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tblue37

(67,898 posts) Fri Nov 14, 2025, 04:15 PM Nov 14

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Great Thomas Paine quote:

'I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man' -- Tom Paine via the great Jill Lepore

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1.bsky.social) 2025-11-14T15:54:41.064Z

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Great Thomas Paine quote: (Original Post) tblue37 Nov 14 OP

The Scots gotta love that lame54 Nov 14 #1

Did you... 2naSalit Nov 14 #2

That's exactly what i did... lame54 Nov 14 #3

And then... 2naSalit Nov 14 #4

Et tu Brutish? lame54 Nov 14 #5

LOL! 2naSalit Nov 14 #6

Yep! Hope22 Nov 14 #7

Trump is not a sot so is not "sottish". Disaffected Nov 14 #8

lame54

(39,038 posts)

1. The Scots gotta love that

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 04:53 PM

Nov 14

2naSalit

(99,384 posts)

2. Did you...

Reply to lame54 (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 06:15 PM

Nov 14

See the word 'sottish' and, like me, think it was 'scottish' at first?

lame54

(39,038 posts)

3. That's exactly what i did...

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 06:23 PM

Nov 14

I even looked up scottish to see if there was another meaning
Excuse me while I look up sottish

2naSalit

(99,384 posts)

4. And then...

Reply to lame54 (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 06:25 PM

Nov 14

I had to look at 'brutish' a few times too!

I'm dyslexic so I HAVE to look more than once.

lame54

(39,038 posts)

5. Et tu Brutish?

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 06:26 PM

Nov 14

2naSalit

(99,384 posts)

6. LOL!

Reply to lame54 (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 06:30 PM

Nov 14

Hope22

(4,385 posts)

7. Yep!

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 07:00 PM

Nov 14

It’s been a looong week!😂😁

Disaffected

(6,067 posts)

8. Trump is not a sot so is not "sottish".

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 07:19 PM

Nov 14

However the analogy works well otherwise.

Come to think of it - that may be his only redeeming characteristic.

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