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Drunken Irishman

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2. It's funny but as it was with Bush, it normalizes Trump's bigotry & ineptness.

Reply to kebob (Original post)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:18 AM

Dec 2016

Bush was the lovable goof for so long despite the fact he was pushing dangerous policies domestically and internationally. Similarly, we're treating Trump as kind of an aloof, unprepared dolt - but boy is he funny! We downplay the extremism and encourage this idea that he's kinda just dumb. But who's the person everyone enjoys in movies and TV shows - the lovable character? The dumb guy. The Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin or Gomer Pyle.

Bush wasn't a bad president because he was dumb. He was a bad president because of his policies and his administration.

Trump's problems aren't that he's too unqualified, which are important, but because he's a bigot and a fascist. Let's not laugh at that.

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Conan the Contrarian [View all] kebob Dec 2016 OP

"Severus Snapes" HAhahahahaahhahah! JHan Dec 2016 #1

It's funny but as it was with Bush, it normalizes Trump's bigotry & ineptness. Drunken Irishman Dec 2016 #2