candidates for president and vice president continue to bring this up, and evidently there are millions of their followers who are willing to believe it. To point out the absurdity, with or without humor, is relevant to a national campaign in which we are fighting for the very existence of our democratic institutions. This story is intensely racist, demonizing an entire community, and some folks deep in the MAGA cult may well end up targeting entirely innocent people because of this vicious lie. For this reason alone it's crucial that the point be debunked at every turn.

Second, as has been said many times, with Republicans every accusation is a confession.

Trump has announced he is willing to place on his cabinet an individual who at the very least has a disturbing relationship with animals. There's the dead bear in the trunk dumped in Central Park. There's the beached whale that he decapitated with a chain saw in front of his six year old daughter. There's a video of him actually eating a dog--which may have brought about the infamous brain worm infection.

So clearly this sort of behavior is not a problem for Trump and his minions.

Just as the accusations of pedophilia and sex trafficking they make against Democrats warrant a closer look at Trump's own behavior, I think both the accusation of animal cruelty and the acceptance of RFK Jr. make me wonder what might be under the GOP hood.

There is, after all, the photo of one of Trump's spawn holding with evident glee the severed tail of a dead elephant.

The media won't go there, but I think we should.

As a rape survivor I know something about being triggered. I also know that sometimes being triggered is what needs to happen in order to confront the ugliness around us.

Edited to add: the fallout from this vicious lie has already begun: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143305531

[SheltieLover]

91. Thank you so much for agreeing to include a trigger warning!

That's all I ask so that those with trauma history aren't triggered in some way.

[Emile]

62. Have you ever wanted to tell someone who are you to judge?

[WhiteTara]

66. just scroll on by.

Don't like it? Don't read it, is my advice.

[SheltieLover]

78. Agreed, however, the titles can be triggers for some folks with traumatic backgrounds

[WhiteTara]

160. I'm so sorry for the anxiety that they might have

I keep thinking we Democrats are a hardy breed and stupid statements are met with the ridicule they deserve.

[Swede]

70. I loved how Kamala laughed when he started talking about "eating pets."

It was beautiful

[Jersey Devil]

75. I'll have catsup on my dog

Forget kraut and chili.

[Renew Deal]

76. Meow

[Niagara]

77. No one is forcing you to read them

There are options to make your DU experience a less stressful and complaint free place.


1. Trash the thread

2. Trash certain words and phrases

3. Put the poster on ignore

4. Keep scrolling, the title of the thread generally gives a clue what the OP is about

[displacedvermoter]

81. Thank you

[Niagara]

84. You're welcome, displacedvermoter

I hope that your DU experience gets better for you.

[displacedvermoter]

89. I have been involved in politics

at different levels for decades now, active in not for profit funding fights in the New York metropolitan area, and am now involved in architectural preservation efforts here in Vermont. So I am pretty hardened.

Got to admit, though, that getting attacked for a posting on a liberal website by strangers is pretty unsettling.Especially when it seemed pretty innocuous what my post was about.

Keyboard warriors, march on!

[BannonsLiver]

106. That's often the case when people try to police the speech of others.

There are plenty of tools for you to avoid those threads. Use them.

[33taw]

80. Most of the threads are labeled pretty clearly that the subject is cats and dogs.... Simply scroll past them.

We heard about Biden's failures for 6 weeks, so I don't care if we hear about trump's ridiculous failure for two more months.

[brush]

82. Nah, just shows what a moron trump is. He even pushed back like the idiot he is...

by saying he saw it on TV...as if that makes it true.

[Think. Again.]

83. But mooom, the couch jokes got booorrrinng!

[DemonGoddess]

86. Nope!

This is even funnier than the couch fucker memes!

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

88. In general - stop allowing Frump to suck oxygen out of the room

That's what he does, that's the strategy. Stop allowing it. I turn on our progressive station and theres wayyyyyy too many Frump clips, at the expense of hearing OUR CANDIDATE, in her own words Stephanie Miller is the worst. I called them a few wks ago to blast them and tell them that here in purple Wisconsin we now have a progressive network throughout state and people are listening who may honestly be on the fence - and its a total waste of airspace not to give maximum time to OUR CANDIDATE. The people who are sick to death of Frump turn off the radio so what good does it do to hear Steph or any of the other radio host laugh at Frump after they play the clips.

[The Third Doctor]

90. No. They would not give us that same courtesy

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I'm tired of the narrative of having to behave better than them. We are by default, but we are in a fight for our lives. We are not attacking the Haitian immigrants. The gloves have to come off. Being high minded in the face of their ugliness is what got us here. Trump was actually saying Harris is a dumb person among other things. He deserves all of this.

[hadEnuf]

134. We need to keep shoving the cat & dog eating down their throats.

(No pun intended)
It shows the depraved, insane lying that comes out of Trump and his nutcase party.

If Harris had said something like this she would have already been forced out of the race by the GOP and the media.

NOT ONE INCH can be given to these fascists that want to destroy the country.

[orangecrush]

93. No

You're welcome.

[myohmy2]

95. no...

...it's not about cats and dogs...

...it's about what trump thinks is important during a major presidential debate...

...a debate that will determine the soul and direction of our nation and world...

...if elected, he'd be using the same brain...

...repeat endlessly to show what's there...

[Bev54]

96. Why is it people are telling others here what and what not they can post or discuss?

If you don't like it, pass by and move on. It is not hard.

[orangecrush]

105. ...

[yellowcanine]

97. Why? Don't read them if you are tired of them. You have agency over your clicks and we have agency over our posts.

Sorry but you don't get to decide for everyone else.

[LAS14]

100. Are you one of those who insists on professors warning...

... students about possible triggers in the literature on the syllabus?

[SheltieLover]

103. I can't speak for the OP, but that's the "kind of professor" I was. Why risk triggering someone's trauma?

[LAS14]

116. How did you compile your list of possible triggers? nt

[SheltieLover]

117. Anything potentially traumatic to experience or witness

[LAS14]

121. People vary so much. I doubt that what you consider potentially traumatic covers the field. nt

[SheltieLover]

124. Perhaps, however I did my best

[displacedvermoter]

140. Actually I am a retired library

director who over the years was accused of being anti-Semitic, racist, anti-Italian American, pro pornography, and pro-Confederacy because of books, art exhibits, films and programs offered or circulated in my library.

I don't need any lectures on intellectual freedom, and when challenged on any of the above issues, I was always confident of the ground I stood on when making my case.

On jokes about eating dogs and cats, I just don't feel it is the best we can do to point out our case.

Sorry

[LAS14]

142. I wasn't making a case for academic freedom, just a case..

... for the impracticality of living in a world where everything we say or do is potentially "harmful" or "hurtful" to someone. It makes life like walking on eggs.

[displacedvermoter]

148. How big a stretch is it that jokes about eating

dogs or cats, especially on a site with the number of pet posts each day from some very sincere and obviously very attached animal lovers, might cause hurt feelings? I am not even talking about myself, by the way, I really wasn't having a "Streisand moment".

People should be working the room a little better.

[LAS14]

151. What is "a Streisand moment?" nt

[displacedvermoter]

154. I was accused of it earlier

I think it stems from when Streisand went to some museum and asked that the place be emptied out so she could be alone. Now I actually think she paid a large amount of money to have the place to herself, which if it is true is probably a good thing for the museum.

But I don't even know if it actually happened.

Anyway, I believe I was being accused of wanting DU to be my exclusive space, because of my OP about cat and dog eating. I don't to think the analogy works really, but there you go.

[LAS14]

165. Thanks much for taking the trouble. nt

[BannonsLiver]

101. If it's being talked about outside the DU bubble it's going to get talked about here.

Maybe stop trying to police peoples speech with your demands.

[brewens]

104. "Dog eat dog, eat cat too. :)

[Stinky The Clown]

107. There are site tools to insulate you from such threads. Meanwhile . . . .

. . . . mind your own damn business.

[SalamanderSleeps]

108. Why remove the icepick that's sticking out of his forehead?

If the foo shits King Donald the Reptile should wear it beyond the grave.

Real hero's say cool shit like,

“I have not yet begun to fight!”

John Paul Jones, in Battle, 1779


Not vile stupid shit like,

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs.
The people that came in,
they’re eating the cats. They’re eating —
they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”

Donald John Trump, while tap dancing in vomit, 2024

[Blue Owl]

109. Don't forget you can trash threads so you don't have to read them if they annoy you

There have been other topics over the years that I have found annoying on DU but rather than ruin the fun for those who enjoy them, it's OK with me to just block/trash them from my feed!

[Kaleva]

113. +1

[Croney]

110. I don't really care one way or the other, but the Barbara Streisand effect is on display here.

[LAS14]

122. What's the Barbra Streisand effect? nt

[LuckyCharms]

123. Link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

[Keepthesoulalive]

111. Allow people to make fun of his idiocy.

It’s not about you.

[Scrivener7]

112. Bahahah!! Sure! Let's ditch one of our best sound bites ever!

No, we won't stop. Because not taking advantage of the great sound bites would be very dumb.

[orangecrush]

114. What do you call

A cat with a short hair cut?


A Bob cat!

[Wednesdays]

115. Keep in mind that, while we at DU might stop the references

...the Internet as a whole, won't. It'd be like trying to push back the ocean with a shovel.

[marble falls]

119. Do the the Truffle Shuffle first ...

?si=-9zvkmMwCrMzU0Y_

No cats or dogs were eaten during the filming of this sequence - though I did see a plate gerbils on the kitchen counter. Some bites were missing.

[liberal N proud]

120. We could do Karen posts as an alternative

Point is that someone is going to be offended no matter what.
The pet post are just demonstrating the absurdity of the MAGA conspiracies.
The generate a conspiracy theory and we mock them. I don’t think I have seen one mor absurd and off the wall as eating pets.

[Dave Bowman]

185. Karen posts?

I need to talk to your manager immediately!

[bif]

126. People feel the need to beat a dead horse these days.

I've noticed that no one looks to see what's posted in GD, but they post anyway. So there are about three or four topics covered over and over on the main page. Drives me nuts.

[bif]

128. There are currently 10 posts on the same subject.

It gets tiring.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

183. Well then, here's a very simple solution,

Don't read them.
See how easy that is, but, in the meantime, this is, after all, a discussion board, where we, you know, discuss things.

[bdamomma]

130. I agree

wasn't this Cruz, and JD Vance idea. Let's not play into their hands.

Plus this has been debunked.

[oswaldactedalone]

138. The Rethug Party

is now the “Party of Haitians in Ohio eating dogs and cats”. They need to be forced to wear this around their necks like an anvil.

[Dr. Strange]

149. Please, no more threads about chicken.

I am trying to keep a sense of humor about this, so please bear with me.

[displacedvermoter]

150. Yeah?

[Emile]

186. Tell that to this guy!

[0rganism]

156. Nope, and if you think this is only about dogs and cats you're missing the point

The assholes are doubling down on this story to launch an anti-immigrant offensive. It's timely, relevant, and a valid topic for discussion.

[betsuni]

159. Exactly. It's anti-immigration, political.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

170. TFG and company are actively pushing these lies to help TFG's immigration lies

TFG wants to deport 11 to 20+ million non-whites by claiming that all non-whites migrants are criminals and are dangerous. It TFG who is not dropping these stories and we need to respond

[LetMyPeopleVote]

171. The 11th Hour covered and were debunking these lies last night

These lies have to be debunked and called out

Link to tweet

[Demsrule86]

157. No but you don't have to read them. Since cable news is treating this as an 'investigation, we should continue to post

on the subject.

[betsuni]

158. No, it's political. Trump: Democrats let violent dangerous criminal ('rapists') immigrants who'll eat your pets

and take your jobs and all of your stuff (if not murder you if you go out of your house to buy bacon) pour over the open border because they'll illegally vote Democratic.

[Brainfodder]

163. You added one more for the record and I am all for the eating of crow, sorry not sorry?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

166. TFG is still pushing this story to promote his immigration lies and to attack non-whites

Why would we stop these posts when TFG is actively pushing these lies to push some immigration lies and to attack non-whites. TFG wants to Make American Great Again which includes deporting 11 to 20 million non whites base on lies like the cat/dog/pet eating non-whites.

Here are some posts that TFG made today to advance these lies

Link to tweet

[DoBW]

172. No, but maybe we could paws

[ecstatic]

174. Yes, mom?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

176. This story is being defended by TFG and his allies on really shaky grounds

In 2016, after peddling baseless claims, Trump said, “All I know is what’s on the internet.” In 2024, the phrase now summarizes much of the GOP’s worldview.

Link to tweet

In 2016, after peddling baseless claims, Trump declared, "All I know is what's on the internet."

In 2024, the phrase summarizes much of the Republican Party's worldview. Take Bill Hagerty's line on the racist pet-eating theory, for example.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-senator-tries-fails-defend-racist-theory-pet-eaters-rcna170814

“In [Springfield, Ohio] they’re eating the dogs,” the former president said as part of a longer rant. “The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”

In reality, of course, Trump had no idea what he was talking about. He might’ve convinced himself that the crackpot theory has merit, but it does not, and local officials have thoroughly discredited this ugly nonsense.

Nevertheless, roughly 24 hours after the debate, Sen. Bill Hagerty sat down with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, who asked the Tennessee Republican whether his party’s presidential nominee would’ve been better off avoiding the racist theory for which there is no evidence. The senator replied:

Well, you talk about evidence. I’ve heard conflicting reports. There’s conflicting evidence. There’s a lot of information on the internet that this is happening. ... The city officials aren’t the only source. There are plenty of people who are saying this is happening.

.....It wasn't an isolated incident. Ask Republicans why they continue to believe ridiculous election conspiracy theories, and they’re likely to point to nonsense they found online. Ask them about their opposition to Covid vaccines, and you’ll probably get a similar response. Ask those caught up in the QAnon delusion how they slipped into the madness, and many will say the same thing.

The point is not that all online news is wrong. I publish online commentary for a living, so I’m the last person who’d encourage folks to reflexively disregard information from the internet.

Rather, the point is that major political parties and politicians seeking the public’s trust need to be able to distinguish between credible information from legitimate outlets, and sheer madness that happens to reinforce their preconceived ideas.

Republicans, in other words, not only need to choose good information over bad, they also need to understand how to choose good information over bad. As Bill Hagerty helped demonstrate, it’s a skill too much of the party seems to lack right now.

As national security attorney Bradley P. Moss lamented, “The Party of Lincoln and Reagan has been reduced to ‘I saw something online.’”

This story needs to be covered and discussed

[Skittles]

177. once again

learn how to trash a thread

what is with people who need content changed to suit their sensibilities?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

178. KJP-"What is happening here is an attempt to tear apart communities ..."

TFG are using these attacks to tear apart communities. Attacking TFG on these attempts is appropriate

Link to tweet

[Dave Bowman]

179. A cat and a dog go into a bar with RFk jr...

[lanlady]

181. Oh please, lighten up

I haven't laughed this hard in a long while. Yesterday my family and I traded pet eating memes from the Internet and just about died of laughter. I want this moment to last as long as possible. This is the complete and long-over-due humiliation of accidental president, GOP cult leader, and failed businessman Donald J. Trump. I'm loving it.

[Emile]

184. Tell RFK jr! These rumors started just after his endorsement for Trump.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

187. Springfield, OH City Hall had to be evacuated and closed for the day after a bomb threat

TFG and his allies are pushing this stupid claim and there are consequences in the real world. I am not willing to ignore this issue

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

190. TFG is still pushing this lie

we canNOT ignore TFG”s efforts to attach immigrants

Link to tweet

[MorbidButterflyTat]

191. I'm wondering why

the OP seems to be ignoring the blatant disgusting racism which is the point of the MAGAts idiotic LIES.

Maybe I've missed the condemnation in the sea of comments above.

Thanks for posting truth, I appreciate it.

[JustAnotherGen]

194. No

They go low - we punch down at them.

[rictofen]

196. At least they aren't Laura Loomer threads

Of which there are 16 on the 1st page of GD last I looked.

[Dave says]

197. Can we stop with the "can we please stop" ...

… threads already? I find them more annoying than what the seek to reduce.