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lunatica

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5. The bottom of the shoe is considered vile

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 06:56 PM

Jan 2020

and when shoes are used to step on people’s likenesses it is a profound insult indeed. It’s also an insult if a shoe is thrown at someone as it was at George Bush in Iraq.

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Best Photo of the Day? [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 OP

It is a great photo! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2020 #1

Anything to cover that sphincter under his nose. murielm99 Jan 2020 #3

Yes, see here. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #4

The bottom of the shoe is considered vile lunatica Jan 2020 #5

Oh, for the good old days. Dem2theMax Jan 2020 #13

Reminds me of the shoe that was heading for Bush malaise Jan 2020 #2

I posted that video in the post just above yours. lunatica Jan 2020 #6

LOL malaise Jan 2020 #8

Got to give it to the Shrub Ahpook Jan 2020 #10

He's a war criminal not a champ malaise Jan 2020 #11

Very true Ahpook Jan 2020 #12

Or like the draft. BHDem53 Jan 2020 #16

Love it. K&R crickets Jan 2020 #7

If the shoe fits.... Talitha Jan 2020 #9

Leather soul bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #14

Hope he gets to do this in person, and without repercussion. warmfeet Jan 2020 #15

Haha. He's saying "Eww- I got Trump on my shoe" TheCowsCameHome Jan 2020 #17

Fine by me!1 UTUSN Jan 2020 #18

It has to be done in person Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #19

I hope... Rider3 Jan 2020 #20

K&R! n/t PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #21

Showing the sole of the shoe is quite the insult in Arab cultures. Pacifist Patriot Jan 2020 #22

That's why we'll never see him in a room full of Arabs other than Saudi royalty. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #23