Dear America, Its Time To Stop Calling Donald Trump President

[BigBearJohn]

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5913644ce4b0d928baa249ad


A president tasks himself or herself with leading an entire nation, undivided ― and this man chooses instead to villainize huge swathes of it.

So be it.

The biggest threat to my generation’s democracy somehow won’t be the indignant terrorists of 9/11, but a delusional jackass in a power suit. I won’t tell my grandkids I survived an invading army, but invading trolls and bots. I’ll never learn of the threat in film reels or newspaper cartoons, but memes and hashtags. I guess instead of internment camps, it’ll be walls.
But rest assured, the threat we face is no different from that of any great war in American history ― another abuser of power with a weird face and weirder voice thinks if he talks loud enough, and frequently enough, that a country can be his. Except in this case, it’s not in black and white. It’s in meme and GIF. And it’s not some other country: it’s ours. And instead of bombs and bullets, this war’s battles will be fought with spin, and misinformation, and disillusionment. It’s the kind of crazy war that instigates fake wars in order to distract from the real one.

It’s a bad screenplay, but it’s our screenplay, and we’ve gotta live it and survive it. But before we throw around juicy Jeopardy words like “tyranny” or “dictator,” first let’s frame this as it really is, which isn’t yet political high-treason, cyber crime, and whatever else will come to roost one day, which it will, I promise, pinky-swear: No, right now it’s that silly cartoon where the captain on a sinking ship cut to Swiss cheese from cannon fodder is running around frantically, stopping one leak only to see another sprout up. And one thing is clear:

That funny-looking, funny-sounding captain? He’s going down with the ship. He and his comically stupid crew.

[WoonTars]

1. Easy for me. I never did call him that.

Never will.

[Blanks]

2. Ive never called him president.

[Phoenix61]

3. Twitler to the end nt

[Auntie Bush]

4. I've never called him president tRump an never will .

I Couldn't call a slime President

[3catwoman3]

5. I have not.

I am not.

I will not.

[2naSalit]

6. I never use the two words together...

cheato is the nicest term I can muster.

[Permanut]

7. DU posters have come up with brilliant alternatives..

Cheeto, His Orangeness, Herr Gropenfuhrer (or Hair Gropenfuhrer), Mango Mussolini, any of which describe this sociopath; the term "President" does not. I will not refer to him as the President, never will.

[BigBearJohn]

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[dalton99a]

9. Crazy asshole is not my president

[Leith]

10. I Use the Terms

orange boy
Dolt 45
shitgibbon
tRump

He is NOT a president. He's a usurping asshole.

[BigBearJohn]

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[bdamomma]

11. he is an enemy of the state

he is such a tarnish on the Office, he makes me do this

He is truly an insult to all of us. Let's get him OUT!

[Greywing]

12. I now use the term Traitor n/t