It's horrifying. Back then I didn't understand, but my learning curve has (Reply #20)

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Mike 03 (16,616 posts)

20. It's horrifying. Back then I didn't understand, but my learning curve has

been exceptionally steep. I just began studying tyrants, dictators and authoritarians; nearly all of them were charlatans before they were dictators.

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138 replies	Author	Time	Post
How Long Have You Hated Trump? [View all]	Lunabell	Dec 2020	OP
Since around 2006 or so	Turin_C3PO	Dec 2020	#1
15 years	trueblue2007	Dec 2020	#82
I only became conscious of him in the early 90s	Orrex	Dec 2020	#2
I worked in NYC in the late 70s, early 80's....	AZ8theist	Dec 2020	#97
Yet the Netflix documentary showed so many regular people	Laura PourMeADrink	Dec 2020	#109
"Old" money in NYC knew he was an asshole.	AZ8theist	Dec 2020	#110
Since the 80s, when he would enlist small business labor and not pay, forcing many bankrupt.	TheBlackAdder	Dec 2020	#126
Yes, the same reaction	Green Line	Dec 2020	#3
I didn't hate him back then, I dismissed	pnwest	Dec 2020	#4
When he started the Birther shit. Before that, I just thought he was a	Raven	Dec 2020	#5
I was the same. The birtherism lies. Otherwise I jus thought him a trust fund clown n/t	Greybnk48	Dec 2020	#22
I don't recall paying much attention to him at all	essme	Dec 2020	#90
Same here. My loathing started with the Birther trash.	Paladin	Dec 2020	#112
I knew his show the Apprentice was entirely fake and worthless	FakeNoose	Dec 2020	#6
From the moment I became aware of him. Must have been late '80's.	50 Shades Of Blue	Dec 2020	#7
same here	bdtrppr6	Dec 2020	#16
Same here.	smirkymonkey	Dec 2020	#38
Since the 1970s, when I lived in Manhattan. Thrown in our face endlessly by media there. His	BamaRefugee	Dec 2020	#8
Wall Street	Roy Rolling	Dec 2020	#65
My old mechanic friend from Brooklyn summed it up very well back in 2015. "There's some asshole like	dameatball	Dec 2020	#113
I merely dismissed him as a charlatan until early 2017 when he made my mom cry.	Mike 03	Dec 2020	#9
It's scary that a charlatan and joke can become POTUS	LeftInTX	Dec 2020	#19
It's horrifying. Back then I didn't understand, but my learning curve has	Mike 03	Dec 2020	#20
Yes, they were.	LeftInTX	Dec 2020	#99
P.S. This was the "doomed and incredibly tasteless real estate project"	Mike 03	Dec 2020	#33
I knew he would be a dangerous figure when he started the birther movement	dalton99a	Dec 2020	#10
I never liked him.	LeftInTX	Dec 2020	#11
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Dec 2020	#56
I became somewhat aware of him years ago, when the whole Marla Maples affair	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2020	#12
New Yorkers have hated him forever.	marybourg	Dec 2020	#13
Since he dumped Ivana for Marla in a very public way.	milestogo	Dec 2020	#14
The winter of 1980	Runningdawg	Dec 2020	#15
My wife and I watched "When They See Us" yesterday	True Dough	Dec 2020	#17
A visceral reaction since the 80s or perhaps earlier.	flor-de-jasmim	Dec 2020	#18
Since the birther atuff. Before then i watched his tv show	Demovictory9	Dec 2020	#21
As long as I can remember....he bankrupted several of my friends Dads who worked on	Demsrule86	Dec 2020	#23
Always thought	Lokee11	Dec 2020	#24
I have never hated him.	KentuckyWoman	Dec 2020	#25
I share what you feel.	safeinOhio	Dec 2020	#59
Since somewhere in the 70's	The Figment	Dec 2020	#26
Since he got the nomination in 2016. I never thought about him before that. Nt	raccoon	Dec 2020	#27
Since the nineties, when he was just a celebrity putz.	marble falls	Dec 2020	#28
I don't hate him or loathe him. I pity him. I think pity is far worse than hate from	42bambi	Dec 2020	#29
I have never liked this idiot	Gothmog	Dec 2020	#30
As a native New Yorker, I was regularly exposed to every bullshit thing he did or said and...	TreasonousBastard	Dec 2020	#31
Since the 80's. When Trump Tower was built my girlfriend and I decided it was the	fierywoman	Dec 2020	#32
Since the first time I ever laid eyes on him.	MuseRider	Dec 2020	#34
Since he was on the Apprentice?	Initech	Dec 2020	#35
I can't remember which came first.	AirmensMom	Dec 2020	#36
I don't hate the man	Chainfire	Dec 2020	#37
Since I read this quote in 1992:	catbyte	Dec 2020	#39
Yep. He flaunted Mistress Marla publicly.	SleeplessinSoCal	Dec 2020	#117
I try hard not to let hatred in my heart	mahina	Dec 2020	#40
so, there's a golf course in Palos Verdes.	barbtries	Dec 2020	#41
2016.	johnp3907	Dec 2020	#42
He wormed his way into my consciousness probably in 1987.	LudwigPastorius	Dec 2020	#43
I honestly can't remember	yellowdogintexas	Dec 2020	#44
I have disliked him since at least 1987 when he bragged about making "millions".....	George II	Dec 2020	#45
Oh yes he did do that, I'd completely forgotten	FakeNoose	Dec 2020	#120
I was working in the Bank of New York's data center on Broad Street at the time....	George II	Dec 2020	#122
early	monkeyman1	Dec 2020	#46
Welcome to our DU family.	niyad	Dec 2020	#92
Yep - friend worked as a concierge at a Trump casino in Atlantic City. Both he and Ivana	PaulRevere08	Dec 2020	#47
Since he Screwed Merv Griffin	Soxfan58	Dec 2020	#48
I don't hate anyone. I'm not going to let others control my emotions.	Kaleva	Dec 2020	#49
Since the mid-eighties, when he accumulated Mar-a-lago.	dchill	Dec 2020	#50
If you guys ever read "Spy" Magazine...	WinstonSmith4740	Dec 2020	#51
I miss SPY, too. Gawd, the memories!	DinahMoeHum	Dec 2020	#84
Growing up in south SW Connecticut, we were aware of	Totally Tunsie	Dec 2020	#52
This message was self-deleted by its author	wnylib	Dec 2020	#53
Actually enjoyed The Apprentice...	neurochaos	Dec 2020	#54
From the first time I heard him speak.	Mr.Bill	Dec 2020	#55
My mother in law went to	Blue_playwright	Dec 2020	#57
Since 2016	sarge43	Dec 2020	#58
I don't hate him but I do hate what he's done. He'lll be gone soon. Now it's time to think of what	CTyankee	Dec 2020	#60
Can't remember exactly since it's been such a long time.	greatauntoftriplets	Dec 2020	#61
Since the 80s. I remember Leona Helmsley ...	bsiebs	Dec 2020	#62
I first heard about him in the 80s	wnylib	Dec 2020	#63
I can't say I hated him back in the 80's I just	Bev54	Dec 2020	#64
Ever since his Studio 54 days	davekriss	Dec 2020	#66
I basically paid almost no attention to him before the Obama/Kenya lie. Before then, to me...	NNadir	Dec 2020	#67
That'd Be Me....disdained him since that time and also......	zed nada	Dec 2020	#68
Yes, I despised him in the '80s when I favored Republicans.	BMW2020RT	Dec 2020	#69
From the earliest days	homegirl	Dec 2020	#70
Probably since he started the birther bullshit.	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Dec 2020	#71
I only paid passing attention until the birtherism crap started ...	jimlup	Dec 2020	#72
Same. Ever since tabloids of the 1980's.	roamer65	Dec 2020	#73
Since I bumped into him in the 1990's cursing out his entourage	JCMach1	Dec 2020	#74
For me, revulsion and not hatred.	Mister Ed	Dec 2020	#75
I lived in NYC off and on in the late 80s and early 90s	Withywindle	Dec 2020	#76
Vera Coking	handmade34	Dec 2020	#77
Ever since I first heard about him	VA_Jill	Dec 2020	#78
In 1989 - Central Park 5	alphafemale	Dec 2020	#79
We planted a maple tree 30+ years ago	yonder	Dec 2020	#80
Birtherism, because I've dealt with that nonsense my whole life and still do	IronLionZion	Dec 2020	#81
Since his TV show.	Music Man	Dec 2020	#83
Same as you	shanti	Dec 2020	#85
The Apprentice	Desert_Leslie	Dec 2020	#86
Never hated Trump, even to this very	richdj25	Dec 2020	#87
Central Park 5, ripping off contractors who did work for him, sexual deviant, birtherism, bullying	judesedit	Dec 2020	#88
Since the birther thing in 2011-2012. I was a fan	Rice4VP	Dec 2020	#89
Longer than most, after being cheated after a stay at Trump hotel in Vegas, gift from our daughter.	Liberty Belle	Dec 2020	#91
The underground comics artist R.Crumb felt trump was worthy of satire in 1989 in a....	EarnestPutz	Dec 2020	#93
From the day he destroyed the Art Deco friezes at the Bonwit Teller building...	SeattleVet	Dec 2020	#94
Oh! I forgot about that. I'll bet that...	electric_blue68	Dec 2020	#134
1980's	housecat	Dec 2020	#95
Since the 1980's working in Atlantic City.	GoneOffShore	Dec 2020	#96
I try not to hate anyone but "True peace is not merely the absence of tension:	BrightKnight	Dec 2020	#98
He's not worth the effort it takes to hate someone.	GoCubsGo	Dec 2020	#100
You're cutting him too much slack.	Paladin	Dec 2020	#115
Not long enough	MustLoveBeagles	Dec 2020	#101
About 150 years	Silent3	Dec 2020	#102
I ignored him until the birther conspiracy	Dukkha	Dec 2020	#103
Me too.	RVN VET71	Dec 2020	#123
In 2015, the moment he said that Mexicans were drug dealers, criminals and rapists.	IrishEyes	Dec 2020	#104
Since he started running for President	treestar	Dec 2020	#105
Since the 80s.	SergeStorms	Dec 2020	#106
When he destroyed the The United States Football League.	Doc_Technical	Dec 2020	#107
I started hating this asshole in the '80's	Cozmo	Dec 2020	#108
Same here. I saw him on some talk shows, decades ago. Couldn't stand that smug, bragging twit.	dameatball	Dec 2020	#111
I have generally disliked him since the 80's.	ananda	Dec 2020	#114
Early on, I really didn't care...	paleotn	Dec 2020	#116
As an NYC'r dislike, some disgust started in...	electric_blue68	Dec 2020	#118
As far back as I can remember seeing him, back in the late 80s I guess. He has the look of the guy	doc03	Dec 2020	#119
2-3 decades give or take	robbedvoter	Dec 2020	#121
since the first time I heard him speak	Skittles	Dec 2020	#124
This message was self-deleted by its author	geralmar	Dec 2020	#125
Since the birther stuff	budkin	Dec 2020	#127
I honestly never thought about him until 2016	marmar	Dec 2020	#128
Since the 2016 primaries. I really didn't pay much attention to him prior	Vivienne235729	Dec 2020	#129
I only considered him as	Mossfern	Dec 2020	#130
I never have and I'm not going to ...	Raine	Dec 2020	#131
I live on the opposite side of the country from NYC & won't watch "reality" tv, so all I knew ...	Hekate	Dec 2020	#132
Its hard to hate someone you've never loved.	msfiddlestix	Dec 2020	#133
Since 1983	tenderfoot	Dec 2020	#135
I thought he was disgusting	marlakay	Dec 2020	#136
Since 2009	Jamaal510	Dec 2020	#137
Since 1979	coeur_de_lion	Dec 2020	#138

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