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TygrBright

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Mon Apr 29, 2019, 01:47 PM Apr 2019

Self-inflicted wounds add up- this one could be fatal [View all]

Here's what he ([Redacted], that is) said, at his Wisconsin pep rally last week:

“The baby is born. The mother meets with the doctor. They take care of the baby. They wrap the baby beautifully. And then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby.”


This actually happened, Saturday night, April 27th.

I'm pretty sure that [Redacted]'s intention was just to toss a well-done chuck steak to the base in the form of the 'abortion doctors as murderers' meme that the forced-birth advocates are pushing.

There were plenty of ways he could have phrased it that would accomplish that purpose, but [Redacted]'s only talent is his rhetorical skill with flammable embroidery. That is, coming up with the words, the best words, the most incendiary words, the most emotionally-laden words, to push powerful buttons in his specific audience. Even when the actual words themselves are nothing but salad with zero factual or logical content.

He does it on the fly, instinctively, without planning or preparation, without consultation or testing. Without considering second- or third-order consequences. It is the dark gift of the demagogue, the con artist, the accomplished grifter.

So that was an "applause line" when he tossed it out to that audience of cult-addled worshippers.

Then it started getting reported, per usual, on the post-sploogefest list of "outrageous antifactual utterances from The Guy With The Nuclear Launch Codes". A long list, every time. The cumulative list would beat George RR Martin's page count. Or Gibbon's.

And therein lies the trap: Any one thing on those lists can (and often does) serve as outrage fuel for the already-outraged. But there's just so much, it dilutes the impact of any one thing. And the context of the list- "It was just pep-rally hyperbole"- provides a layer of insulation. Thus, he generally gets away with it.

This time, though, I'm not so sure.

Scroll up and read those words again.

The calculated inhuman murderous sadism he attributes to... mothers? Physicians? -is almost nauseating to contemplate. Sure, his pep-rally audience is on board with it.

And sure, the already-outraged are, predictably, outraged. By that among many other sources of horrific outrage.

But what about the people who haven't drunk his sploogefest koolaid and who haven't already spent countless hours on social media trying to gin up awareness of just how morally bankrupt he and his co-conspirators are?

The ordinary folks whose response to him, up to this point, have ranged from a mildly inattentive "He says some outrageous things but he also said some things I agree with, so BFD." to an avoidant and distasteful wish that he'd just STFU and quit tweeting, FFS. Those people.

They're reading those words. The words that explicitly state The Guy With The Nuclear Launch Codes thinks mothers and doctors calculate a kind of coldly sadistic infanticidal postpartum ritual on a regular basis.

And they're starting to respond.

And it's not good.

Anyone who's ever been touched by infant death (check the infant mortality statistics for the past fifteen years, and then think about the number of people touched by each of those deaths- parents, siblings, medical teams, counselors, and more) or who's experienced neonatal crisis and the kind of all-out mortal combat the nurses and doctors mobilize to save a child's life is seeing those words.

He thinks that about mothers (like the one(s) I know) and doctors (like the one(s) I know)?

WTF?!?

What kind of SICK FUCK can even CONTEMPLATE that bullshit, much less say it, in public, from the bulliest pulpit our government provides?

And they're starting to realize that yes, The Guy With The Nuclear Launch Codes is THAT kind of sick fuck.

And they're not happy with the knowledge.

They're unlikely to actually do much with it, in terms of, say, demanding impeachment right this instant, or using some media/social media outlet to express their horror, or whatever. The vast majority of them will never be polled about it.

But they vote.

And I suspect the queasy, uncomfortable memory of just what kind of sick fuck is on the ballot WILL have an influence.

thoughtfully,
Bright
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Tygr, MyOwnPeace Apr 2019 #1
Absolutely. GOTV is the only way to save America. But these are the votes we'll be GO'ing. n/t TygrBright Apr 2019 #5
There will be NO "A-HA!" moment for his Deplorables, and apparently he's not worth impeachment. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2019 #44
K&R smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #2
well said! But I wish there were more blowback and consequences... FirstLight Apr 2019 #3
I suspect there will be some response... TygrBright Apr 2019 #7
"prognosticatorially" okay--it's now a word. panader0 Apr 2019 #21
I KNOW .... "what you know" and can't say. i feel the same. like BEFORE the election happened !!! trueblue2007 Apr 2019 #19
Trying to one-up McCarthyism. GOP still silent and shameless. IADEMO2004 Apr 2019 #4
Interesting that you bring up McCarthy. CaptYossarian Apr 2019 #55
Those comments were meant for his base as they believe that nonsense. LonePirate Apr 2019 #6
It's the ONLY thing he's got. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2019 #43
Don't forget the law of averages which means lunatica Apr 2019 #8
I'd like to believe that's true, but I don't know anarch Apr 2019 #9
I plan on asking every MAGA loving woman these questions: displacedtexan Apr 2019 #10
THAT'S the way to about this. Paladin Apr 2019 #16
I like your tactics Lifelong Protester Apr 2019 #40
Not at all. Here's what I started doing when my daughter was little: displacedtexan Apr 2019 #41
It's horrible, but nothing seems to put a dent in his carapace. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #11
Nothing will stop Trump from saying these kind of things... BlueJac Apr 2019 #12
This will not be the end of Trump, but it will get some innocent OB-GYN clinic blown up Recursion Apr 2019 #13
Three words: Dr. George Tiller. B Stieg Apr 2019 #14
This is about NY law that says newborns who can't survive can be allowed to die bobbieinok Apr 2019 #15
It's always about the perfect Gerber Baby, even when it's a zygote. I hate these people. Hekate Apr 2019 #35
It's the 5th time since early February he's told this particular lie. Ms. Toad Apr 2019 #17
Trump is a sadistic sonofabitch who turns stuff like this into a species of pornography & strokes it Hekate Apr 2019 #36
Yeah. I just have no confidence that anything he says Ms. Toad Apr 2019 #39
Remember the cries of "Not Normal"... N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2019 #18
trDump was a low life con-man scum bag,... magicarpet Apr 2019 #53
Symbols of American patriotism-- BadgerMom Apr 2019 #20
Thank you I hope the media picks up on this one I heard it last night. Oppaloopa Apr 2019 #22
You'd think. But he's using Anti-Abortion distortions that are widely believed already. maxsolomon Apr 2019 #23
It called outrage fatigue.... RANDYWILDMAN Apr 2019 #24
Yes, they are starting to respond...it is the drizzel before the storm. Stuart G Apr 2019 #25
sadly i have to disagree. he's the authoritarian, harsh social hierarchy candidate. unblock Apr 2019 #26
You are correct LastDemocratInSC Apr 2019 #34
His base never questions anything he says. i see it every damn day. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #27
I wish, but I don't expect it to move the needle one bit. Kablooie Apr 2019 #28
He's said it before. chowder66 Apr 2019 #29
Duh. I don't get it. Killing babies AFTER born? PS thought you meant redacted from speech Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #30
He is an attention junkie. I NEVER mention his name if it can be avoided. TygrBright Apr 2019 #31
No but if he is saying we want to kill babies Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #32
The problem is, Trump is not an original thinker. This meme has been around a long time ... Hekate Apr 2019 #37
You make me think Hekate Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #42
Unfortunately, I don't think you're right. Captain Stern Apr 2019 #33
It could also mean that people have just tuned him out for good. llmart Apr 2019 #38
re: "This actually happened, Saturday night, April 27th." thesquanderer Apr 2019 #45
IN a just world, you would be totally right. lark Apr 2019 #46
"Forget about Russia! Your mom might have us all executed!" struggle4progress Apr 2019 #47
I just don't know... TommyCelt Apr 2019 #48
Shitler has already committed self-inflicted wounds that would've eliminated anyone else. Texin Apr 2019 #49
Since there is so, so much BS coming from him, ginnyinWI Apr 2019 #50
kick Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #51
Sick Fuck bigbadR Apr 2019 #52
k and r. I have words--most of them would net me a visit from the suits. niyad Apr 2019 #54
How true was the rumor in 2016 that he had to be talked out of aborting Tiffany? CaptYossarian Apr 2019 #56
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