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In reply to the discussion: More assholery from Chappelle [View all]Bucky
(55,334 posts)Once you've made up your mind to punch down at a weaker social group, the intoxication of power becomes too heady to resist.
Think about the rush among some DUers to come up with increasingly harsh and aggressive denigrations of Republicans. They're ReThuglicans, they're Republikkkons, they're ReThuglinazis. They don't say Trump anymore, it's "45" or it's "TFG" or it's "Drumppf". It feels good to trash the name of someone you don't like. Only conservative Republicans will survive the insults of us a few snarky liberal posters on DU. We're punching up at the plutocrats that're plundering our society. Chappelle is pursuing a grudge against an already oppressed and marginalized minority group. I'm sure all the applause feels good to a comedian.