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malaise

(268,724 posts)
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:08 AM Mar 2023

The Slobfather did not call Alvin Bragg a degenerate psychopath

(as said by a regular on Morning JoeScum). He called him a denigrate psychopath which is both crazy effing stupid and racist to the core.

Denigrate - late Middle English (in the sense ‘blacken, make dark’): from Latin denigrat- ‘blackened’, from the verb denigrare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + nigrare (from niger ‘black’).

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The Slobfather did not call Alvin Bragg a degenerate psychopath (Original Post) malaise Mar 2023 OP
Did he mean degenerate? Because denigrate Takket Mar 2023 #1
Which is why it is crazy effin stupid andclearly not English malaise Mar 2023 #2
Thank You, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2023 #8
Decades ago, my favorite aunt told me never to use that word malaise Mar 2023 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Mar 2023 #10
Good catch! ananda Mar 2023 #26
Thanks for alerting to code words deliberately used to energize his base bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #3
If Trump intentionally used denigrate, he was coached. There is no way a guy that brewens Mar 2023 #4
I agree. TNNurse Mar 2023 #18
Stephen Miller hard at work . . . hatrack Mar 2023 #29
Nope. WinstonSmith4740 Mar 2023 #38
"He's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes . . . " hatrack Mar 2023 #40
I agree also. llmart Mar 2023 #33
Totally agree that's the most likely Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #42
It is killing TFG that 3 powerful and smart people of color are going after him. Botany Mar 2023 #5
But it looks like the white SC has the best case malaise Mar 2023 #6
All of the cases against him are very strong* Botany Mar 2023 #11
Agree malaise Mar 2023 #12
On just the civil case in NY State Tish James has the Trump Organization for 1/4 of a billion $s and Botany Mar 2023 #14
Would no longer doing business in NY State wnylib Mar 2023 #19
The A.G. already has that covered with leins ready to go against the Organization's properties Botany Mar 2023 #20
Will be interesting to see. wnylib Mar 2023 #22
$250 mil is the low end. It could be triple that. Jarqui Mar 2023 #27
Tish James doesn't come to play Botany Mar 2023 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Mar 2023 #7
A Triple Dose of Irony...I Love it! After you, Sistahs and Bruther! electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #24
He changed it dalton99a Mar 2023 #13
Too late malaise Mar 2023 #15
He is shittin' kittens. He is scared out of his mind. Cap Lock Crazy. Botany Mar 2023 #16
I wonder if Miller is still writing for Trump. Lonestarblue Mar 2023 #21
That was my first thought also. llmart Mar 2023 #34
Me, too. WinstonSmith4740 Mar 2023 #39
I doubt he knows what either word means. malthaussen Mar 2023 #17
I think he's an ignorant fool re language and more malaise Mar 2023 #25
IMO there is no way the SlobFather doesn't have a ghost writer. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2023 #23
tfg has early stage dementia and constantly confuses words. lark Mar 2023 #30
This is where I think Trump gets help. BradBo Mar 2023 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author BradBo Mar 2023 #32
Actually, I'm shocked the Blob would know either word. Both seem above his intellectual level. Fla Dem Mar 2023 #35
I highly doubt the man is an etymologist. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2023 #36
Who knows but I think he knows the N word malaise Mar 2023 #37
did he delete and repost his tweet? Because the one I saw said "degenerate" onenote Mar 2023 #41
A Freudian slip, perhaps? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2023 #43

Takket

(21,529 posts)
1. Did he mean degenerate? Because denigrate
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:12 AM
Mar 2023

Makes no sense in that context. It is a verb, not an adjective. I feel like he just doesn’t know the difference between those two words lol

Covfefe

malaise

(268,724 posts)
2. Which is why it is crazy effin stupid andclearly not English
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:21 AM
Mar 2023

but he so wanted to use the N word that denigrate is what he typed.

The Magistrate

(95,243 posts)
8. Thank You, Ma'am
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:32 AM
Mar 2023

I'd never noticed that shade in the word, but once pointed out it stands clear.

Something to call the common practice in attack ads against a black candidate of darkening his or her skin in the pictures....

malaise

(268,724 posts)
9. Decades ago, my favorite aunt told me never to use that word
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:36 AM
Mar 2023

since it was a racist insult to people looking like us.

Response to The Magistrate (Reply #8)

brewens

(13,547 posts)
4. If Trump intentionally used denigrate, he was coached. There is no way a guy that
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:28 AM
Mar 2023

must have picked up his vocabulary watching Our Gang knows that word.

He may have been misspelling degenerate and accepted what his autocorrect threw out without reading it closely.

hatrack

(59,578 posts)
40. "He's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes . . . "
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 11:48 AM
Mar 2023

Last edited Fri Mar 24, 2023, 05:00 PM - Edit history (1)

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llmart

(15,534 posts)
33. I agree also.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 09:40 AM
Mar 2023

He has the vocabulary of a first grader (or less), so I doubt he chose that word himself.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
42. Totally agree that's the most likely
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 02:22 PM
Mar 2023

Even more unlikely is that, if he did know the word, he'd known it had any association with 'blackness' and used it purposefully because of that, as some suggest above.

And a 'coach' would've said 'that word makes no sense there, it's a verb, not an adjective'.

I'll take 'auto-correct' for $1000, Alex.

Botany

(70,449 posts)
5. It is killing TFG that 3 powerful and smart people of color are going after him.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:28 AM
Mar 2023

D.A. Bragg, A.G. Tish James, and D.A. Fani Willis have the goods on him and he knows it too.

Botany

(70,449 posts)
11. All of the cases against him are very strong*
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:43 AM
Mar 2023

But the Manhattan case might be the weakest as per the penalties.

* They have the tapes, the phone calls, the checks, the stolen documents, and
2 of his lawyers now have to give testimony against him because judges ruled that
he was using his lawyers to break the law. Now, people like Lindsey Graham, Rudy,
and Meadows will have to see if they want to go to prison for Trump.

Botany

(70,449 posts)
14. On just the civil case in NY State Tish James has the Trump Organization for 1/4 of a billion $s and
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:50 AM
Mar 2023

it will no longer be able to do business in the state. I suspect criminal referrals will come from that
case and the House J-6 committee has submitted its findings and evidence to the DoJ and Jack Smith
asking for criminal indictments.

wnylib

(21,346 posts)
19. Would no longer doing business in NY State
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 08:40 AM
Mar 2023

include no longer renting out units in Trump Tower? If so, how would that be enforced?

Botany

(70,449 posts)
20. The A.G. already has that covered with leins ready to go against the Organization's properties
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 08:43 AM
Mar 2023

I think that is the case but I might be wrong.

Jarqui

(10,122 posts)
27. $250 mil is the low end. It could be triple that.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 09:02 AM
Mar 2023

Plus she made criminal referrals for tax and fraud.
And it looks like Weisselberg messed up his immunity deal and has to flip more to avoid more prison.

Response to Botany (Reply #5)

electric_blue68

(14,818 posts)
24. A Triple Dose of Irony...I Love it! After you, Sistahs and Bruther!
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 08:54 AM
Mar 2023

The Irony... It burns!

And you deserve every miserable minute, drumphf.

Botany

(70,449 posts)
16. He is shittin' kittens. He is scared out of his mind. Cap Lock Crazy.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:55 AM
Mar 2023

"EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M 100% INNOCENT." Bragg gave him a chance to say so in front
of the Grand Jury but he refused to do so.

Lonestarblue

(9,958 posts)
21. I wonder if Miller is still writing for Trump.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 08:44 AM
Mar 2023

Normally, he doesn’t write in full sentences, and he probably didn’t even know the meaning of denigrate.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,055 posts)
39. Me, too.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 10:24 AM
Mar 2023

I mean, the spelling, punctuation, and grammar are all correct. He couldn't do that on his best day.

malthaussen

(17,175 posts)
17. I doubt he knows what either word means.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 08:31 AM
Mar 2023

Probably thought he was saying "degenerate."

Denigrate is usually a verb meaning put somebody down, of course. Though you never can tell, so many verbs are adjectives and nouns these days.

-- Mal

malaise

(268,724 posts)
25. I think he's an ignorant fool re language and more
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 08:54 AM
Mar 2023

but I suspect that he knows every code word that can attack African Americans - his father was KKK

lark

(23,065 posts)
30. tfg has early stage dementia and constantly confuses words.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 09:20 AM
Mar 2023

His level of understanding keeps shrinking.

BradBo

(528 posts)
31. This is where I think Trump gets help.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 09:30 AM
Mar 2023

He’s too stupid to know that. I think he’s being helped with his tweets.

Response to malaise (Original post)

Tommy Carcetti

(43,155 posts)
36. I highly doubt the man is an etymologist.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 09:44 AM
Mar 2023

I only saw his Truth posting with "degenerate," and I don't know if he actually used "denigrate" but later edited it to "degenerate."

I somehow doubt it, given the fact that he's perfectly fine with leaving references to a "stollen election" as is, unless he actually is referring to a ballot initiative concerning a German Christmas bread.

Remember this is a guy who literally can't spell the name of his favorite food correctly.

Is it still a Freudian slip if the person's subconscious is too stupid to understand the meaning of the word he or she accidently blurted out?

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