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fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 11:46 AM Sep 2020

George Takei on Eric Trump being part of the LGBT community:

George Takei @GeorgeTakei

Eric Trump saying he’s “part of the LGBT” community is like me saying I’m part of the fantasy football community. I might think I know what a “tight end” and a “wide receiver” are, but I would be sorely mistaken.

10:13 AM · Sep 29, 2020


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George Takei on Eric Trump being part of the LGBT community: (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Sep 2020 OP
GEORGE TAKEI FOR THE WIN!!! Aristus Sep 2020 #1
That Man Is Damned Funny, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2020 #2
Priceless! 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2020 #3
Bwahahaha! Nevilledog Sep 2020 #4
I think he used a fourple entendre... Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #5
BWAH! My new favorite term. nolabear Sep 2020 #9
Please forgive my ignorance and help me out ... soldierant Sep 2020 #42
The first one is a double entendre... Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #45
Ah! Now I see! soldierant Sep 2020 #55
Kick dalton99a Sep 2020 #6
damn i love that man. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #7
Take a number! calimary Sep 2020 #44
SNARF! He's so funny... hlthe2b Sep 2020 #8
George, you nearly owed me a keyboard. niyad Sep 2020 #10
Spawn 3 said WHAT??????? niyad Sep 2020 #11
Here ya' go: fleur-de-lisa Sep 2020 #14
Sooooooo. . .eric chose this way to announce he is gay???? Strange phrasing- we love the man. niyad Sep 2020 #15
I think he was just trying to drum up votes for Dump and probably has no idea fleur-de-lisa Sep 2020 #16
That makes sense. niyad Sep 2020 #18
Nope..... he obviously announced he's gay..... "I'm part of that community". groundloop Sep 2020 #19
+1 pandr32 Sep 2020 #31
In his case, I Vote For COL Mustard Sep 2020 #49
He thinks it means Lazy Grifter Buying Time. grantcart Sep 2020 #26
Good one. dchill Sep 2020 #34
There's nothing to inherit in his dad's will so might as well come out IronLionZion Sep 2020 #22
You owe me a keyboard! LOL KS Toronado Sep 2020 #28
The Loves Guns, Butchering and Theft community? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #40
I was hoping they'd stick to the 4-talking head shot GopherGal Sep 2020 #41
The Trump dinner table. jaxexpat Sep 2020 #50
Eric IS married. Junior is the divorced one. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #51
⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R ⭐️⭐️⭐️ spanone Sep 2020 #12
Oh my! Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #13
You know, eric. A very funny thing. NONE of my friends in the LBGTQ community love that niyad Sep 2020 #17
Nooooooo..., uriel1972 Sep 2020 #47
Eric must think LGBT stands for Lying Grifting Bullshitting Traitors CaptainTruth Sep 2020 #20
Ha, perfect. klook Sep 2020 #23
Yes, he is. SharonClark Sep 2020 #25
He thinks LGBTQ stands for Lying Grifting Bullshitting Traitors Club whopis01 Sep 2020 #33
There it is. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2020 #39
Wow, that's beautiful. Does he really write all of these? I hope I'm that sharp when I'm 83. George II Sep 2020 #21
He's often noted that his staff writes a lot of the social media stuff. TwilightZone Sep 2020 #43
Kinda getting hung up on the idea of "tight end" lindysalsagal Sep 2020 #24
George Takei is hilarious. Sapient Donkey Sep 2020 #27
Eric finally spelled something correctly. CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #29
Oh, my. Good one, George! crickets Sep 2020 #30
LOL Blue Owl Sep 2020 #32
OK, was there, like, a double entendre there? lunatica Sep 2020 #35
Well, DUH!!! It is pretty obvious to anyone who has been paying attention that... not_the_one Sep 2020 #36
HEHE yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #37
+100 reACTIONary Sep 2020 #46
Here's what Eric means! Greybnk48 Sep 2020 #38
I saw that graphic for the first time 11 days ago Jimbo S Sep 2020 #52
I had never heard of it until the day I posted this. Greybnk48 Sep 2020 #54
Kick! burrowowl Sep 2020 #48
The tweet didn't go the way I thought it might, based on the title. BobTheSubgenius Sep 2020 #53

soldierant

(6,903 posts)
42. Please forgive my ignorance and help me out ...
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 08:22 PM
Sep 2020

"Wide receiver" = 1
"tight end" = 2
"sorely" = 3
What am I missing?

soldierant

(6,903 posts)
55. Ah! Now I see!
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 11:04 PM
Sep 2020

I was reading the first phrase as a "double and the second phrase as a "double, multiplying them and getting fourple, except that didn't work, because the last one would make it a fifple.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)
14. Here ya' go:
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 11:59 AM
Sep 2020

Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis

Eric Trump: "The LGBT community, they are incredible. And you should see how they come out in full force for my father every single day. I'm part of that community, and we love the man."


niyad

(113,505 posts)
15. Sooooooo. . .eric chose this way to announce he is gay???? Strange phrasing- we love the man.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 12:05 PM
Sep 2020

My deepest apologies to the LGBTQ community.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)
16. I think he was just trying to drum up votes for Dump and probably has no idea
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 12:11 PM
Sep 2020

what LGBT actually means.

groundloop

(11,521 posts)
19. Nope..... he obviously announced he's gay..... "I'm part of that community".
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 12:17 PM
Sep 2020

With deep apologies to my lesbian niece and cousin. I'm sure you don't want anything to do with him, but he just said he's part of your community.

GopherGal

(2,009 posts)
41. I was hoping they'd stick to the 4-talking head shot
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 05:39 PM
Sep 2020

because I was dying to see the reaction shot from the other Fauxsters.
Probably had to go to the Eric close-up to cut away from a spit-take by one of the other talking heads...

jaxexpat

(6,841 posts)
50. The Trump dinner table.
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 09:19 AM
Sep 2020

POTUS: we're behind in the polls, we need more votes, Eric, you're not married, you'll be the gay one.
Eric: again? why me?
Don Jr.: But dad, I want to be something too. I'm tired of being the "mature" one. Ivanka gets to be the princess, I want to be the gay one.
POTUS: It's settled, Eric, you're the gay one. Pass the roast immigrant ribs, They're really good tonight, must be all that peppery food they eat.


I'm sorry about this whole post.,

niyad

(113,505 posts)
17. You know, eric. A very funny thing. NONE of my friends in the LBGTQ community love that
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 12:11 PM
Sep 2020

homophobic asshole who sired you. Now, I will grant that is a small number, but still pertinent.

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
47. Nooooooo...,
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 09:38 PM
Sep 2020

do not want treacherous slug-maggot. And if Eric is part of the 'community' He should begin to learn the pain his father has put the USA members through directly and the rest in the world indirectly through hos policies and attitudes.

klook

(12,162 posts)
23. Ha, perfect.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 12:28 PM
Sep 2020

My wheels were turning trying to come up with one, but you've already dropped the mic!

whopis01

(3,521 posts)
33. He thinks LGBTQ stands for Lying Grifting Bullshitting Traitors Club
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 01:37 PM
Sep 2020

He's not very good at spelling either.

TwilightZone

(25,473 posts)
43. He's often noted that his staff writes a lot of the social media stuff.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 08:24 PM
Sep 2020

But that one sounds like pure George, so I'm betting that particular one is him.

lindysalsagal

(20,718 posts)
24. Kinda getting hung up on the idea of "tight end"
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 12:30 PM
Sep 2020

and George Takei in the same sentence......

Somebody slap me....

Sapient Donkey

(1,568 posts)
27. George Takei is hilarious.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 12:41 PM
Sep 2020

Whenever I hear him doing interviews, it's always an amusing listening experience.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
29. Eric finally spelled something correctly.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 01:02 PM
Sep 2020

That's two ways the message will kill Donald.

Now let's check in with Dan Quayle's spelling of LGBT...what's that? He wants to buy WHICH vowel?

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
36. Well, DUH!!! It is pretty obvious to anyone who has been paying attention that...
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 02:00 PM
Sep 2020

Eric is TRANSEXUAL.

He is Caitlan's BFF. (my apologies to Caitlan for that slander, but Caitlan is still republican, as far as I know, therefore fair game)

(Eric probably actually had a gay experience (if not several) in college, while drunk - just like most straight boys do - and thought it could be something he could offer to daddy to assist his flaccid campaign.)

Greybnk48

(10,170 posts)
54. I had never heard of it until the day I posted this.
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 12:08 PM
Sep 2020

My daughter is the one who told me what Eric meant.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
53. The tweet didn't go the way I thought it might, based on the title.
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 11:47 AM
Sep 2020

I was reminded of a line from Adam Sandler's Chanukah #3, and I thought that was the way GT's tweet was going to go:

"Tom Arnold converted to Judaism but you guys can have him back"

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