Twitler was extra-triggered on Twitter this morning, maybe because his angry white boy base is pissed off about the DACA thing. How mad are they? Here’s one drama llama ritually burning his MAGA hat — and likely leaving indelible scorch-marks on his mama’s glass patio tabletop:
Dear @realdonaldtrump pic.twitter.com/CX0VRMOxJB
— Luis Withrow (@_weese_) September 15, 2017
His mom probably has the MAGAt out there right now chiseling globs of melted Chinese polyester off the table, but message sent! Via Raw Story, burning MAGA hats was a thing yesterday, and some hat torchers even had the good sense to use metal buckets to contain the conflagrations.
So what to do when you’re a narcissist demagogue who craves the adulation of racist shitheads the way a crackhead yearns for that next rock? Toss some big red hunks of hate to the base:
So many lies stuffed into five 140-character falsehood parcels. To partially unpack:
1. ESPN isn’t getting dumped, and its analyst, Jemele Hill, told the truth. Trump is a white supremacist who discriminated against minorities in business, publicly advocated lynching the innocent Central Park Five, rose to national prominence on the racist birther crusade, regularly retweets racist garbage from fellow white supremacists and can’t unequivocally condemn white supremacy. He’s a white supremacist. Period.
2. ISIL hasn’t been in existence for eight years, and opposition to it is led by people in the region, not Donald Trump. The people who deserve credit for its defeat are the Iraqis, Kurds, Syrians, etc., who have been fighting and dying there, not Donald Fucking Trump, but it’s hardly surprising that, as a white supremacist, he’d attempt to steal credit from the “wogs.”
3. No one from a travel ban country has killed an American on U.S. soil in four decades, and security experts say the ban has done fuck-all to make us safer and undermines efforts to combat terrorism by alienating allies.
4. Loser white supremacist terrorists are currently a greater threat to Americans than foreign jihadis, but Trump can’t stop opening his big fat yap and minimizing white supremacist terrorist violence. He did it again yesterday.
5. After claiming he didn’t want to denounce Nazis prematurely after Charlottesville, Trump threw caution to the wind and weighed in on this morning’s terror attack in London, earning a rebuke from Theresa May.
He’s probably said other idiotic things since I started typing this. Trump is a daily embarrassment. I try to stay optimistic about our ability to survive this presidency intact, but honestly, I’m not sure we do. The shame alone might prove fatal.
debit
“Your move.” Oh honey. Just…really? You think he cares? He already has the money you paid for his crappy hat, he doesn’t care. He’d probably be happy if you bought another one and burned that one too as long as the check didn’t bounce.
Elizabelle
MAGAt. Thank you, Betty.
I really can’t take all the sourness and following politics right now.
ETA: drama llama too. Hat’s off (and it never was a MAGA one).
Corner Stone
“we must cut off & use better” What in the F?
Jeffro
Hey and let’s not forget, off-Twitter, his administration told CREW to go pound sand when it asked for the Mar-a-Lago visitor logs. Some Trumpov staffer sent over the names of 22 Japanese visitors from Abe’s February visit. That’s it. Oh, plus the names of a couple baggage handlers, just for shits and giggles.
Meanwhile, the grift continues. Frankly, I’m shocked Trumpov’s not trying to make money coming and going with a new line of Jemele Hill t-shirts. Why not? No one would say anything to him or make him stop.
Corner Stone
Oh, wait. I get it now. He was meaning to share a mashed potato recipe. We must cut up the taters and use butter!
Jeffro
PS can we get a statement from Anthony and Flea that #MAGA assholes should find some other band to follow (or at least, some other band’s shirts to wear).
Mathguy
Thanks for the twitter link. The temptation to troll him was just too great.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
“Loser terrorists”, “nasty”. Biff Tannen really is President. BTTF 2 would have been a lot better if Biff was a dictatorial POTUS.
It’s been a while since I watched BTTF. Was Biff ever power-hungry?
Frankensteinbeck
@debit:
Yes, actually. It’s true that Trump cares about nothing more than his pocket book, but ‘racism’ and ‘external validation’ are neck-and-neck for a close second. I guarantee if Trump has seen this, it writhes in his stomach like an angry snake.
TenguPhule
@Corner Stone:
Internet dildos?
TenguPhule
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
Yes. The first time line he was a rapist and the boss of Mcfly’s dad.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
If I didn’t have to pay for those red hats, I’d get a Twitter account and make a video of myself pretending to be an outraged Trumpist by burning the hat to troll Trump.
Tom
I suppose it would be unkind to wish that they would be wearing the hats when they set them on fire.
Brachiator
Trump succeeds because his Twitter rants are just as ignorant and inarticulate as the thoughts of his base. The last thing in the world that his supporters want is someone who is intelligent and forward thinking.
These people don’t want government or solutions. They are angry and Trump promised them stupid shit to make them happy. And they want their stupid shit, period, end of story.
Kicking people out of the country will make America great? Jesus, that’s dumb as fuck.
Major Major Major Major
Ugly people. Like, physically, too.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
I was a grad student at Michigan State when Jemele Hill was there writing for the student newspaper. I always thought her opinions were reasonable and well informed, but MSU is the ag school so there was a substantial representation of, let’s say redneck students who reacted negatively to everything she wrote. Not that it was limited to them – a lot of the undergrads from various tony suburbs weren’t any better.
I suppose if I were a Black person, one of the things that would piss me off regularly is that whenever you assert something positive about Black culture and its contributions to the Nation’s cultural heritage, a bunch of white folks automatically assume you’re attacking white culture. Say the blues is an original Black American art form and someone will reflexively argue that white guys can play the blues too just look at Eric Clapton, Paul Butterfield, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Yes, all of those white guys played a version of the blues, some of it very good to great, but 3-4 decades after the blues emergence as an actual defined form of popular music played by Black people. Saying it’s a Black art form isn’t an attack on white folks or their contributions to the history and culture of the Nation, but someone will come along to defend them anyway. It’s inevitable.
Ruckus
@Tom:
Really? I wasn’t sure. I was thinking it would be a better show if they’d eat them while they were burning but that may just be me.
Paul T
Tourism to the US has cratered since Trump was sworn in.
Take your pick of any of these links.
https://www.google.com/search?q=tourism+down+to+usa&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Brachiator:
Perhaps kicking the right kind of people out will make America great again. Like Trump’s asshole, ignorant supporters.
@TenguPhule:
But enough to want to be POTUS?
schrodingers_cat
@Paul T: That’s true, my anecdata, I have had at least two aquaintainces postpone their US trips indefinitely.
Ruckus
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:
Well when one is insecure about everything in their life except for bigotry what do you expect? Especially if they have been told for all of that life that all of their problems are caused by people that don’t look like them. Which they have been told for generations.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Paul T:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-slump-for-foreign-tourism-not-yet/
This one says otherwise, but it was the only one that said so on the first page.
Citizen_X
It would have been perfect if mom came out and smacked him in the head. “What the hell’s wrong with you? Does that table look like a fire pit to you?”
And nice job putting the flaming hat down right next to the lighter, asshole. You’re lucky you didn’t get blown up.
Elizabelle
@Jeffro: Maybe Luis (!) is a fan of the Red Hot Cracker Peppers.
Elizabelle
@Citizen_X: I saw that too, right next to the lighter. And, he’s got a cameracritter; the camera moves.
Luis (!) looks like a brunette Lindsey Graham.
Barbara
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?: Just using this as a completely random excuse to link to one of the best pieces I have read on the blues, ever.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/13/magazine/blues.html
If you did not have the chance to read this, and listen to the linked recordings, you should. The Blues is an African American art form, but its original performances were preserved in some very strange ways that had to do with furniture salesmen trying to create a market for Victrola chests. Seriously, that’s not even the most unexpected fact in this article.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
Lately, I’ve been amusing myself on twitter by making assumptions about the amount of hatred that ex-wives and children have for the more virulent alt-right nyms that I see. When I do it, I include queries on the extent that child support is in arrears.
Given the responses (and some just say nothing), I guess that many reach for the bottle of shit whiskey next to the desktop and choke back a couple of tears as they take three or four long pulls. Some may even go and empty the overflowing ashtray next to the Gateway 2000 monitor, while muttering about “assholelawyerswithsmartfuckingmouths”.
TenguPhule
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
That came in timeline 3, once he becomes the richest man in the world off of betting on sports. Complete monster as absolute power corrupted absolutely.
(((CassandraLeo)))
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: FWIW, Biff Tannen was literally based on Trumpovich. The writers of the film explicitly confirmed this.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@TenguPhule:
Yeah, but he never became President. Nixon was still President as late as I think 1984. Hell, Vietnam was still raging on into the early 80s in that timeline.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
On second thought, I suppose he could have at some point in the future of that timeline. But I still think it would been better if he actually were the POTUS in the film. President-for-life Tannen using the power of the state to try to hunt down Marty and the Doc in the first half would have been awesome.
I guess this didn’t happen because the Bobs never imagined Trump would ever win in real life.
Amir Khalid
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
Oh yes.
Major Major Major Major
Speaking of these horrible people, saw this on a friend’s “horrible people on Grindr” feed. Located in SF. Who would reply to this?
Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)
@Brachiator: It struck me today that Trump is his base’s Anger Translator.
Alain the site fixer
Folks – I was going to make a post, but since Betty just did, I’ll just make a note here. I’ll be updating the site in a few minutes. It should be a momentary blink, but if anything goes wrong, I’ll replace the new files with a copy of the old ones. This will usher in a change – some new ad content. This is the first; perhaps more will be experimented with,and perhaps this will be removed. For now, let’s see how it goes and what the revenue impact is.
Also, for those with audio ad issues, please ensure that the ad is muted as you can unclick the mute control, therebye making the ad make sound. If you do have the thing muted and you hear loud, blaring advertising, please let me know which advertiser it is so we can get them to stop!
joel hanes
survive this presidency intact
Far, far too late.
The US is an international laughingstock.
Most of the EPA scientists with any integrity have been fired.
Tillerson is busily dismantling State.
Our Nazis have been valorized/encouraged, including especially the ICE (American SS), but also including Bundy and Arapaio, and it’ll take generations to put them back down.
Gorsuch is on SCOTUS
MCA1
@Paul T: Motel 6 will solve this problem!
Amir Khalid
@Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady):
This sounds so very right that I wish I’d thought of it myself.
Major Major Major Major
@Paul T: @MCA1: I certainly haven’t been doing much intra-country tourism compared to the last presidency.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@Paul T:
Also this article:
https://skift.com/2017/05/26/u-s-tourism-from-foreign-travelers-is-in-steep-decline-if-you-believe-foursquare-data/
delk
Nasty and proactive?
Gimme a beat!
Brachiator
@Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady):
Ha! Very true!
I love the reversal here. Trump is not just a grumpy old guy who became president of the US by exploiting the fears of his base. He is the dreamed up monster actually invoked by the collective fear and loathing of the Deplorables.
Major Major Major Major
@Brachiator: he’s the Monster from the Id.
ETA hopefully with fewer resulting nuclear explosions
RSA
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
“‘Terrorists’ alone doesn’t express how bad those guys are. I know! ‘LOSER terrorists.'”
Boussinesque
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: Now you’ve got me curious. How would one find you on Twitter, so that they might observe the trolling?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Jeffro:
These guys?
rikyrah
ABOUT THE LATEST VERSION OF TRUMPCARE
Bill specifically penalizes Dem states:
California loses $28B; New York loses $19B.
Florida loses “only” $3B; Texas GAINS $8B. https://t.co/wMjpLZQcrD
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) September 15, 2017
NEW: Graham-Cassidy’s federal funding cuts BY STATE in 2026 (in millions)
Source: CBPP https://t.co/YjlVd1b0mn pic.twitter.com/QeOjeLqWSe
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) September 13, 2017
rikyrah
Trump’s FEC nominee has questioned the value of disclosing political donors https://t.co/iMWOmDWAK8
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 15, 2017
Major Major Major Major
@rikyrah: par for the course for this administration.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Looked that movie up. I wish they still made movie posters like that.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@rikyrah:
So much for Graham’s moderate Republican street cred.
Brooklyn Dodger
@Barbara: I loved that story and they did a great job in the online presentation. Been looking for it again – thanks for the link!!
trollhattan
Nancy SMASH
They forget she’s a Bal’more girl at their peril.
rikyrah
A St. Louis cop said aloud that he was going to kill Anthony Lamar Smith. He did. He planted a gun. Acquitted. https://t.co/9f1lUvsuQP
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) September 15, 2017
Betty Cracker
@rikyrah: Ever since the video-recorded murder of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, I just assume the cop is going to walk, no matter what.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: Did the shorter baggage handler look familiar?
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
He looks like John Cena if he were shorter and had longer, darker hair. Otherwise no.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: It’s the junior Senator from MN.
Chris Fisher
It would be less than charitable for me to hope that some of those folks burning their MAGA hats would forget to first remove them from their heads.
jayboat
@Betty Cracker:
Yep, those 3 seconds changed my view of things forever.
The Golux
@joel hanes:
Instead of MAGA, what we actually got was MAALFTFT (Making America a laughingstock for the first time).
(((CassandraLeo)))
@The Golux: To be Scrupulously Fair, we were already a laughingstock during the Bush 43 years. Obama just gave us an eight-year respite.
Gerald Parks
@Corner Stone: I think he was talking about his dick! You’ve seen his adult boys?
Yutsano
@trollhattan: You. Do. Not. Fuck. With. A. Nonna.
LongHairedWeirdo
Of course Trump is taking credit for damage to Daesh(/ISIL/ISIS). Look, here’s Trump, on any issue.
If it’s good, he’s making it better, much, much better, people will check in on this 20 years from now to learn from how well we will do this.
If it’s bad, it’s entirely someone else’s fault – Hillary’s or Obama’s, most likely, and he’s the only one who can fix it.
Followed by how he’s going to do The Right Thing, better than anyone, ever before.
There will be no specifics, just outlandish promises. But that’s okay: see, he doesn’t know anything at all about the issue, and it’s clear that he doesn’t know anything about the issue. But he’s THE PRESIDENT, see?
So, rather than reporting “some ignorant braggart said he was getting tough with, and helping to destroy, ISIS, in spite of his knowing nothing about the situation, and in spite of his doing absolutely nothing to improve the situation…” they report that he gave one of his speeches and include quotes.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@Barbara: I’m only a little over halfway through but thank you. That article is fantastic.
chopper
goddamn it, grant hart died.