We need to admit that Donald Trump is nothing more than a spirit animal for mediocre white men.

[MrScorpio]

After all, he's spent his entire life furthering the cause of self-entitled mediocre whiteness. Now we're all paying that price.

When men of honor and valor were sacrificed on the field of battle in Southeast Asia, he used every bit of influence handed down from his martinet father to avoid putting his own life on the line for his own country.

When better men stood up to him, ridiculed him, mocked him and rightfully so, he turned to pettiness, instead of self-reflection. Great men know that they have limits. Weak men, like Trump, deny that that they have any at all and fail to recognize that not seeing their own limitations is a personality fault.

However, Trump knows how to weaponize the feelings of inadequacy in other mediocre white men and they have answered his call, even if it's to their own detriment.

People like Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham and Ron DeSantis have bitten off way more than they can chew, because they were all empowered, despite their clear lapses of character and intellect. Self-victimized young white men, who have been failed by a compromised education system and economic inequality, as well as a lack of civic responsibility, flock to Neo-Nazis like Gavin McGuinness, all because Trump gives them a sense of empowerment, merely because they were born white.

Trump's base consists of the most hateful, ignorant and bigoted white people alive. He stokes their anger and feelings of persecution, suggesting that their own whiteness represents a liability in this country, despite the fact that white people control practically EVERYTHING.

The only way to end this nightmare of compensatory white entitlement is for other white people to join hand in hand with other people to sweep it away. A resistance of diversity with a genuine sense of community needs to neutralize Trumpism and everything it represents. It all needs to be swept away and deposited on the ash heap of history.

Trump, his cult and his political enablers all represent an existential threat to the nation and they all must stopped. Otherwise, each and every one of us will be doomed to live under the control of weak, dishonorable, dishonest crooks, who are only looking out for themselves at the expense of everyone else.

It's been said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Trump and his cult are weak links that will fail to support our national interests and the well-being of the American people. Unless we can remove and replace those compromised chains, we risk all of our futures.

We need to do that together.

[smirkymonkey]

1. K&R

[PNW-Dem]

14. Bumper Sticker!

Blilliant! I see a bumper sticker in theaking....

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. I'm with you... its high time to stand up to these bullies who use their white entitlement

to paper over their clear lack of intellect and character, as you put it. That's why I like and respect Maxine Waters call to action to confront these racist Rethugs wherever, whenever they dare show their entitled faces in public.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. subhuman cretins

call them what they are

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. "spirit animal for mediocre white men". Interesting take. Worthwhile exploring indigenous takes. .nt

[debsy]

5. Sorry, but i can't agree with "mediocre" to describe the orange dumpster.

Mediocre is defined as, "of only moderate quality; not very good" and would imply at least some redeeming qualities. If I were looking for a way to describe the heinous individual occupying our White House and the Oval Office within, it would be "an intentionally malevolent, malignant, baleful, vindictive bully".

I agree with the point you are making in your post but I would not describe the WH Resident as "mediocre".

[charliea]

19. Spot on!

Absolutely correct...

The Orange Menace is perfect example of being on the wrong side of every accepted norm of human behavior.

A word no one is using nearly enough today, IMO, is trumpery : "showy but worthless". That describes his life completely.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. He is a rabid dog at best. nt

[catbyte]

7. No kidding. I wonder how weak you must feel to look at that orange thing and see strength.

It's alarming and pathetic at the same time. This says it all:

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[certainot]

18. thinking americans are generally unaware of WHY that sack of crap is in the white house

they blame it on all sorts of reasons that in large part are actually symptoms of allowing 1500 radio stations blast the country for 30 years with fuel for trump

trump is basically a dumber richer better-haired limbaugh parrot and limbaugh has spent the last 3 years rationalizing those 3 stupidities

[NNadir]

8. Don't demean mediocrity with the comparison.

Trump can only aspire to mediocrity.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

9. You're so right!

I work at a university that’s very diverse, and proud of it. It’s a wonderful example of Cultural sharing. And Community. It’s a wonderful environment.

[calimary]

10. This white woman stumbled upon the term "resentniks"

and LOVES that description. It’s perfect!

[Nitram]

11. You are way too generous to dub them "mediocre" white men.

They are the dregs at the very bottom of the barrel, the sour scum that floats on top.

[greymattermom]

12. Nope, he's worse.

Think Tony Soprano.

[oasis]

13. k and r in agreement.

[patphil]

15. He's actually the father of lies

Trump is the second highest ranking Satan on the planet. The first, of course, being his boss, Putin.
Contrary to religious teachings, there is more than one Satan. There are many millions of Satans, and billions of devils and demons, on this planet. Even the old testament says that 1/3 of the angels fell from heaven. Well, there are over 7 billion people on this planet, so to say that 1/3 of them are dark ones is not as Trump says, "fake news".
Why do you think that so many people are rabid supporters of Trump? They actually worship him! He is their "god".
And, hate is their religion.
And Trump is hate personified.

[LakeSuperiorView]

16. Mediocre hints at average, common, leaving a whole class of total assholes out.

Then again, the asshole class doesn't have anything other than anger and fear, so spirit animals probably are beyond them.

[2naSalit]

17. K&R

[certainot]

20. it's got a lot to do with not challenging rw radio while it, for instance, was used to excuse racism

for 30 years, and then attack immigrants, all to divide the country and sell voter suppression

those lies and distortions that liberals and dems ignored have done a lot of damage - trump supporters are living in radio land. that is the weakest link because it is their only advantage and it is only an advantage because liberals ignore it

[Blue Owl]

21. The micro spirit mushroom

n/t