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SunSeeker

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22. The thing is, I don't think Trump is out of touch with reality. He's a liar and gaslighter.

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Sun Feb 28, 2021, 04:49 PM

Feb 2021

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Norma Desmond was delusional, not a liar.

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Trump enters CPAC 🤣😂🤣 [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2021 OP

MUST we see his close-up? UGH. nt Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #1

I think the poster has the wrong image of Doturd at CPAC. Here's the correct one: AZ8theist Feb 2021 #25

Ok, that is funny, but here's a funny one without using women as an insult: SunSeeker Feb 2021 #2

That's not women. That's Norma Desmond. It's perfect. nolabear Feb 2021 #3

I know it's Norma Desmond. Why do we insult men by portraying them as a woman? SunSeeker Feb 2021 #6

Okay. I'm too exhausted to argue the point. nolabear Feb 2021 #18

that would be your hang up. mopinko Feb 2021 #19

So not wanting women gratuitously insulted is a "hang up"? SunSeeker Feb 2021 #21

thinking that comparing someone to a woman is especially insulting mopinko Feb 2021 #30

No, not just "someone." Using similarity to women as an insult to men. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #4

It's using a female fictional character. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #5

This woman does not think this is making fun of women. TNNurse Feb 2021 #7

It's about the character, not the gender. Nevilledog Feb 2021 #8

THANK YOU! I blew up w/my earlier post and apologize. It's the CHARACTER. What? Only men CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #10

So there are no male egomaniacs we could have likened Trump to? SunSeeker Feb 2021 #15

She acted out an entrance like that treestar Feb 2021 #29

The entrance of the emperor with no clothes is more like what Trump is doing. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #36

Exactly. TY. Duppers Feb 2021 #11

Surely there are male characters that we could have likened him to. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #14

Desmond was pretty much a nonfunctional character. jaxexpat Feb 2021 #23

Patton was a patriot. He would have died for his country. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #32

Patton was, never-the-less, a self-serving egomaniac. jaxexpat Feb 2021 #35

I didn't either, until I saw the reply of another woman and thought about it. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #12

Precisely. Ligyron Feb 2021 #13

It's about a character out of touch with reality. LisaM Feb 2021 #16

The thing is, I don't think Trump is out of touch with reality. He's a liar and gaslighter. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #22

Another woman not taking it personally birdographer Feb 2021 #17

"I didn't even think about the woman angle" either, until I saw another woman's reply tweet. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #20

+1 treestar Feb 2021 #27

Exactly LiberalLovinLug Feb 2021 #28

Trump is not like Norma Desmond. She was delusional, pathetic and forgotten. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #38

You are right. It is possible to see both LiberalLovinLug Feb 2021 #39

Was expecting to see a emperor with no clothes or something silly with his face KS Toronado Feb 2021 #9

I was expecting something more like the "Golden Calf" statue. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #24

YAWWWWWWN!!! Better get my CPAP Montauk6 Feb 2021 #26

I have some suggested music for the grand entrance . . . hatrack Feb 2021 #33

LOL!!... Well, hatrack, if they can't get clearance for that one, might I suggest...? Montauk6 Feb 2021 #34

LOL. And I bet quite a few in that audience would know the words! nt SunSeeker Feb 2021 #37