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Pic Of The Moment: Get Rid Of Your Democracy With This One Weird Authoritarian (Original Post) EarlG Jul 2024 OP
More than just trump Katcat Jul 2024 #1
Keeping in mind on Jan 6th 2021 KS Toronado Jul 2024 #2
Whole GOP, some ridiculously shady foreign dark money agents, and genocidal oligarchs. Initech Jul 2024 #13
And having grown up in Mi'ssippi, I can assure you that it's many of their VOTERS as well peppertree Jul 2024 #25
And in a democracy, everyone is deemed equal PatSeg Jul 2024 #32
They don't "lurk" in my rural area. But you described them to a tee. It's been festering allegorical oracle Jul 2024 #38
If you're correct that many resent democracy KS Toronado Jul 2024 #40
Southern right-wingers do. But certainly not all of them - not by a longshot. peppertree Jul 2024 #45
TFG is indeed weird LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2024 #3
The guy leaning on the jukebox is the one who taught TSF how to dance. TheBlackAdder Jul 2024 #48
OK, and let me preface this with saying I hate you for posting this, Abolishinist Jul 2024 #49
He forgot he wasn't supposed to say it out loud. subterranean Jul 2024 #4
His brain is in serious decline, PatSeg Jul 2024 #31
It's disturbing how many people are into the idea of not voting again IronLionZion Jul 2024 #5
And he's Not a Christian Farmer-Rick Jul 2024 #6
Pretty sure he thinks god is one of his employees. niyad Jul 2024 #8
Maybe god is his markodochartaigh Jul 2024 #53
Can you please double check that? usonian Jul 2024 #10
I thought he said he's not a Chistian, but dmr Jul 2024 #23
If the speech is out there, I'm not going to listen! usonian Jul 2024 #26
Yes it is Farmer-Rick Jul 2024 #34
No, CBS is gaslighting people Farmer-Rick Jul 2024 #33
Thanks, I can't listen. It's torture just creating a meme now and then. usonian Jul 2024 #35
I know Farmer-Rick Jul 2024 #36
OK got it on youtube. Spreading like a fart in a bus. usonian Jul 2024 #37
Converting to embedded here ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #42
Thanks usonian Jul 2024 #43
Welcome. I just gritted my teeth for the length of the vid. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #44
He worships himself. spanone Jul 2024 #17
The Anti-Christ? Legend has it that s/he will return at some point. nt allegorical oracle Jul 2024 #39
I disagree. Abolishinist Jul 2024 #47
Every time I see his short-fingered vulgarian hands waving around like that, niyad Jul 2024 #7
WOW. Having written above about "st vitus dance", a phrase I remember niyad Jul 2024 #9
It's also mentioned in the lyrics of the song "I'm Shakin'... Harker Jul 2024 #15
I am not familiar with that, will have to listen to it! niyad Jul 2024 #18
I'm in upstate NY now, but lived in Boulder, Niwot, Loveland, and Drake. Harker Jul 2024 #20
Weird & creepy. nt TBF Jul 2024 #11
Weird OLD authoritarian NameAlreadyTaken Jul 2024 #12
The red hat with WEIRD on it... kentuck Jul 2024 #16
LOL BumRushDaShow Jul 2024 #14
where did this "weird" business start? orleans Jul 2024 #19
I guess we've run out of definitions MuchBetterThanThis Jul 2024 #27
That is an excellent point PatSeg Jul 2024 #29
LOL - that's great n/t whopis01 Jul 2024 #21
If EarlG graphics text doesn't scare the hell out of you. That is how you know you a maga cultist and or stupid. usaf-vet Jul 2024 #22
It's not just Trump. All authoritarians are weird. Initech Jul 2024 #24
Right. Not all weird people are fascist, but all fascists are weird. Bongo Prophet Jul 2024 #52
Exactly what I'm saying! Initech Jul 2024 #55
I grew up in Amarillo Texas a half century ago. markodochartaigh Jul 2024 #54
It's an acronym, like MAGA! It's WEIRD, but what does it mean? SeattleVet Jul 2024 #28
We're Ever Impervious Republican Dunces czarjak Jul 2024 #30
The Goons Of Putin party is filled with weird and creepy people and policies. Run away! Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #41
I'll never get what anyone sees in him Skittles Jul 2024 #46
Emma Thompson calling the orange menace "weird" FIVE YEARS AGO!: fierywoman Jul 2024 #50
I was happy to see this reported on ABC News tonight. NH Ethylene Jul 2024 #51

KS Toronado

(20,587 posts)
2. Keeping in mind on Jan 6th 2021
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 09:55 AM
Jul 2024

we had around 146 elected Rs who refused to certify the votes hoping to throw it to the House to
make that decision, I'm guessing that number is larger today because TSF will ruin everybody who
doesn't fall in line and worship him like a king.

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
25. And having grown up in Mi'ssippi, I can assure you that it's many of their VOTERS as well
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 11:56 AM
Jul 2024

Last edited Mon Jul 29, 2024, 01:34 PM - Edit history (1)

They resent democracy - which they view as a thinly-veiled "globalist-Marxist, n***er-loving (and anti-white) ruse."

This viewpoint is especially rabid and prevalent now - but it was always there among southern right-wingers, lurking.

allegorical oracle

(3,957 posts)
38. They don't "lurk" in my rural area. But you described them to a tee. It's been festering
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 03:03 PM
Jul 2024

since Lee surrendered to Grant.

It reared up during George Wallace's era, but was tamped down. TSF just cracked open the hatred box far enough to set them free to spew their crap.

KS Toronado

(20,587 posts)
40. If you're correct that many resent democracy
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 03:08 PM
Jul 2024

Our messages of saving Democracy might be falling on deaf ears. They don't want to hear that and
it turns them off from voting with us.

Do we need to tweak our message to "saving our way of life" or "saving our Constitution" maybe
"saving the Oval Office from a orange King" ?

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
45. Southern right-wingers do. But certainly not all of them - not by a longshot.
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 06:21 PM
Jul 2024

My apologies if my comment came off otherwise.

Some of the smartest liberals and moderates I've ever met, were southerners. Stuart Stevens reminds me of them a lot.

These are people who have seen - and lived with - the authoritarian threat, up-close and personal. They know what the neo-confederates and assorted right-wingers are capable of.

Abolishinist

(2,184 posts)
49. OK, and let me preface this with saying I hate you for posting this,
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 10:21 PM
Jul 2024

but I've decided that I will most probably watch "Airplane" again. Jeebus what's wrong with me.

And don 't call me Shirley.

PatSeg

(49,839 posts)
31. His brain is in serious decline,
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 12:38 PM
Jul 2024

but he doesn't care. He thinks his base will love him no matter what he says, which has proven to be true.

Meanwhile, the man doesn't realize that as an useful idiot, he won't be necessary to the powers-that-be once he is no longer "useful" to them. He needs to stay away from windows and stairs.

Farmer-Rick

(11,624 posts)
6. And he's Not a Christian
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 10:12 AM
Jul 2024

In the same speech, he makes it clear he is Not a Christian.

As if it's a selling point. "See, I'm so fair, I want Christians to vote for me even though I'm Not a Christian." Is he an atheist?

So do you think the anti Christ would be a Christian? Is Satan a Christian? I mean they would believe in Christ soooo.

Or is Trump an atheist? Just doesn't believe in any gods? He does want to rule like a god. Maybe he thinks he is God.

usonian

(15,685 posts)
10. Can you please double check that?
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 10:34 AM
Jul 2024

cbs says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-christian-voters-turning-point-action/

Trump continued: "I love you Christians and I'm a Christian. I love you, you got to get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not going to have to vote."


Though, using the word "you" implies separation, as contrasted with "us" or "we", a common gaffe.

Important to clarify, as your statement would be powerful if verified.

And it's typical if him to contradict himself, even deliberately, to take both sides of an issue, or to say he was just joking, when caught in a lie or found quoting from his beloved führer.

dmr

(28,705 posts)
23. I thought he said he's not a Chistian, but
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 11:39 AM
Jul 2024

I doubted myself, because surely he wouldn't admit to that --- or would he?

Farmer-Rick

(11,624 posts)
34. Yes it is
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 01:43 PM
Jul 2024

It's out there in most clips of him saying Christians won't have to vote anymore. It's everywhere on YouTube news clips.

Go to ABC7 Los Angeles with Mark Brown. He has an easily identifiable clip.

It's not hard to find. And several small online Christian groups were commenting on that he said he was Not Christian before they even noticed that he said you won't ever have to vote again.

Farmer-Rick

(11,624 posts)
33. No, CBS is gaslighting people
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 01:39 PM
Jul 2024

Look at the video. He may not have meant it because he does have dementia but he clearly says it and gestures to emphasize it. I think his dementia let the truth out. He's losing g track of his lies.

I'm going to believe what I see and hear with my own senses. Not what corporate media and CBS is trying to con people with.

He holds his right hand to his chest, near his heart? purposely indicating himself. Then he shakes his head "no" when he says "Not". It's so very obvious.

He says, "I'm Not Christian."

The best video on it is ABC7 Los Angeles with Mark Brown. I tried to post the link but it's not working for me.

usonian

(15,685 posts)
35. Thanks, I can't listen. It's torture just creating a meme now and then.
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 01:44 PM
Jul 2024

Wonder if there's a trancscript.

I'd love to post it.

On billboards.

Farmer-Rick

(11,624 posts)
36. I know
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 01:52 PM
Jul 2024

Folks are trying to minimize it. Corporate media didn't even mention it. I saw it mentioned on a couple of small Christian sites before I saw he told folks they wouldn't have to vote. Some Christians did notice it.

It's just so weird to watch corporate media cover up for him.

Why doesn't someone ask him about saying he's not a Christian? It would be an easy thing to clear up. But no one wants to bring it up.

The emporers has no clothes.

usonian

(15,685 posts)
43. Thanks
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 05:14 PM
Jul 2024

I really didn't want it to play, so I left it as is.
Mainly wanted the snap, for sharing other than a video link.

SOUNDS A LOT BETTER.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
44. Welcome. I just gritted my teeth for the length of the vid.
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 05:17 PM
Jul 2024

I prefer transcripts. That may be the longest I've listened to him since 2016.

Sometimes one has to just wade into the crap to get to the other side.

niyad

(121,998 posts)
7. Every time I see his short-fingered vulgarian hands waving around like that,
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 10:19 AM
Jul 2024

the term "St. Vitus dance" comes to mind.

niyad

(121,998 posts)
9. WOW. Having written above about "st vitus dance", a phrase I remember
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 10:28 AM
Jul 2024

from my very early years, I decided to look it up. It is an actual condition, called Sydenham's or rheumatic chorea, an autoimmune disorder that attacks primarily females. The things one learns!

Harker

(15,489 posts)
15. It's also mentioned in the lyrics of the song "I'm Shakin'...
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 11:01 AM
Jul 2024

first recorded by Little Willie John in 1958.

orleans

(35,572 posts)
19. where did this "weird" business start?
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 11:11 AM
Jul 2024

jody hamilton, from stephanie miller's show, was talking about how we should/everyone should just start calling trump weird -- he'll hate it (somethingi to that effect)

i'm not sure weird is the right word/insult for anyone to be using in reference to that monster

magats are gonna start wearing buttons or shirts saying proud to be weird

and low and behold, they will take over that word like they did with freedom and american flags3

27. I guess we've run out of definitions
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 12:07 PM
Jul 2024

For these people.
“Deplorable” was quite accurate in 2016 but look where that got us.
Crazy, nuts, insane, cult-like, sub-human,…..

PatSeg

(49,839 posts)
29. That is an excellent point
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 12:31 PM
Jul 2024

They'll just embrace the word and spin it as something positive, like they've done before, which actually IS very weird. Their brains have turned into mush.

usaf-vet

(7,234 posts)
22. If EarlG graphics text doesn't scare the hell out of you. That is how you know you a maga cultist and or stupid.
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 11:22 AM
Jul 2024

It sure as hell scares the the sh*t out of me. And hopefully, at least some of the non-maga cultists may be starting to see the light.

Trump is telling us all that he plans to anoint himself as the first emperor of an American dynasty. Fu*k that!

Initech

(103,416 posts)
24. It's not just Trump. All authoritarians are weird.
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 11:39 AM
Jul 2024

Whether it's Trump, Bolsonaro, Erdogan, Orban, Modi, Putin - weirdness is a hallmark of being a fascist.

markodochartaigh

(2,225 posts)
54. I grew up in Amarillo Texas a half century ago.
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 12:43 AM
Jul 2024

Authoritarians are rigid in their conformity to their own social norms. They absolutely do not consider themselves weird. And, as someone with Asperger's, let me assure you that authoritarians are considered far more normal by the 2/3'rds of the population who are not authoritarian that many people with Asperger's are. As long as the authoritarians refrain from "saying the quiet part out loud" they generally fit right in in society. They frequently move right up the ladder into high corporate, military, and government positions, whereas people who genuinely come across as "weird" struggle to maintain employment.

SeattleVet

(5,636 posts)
28. It's an acronym, like MAGA! It's WEIRD, but what does it mean?
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 12:29 PM
Jul 2024
We
Eliminate
International
Respect and
Democracy


Hey, it works!

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
41. The Goons Of Putin party is filled with weird and creepy people and policies. Run away!
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 04:57 PM
Jul 2024

Sensible people don't elect the weird and creepy and controlling. Democrats will improve education and health care to get them the help they need.

NH Ethylene

(31,028 posts)
51. I was happy to see this reported on ABC News tonight.
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 11:23 PM
Jul 2024

It's about time the mainstream media started to cover his bizarre and threatening comments.

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