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In reply to the discussion: Trump enters CPAC 🤣😂🤣 [View all]SunSeeker
(51,855 posts)38. Trump is not like Norma Desmond. She was delusional, pathetic and forgotten.
Last edited Sun Feb 28, 2021, 08:19 PM - Edit history (1)
He is a gaslighter, dangerous and surrounded by a cult of personality.
He is so much more like Mussolini. This documentary describes the cult of personality surrounding Mussolini's egotistical strong man persona:
His similarity with Trump and his followers is eerie.
I understand why portraying a bombastic liar who likes to portray himself as a macho man as instead a delusional pathetic woman would bring him down a notch, and is funny. But think about why that is funny. Would it be as funny if Trump was being compared to a male narcissistic character?
It is unfair to say that it's the people who see the sexism in this humor as being the ones "that have a problem." I do indeed "appreciate the inference." And the humor. I just also see the sexism. It is possible to see both.
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I think the poster has the wrong image of Doturd at CPAC. Here's the correct one:
AZ8theist
Feb 2021
#25
I know it's Norma Desmond. Why do we insult men by portraying them as a woman?
SunSeeker
Feb 2021
#6
THANK YOU! I blew up w/my earlier post and apologize. It's the CHARACTER. What? Only men
CurtEastPoint
Feb 2021
#10
The entrance of the emperor with no clothes is more like what Trump is doing.
SunSeeker
Feb 2021
#36
I didn't either, until I saw the reply of another woman and thought about it.
SunSeeker
Feb 2021
#12
The thing is, I don't think Trump is out of touch with reality. He's a liar and gaslighter.
SunSeeker
Feb 2021
#22
"I didn't even think about the woman angle" either, until I saw another woman's reply tweet.
SunSeeker
Feb 2021
#20
Was expecting to see a emperor with no clothes or something silly with his face
KS Toronado
Feb 2021
#9
LOL!!... Well, hatrack, if they can't get clearance for that one, might I suggest...?
Montauk6
Feb 2021
#34