a trumpian and me

[niyad]

The other day, I went into a favourite local boutique just to say hi. A woman was standing at the counter, berating the very young clerk behind the counter. Why? Because, in the window display, was a roll of toilet paper with the orange madman's image on it. The woman was furious. Tha't disrespectful, he's our president. I just came from a meeting learning all about how wonderful he is. He is the president of all of us. Get that thing out of the window. He deserves respect."

Well, we all know what a quiet, gentle, non-confrontational soul I am. . . .

I said, "did you say that every time someone disrespected President Obama? If not, you have no moral ground to stand on" She sputtered, and I repeated the question. She finally said, "I never said anything against him". I replied, "but did you stop, or criticize, those who did?" She did not answer, so I said, "you are answering my question by your silence. So, you are a blatant hypocrite, and, again, you have no moral standing. Now leave the clerk alone"

This very tall, very angry woman, stormed past me to leave. I HATE when people try to bully staff. And, incidentally, the owner of this shop is a very strong progressive.

I LOVE it when I am provided with human scratching posts!!

[dalton99a]

1. Thank you.

[niyad]

22. it was my pleasure.

[mopinko]

2. good work.

[niyad]

23. thank you.

[sheshe2]

3. "I LOVE it when I am provided with human scratching posts!!"

Magnificent!

[niyad]

17. meoooooow!!!!

[sheshe2]

42. Go get em...

[magicarpet]

90. What is the cat's name tr-dump ?.........(nt)

[irisblue]

38. That line is F-ing incredible. May I use it & BTW

4

[sheshe2]

40. Lol

niyad is the one that wrote it... it truly was magnificent! I doubt she would mind.

[niyad]

48. have fun with it!!

[Doreen]

4. Just gotta love ya.

[niyad]

26. back atcha!!

[kooth]

5. Scratch Away!

Outstanding! I wish I could have seen that! Way to go!

[niyad]

24. meowwwwww

[kairos12]

6. Thanks for doing an educational good deed.

[niyad]

25. we try.

[HAB911]

7. Like this?

[niyad]

16. that one, yes

[onecent]

34. look at that chin.....OMG

[erronis]

66. My ass would be insulted to come in contact with that face.

[Scarsdale]

73. Repulsive

in EVERY way. Too dumb to realise just how DUMB he really is.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Bravo!

Nice job!!

[niyad]

21. thank you!!

[MrPurple]

9. "I just came from a meeting learning all about how wonderful he is."

I wonder what Mensa chapter that was.

[niyad]

20. I should have asked if the meeting was conducted in russsian.

[MrPurple]

27. You kept the moral high ground, what you described saying was perfect.

Pointing out her hypocrisy.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

61. 😆 n/t

[Hulk]

10. Bravo!

A dose of reality may eventually wake them the hell up. Maybe not, but maybe...

[niyad]

19. we have to hope that we can reach at least some of them.

[MineralMan]

11. Brava!

Store staff can't argue with customers, but other customers can. Good on you!

[niyad]

14. thank you. I truly despise people who pick on or bully staff in any circumstance, and will

happily weigh in.

[ProudLib72]

12. Now you've done it!

That place is going to be boycotted by all the tRumpers who never went there in the first place.

[niyad]

15. I know. . . . . so sad!!

[sarcasmo]

13. Did that once with a guy screaming at a clerk at the car wash.

Pay your bill and leave. Works every time.

[niyad]

18. couldn't say that, as she only entered the shop to berate the clerk.

[kristopher]

28. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds

"Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds" describes not only their operating principle but, interestingly enough, their Operating Principal.

Great job bringing the hypocrisy out.

As a minor aside, I personally prefer the appellation "Trump-pet" to "trumpian"....

[niyad]

30. I like the operating principal bit. and trump-pet works as well. that is about the politest

thing I call them.

[Nitram]

55. I believe the expression is "a foolish consistency is..."

[concreteblue]

65. Try "Trumpanzee" on for size.

eom

[LittleGirl]

29. We have to stop this shit in its track! eom

[niyad]

31. wherever, and however, we can!

[LittleGirl]

53. Yes. I will step up if I have to. I live in Red AZ. eom

[monmouth4]

32. Sooo perfect. Many thanks..n/t

[niyad]

33. you are most welcome

[Vinca]

35. You handled that beautifully.

I doubt I could do it without throwing in some "expletives deleted." LOL.

[niyad]

36. I was tempted, believe me.

[ailsagirl]

37. [phone]

Kudos for you!!

[niyad]

39. thank you!!

[spanone]

41. K&R... 😎👍🏼

[niyad]

77. thank you

[Angry Dragon]

43. but....but.... but Trump is the bestest.........ever

[niyad]

45. it is mind-boggling

[bora13]

44. hey you

hey you, t-rumpian, until you have read and can comprehend Machiavelli's, "The Prince" and Milton's "Paradise Lost", you will always think that t-rump is your new god.

[niyad]

46. you are making the assumptioo that these people can read with comprehension?

[Tribalceltic]

47. Brava ! Encore Encore! NT

[niyad]

49. fortunately, in this part of fundieville, there are not a lot of the kool-ade drinkers

[maryellen99]

50. I would love to ask a Trumpie what is so god damn awesome about that fat orange cheeto?

Sorry for my language. I'm sick of the blind devotion for this idiot.

[niyad]

51. I wonder the same

[brewens]

52. Trump needs to rate some respect if his worshipers ever expect him to get any. n/t

[niyad]

75. the old expression, "he DEMANDS respect, but does not COMMAND respect" comes to mind.

[heaven05]

54. excellent

I'm remembering this one...and using it. .....my state has got a lot of thick skulled trumpdylytes. Meet one every day in my travels.

[niyad]

76. you have my deepest sympathies. I am in a bit of a sheltered enclave here in fundieville.

another one for handy use--when you encounter someone wearing a maga hat or t-shirt, saying, "I just love it when idiots self-identify"

[heaven05]

86. ++

although the idiot part, with how 'angry' the idiots are around here, might just be looking for a confrontation.....I'll just say people. Too old to fight in the streets anymore.

[niyad]

87. I look so harmless, they would look really silly going after me.

[ismnotwasm]

56. LOVE this. And you

[niyad]

78. right back atcha!!

[DDySiegs]

57. Wonderful -- Great Job!

Niyad - My only concern is that your comparison of this woman to a scratching post, may have been an insult to all cat toys!

Again, great work!

[niyad]

79. oh dear, you are absolutely correct about the insult to cat toys!! thank you!!

[rurallib]

58. Had you sort of had that line of questioning rolling around in your head or

was it totally spontaneous?

I have had some run-ins over the years and have been totally amazed at what has come out of my mouth without thinking.

However it happened, well done!

[niyad]

80. thank you. a bit of both, really. it wasn't my first go-round with this type.

[Cha]

59. "a very strong progressive"? lol loves her

some trump, huh?

[niyad]

82. the shop owner actually had HRC posters up during the election.

[Ligyron]

60. You getum Niyad!

Confrontation CAN be fun.

[niyad]

83. it can indeed. and we need all the fun we can get these days!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

62. YAY!!! You rock, niyad!

Love it when a trumpanzee gets their hypocrisy thrown in their face. ❤️

[niyad]

84. thank you. they don't understand, but we do it anyway!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

89. I can't imagine treating service people badly, if they haven't been dickish.

I can't even stand it when people don't say please and thank you to the person waiting on them.

[niyad]

92. it's a power trip for a very twisted mindset. I see it often, and it infuriates me.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

95. truth

I must be lucky, I don't see it very often.

[calimary]

63. Well done, niyad!

I hate it, too, when somebody treats the employees like shit. They already get paid shit. They shouldn't have to take abuse as well.

And I'm reminded of that ol' cliche - "elections have consequences." And that goes double for the deplorables. I'm having a VERY difficult time "understanding" them, as I'm often told I must do. Nobody held a gun to their heads and ordered them to vote for him. The truth was all out there. His lousy track record (on so many fronts) was out there on the record. The choice was glaringly obvious. And they went the wrong way. Willingly. Even eagerly, including those we tried to warn - that it would utterly screw THEM IN PARTICULAR! They believed the lies and the bullshit. So that's what they get now. And they will reap the whirlwind (and the killer tornado, and the Category 5 hurricane, and the 8.1 earthquake, and the Ebola epidemic - for which they'll very likely lose their health care).

Hope they're happy...

[niyad]

93. they will reap the whirlwind, and blame the rest of us for their ignorance and hatred.

[Puzzler]

64. Well spoken ...

... the Trumpians need to be challenged like this.

You can bet this Trumpian does this kind of thing often, especially to people who can't (easily) talk back: a store clerk, for example.

A bigot, a bully: a Trumpian

-Puzzler

[JudyM]

67. That was great. Maybe she'll think twice next time.

[Warpy]

68. I wait until the Asshole is stomping away in high dudgeon

and I use my stage voice that projects to both coasts and say "I've worked retail, too. With any luck s/he won't be back." The retreating back stiffens and then slumps at two realizations: 1, s/he has been a perfect shitstorm of dumbfuckery; and 2, everybody has noticed.

[Paka]

69. That was truly beautiful.

Good Work!

[Heartstrings]

70. Well done......

[PNW-Dem]

71. Where can I buy some of that toilet paper?

x

[niyad]

85. welcome to du. check the northern sun catalogue. or any local store owned by a progressive.

[DFW]

72. Nicely done!

These phony "patriots" desperately need to be shown, at every opportunity, that they are not what's right with the country, but what's wrong with the country. Their hate and their anger are invariably directed toward the wrong target, and their dwellings must be devoid of mirrors.

[niyad]

91. thank you. it is my humble lot in life to be one of those mirrors.

[zentrum]

74. Well Done!!!!!

[hamsterjill]

81. Bravo!!!

I would only hope that I could be as eloquent in the same situation.

RESIST!!!!!

[DarleenMB]

88. Love your attitude

I'm wondering about the "meeting" she just came from where she learned all about how wonderful he is. Koch bros again?

[niyad]

94. I went looking for a listing for such a meeting, but have not found one. a church, perhaps.