George Takei: "50 people are dead, and you bask in congratulations."

[Miles Archer]

George Takei ?@GeorgeTakei 1h1 hour ago

George Takei Retweeted Donald J. Trump

Once again, Donald, you have shown why you cannot lead us. 50 people are dead, and you bask in congratulations.

https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/742039524314845184

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Best twitter response

Joe Carnahan ?@carnojoe
@realDonaldTrump Are you fucking for real fuckhead? You're gonna take a victory lap on that lame bullshit right now?

NOW!??

[nolabear]

2. Pretty good response. "Fuck you, you fucking fuck" would also serve.

[Joe the Revelator]

14. I was going to say, the use of 'fuck' as a noun and adjective is always effective

I try to do that as often as possible.

[cwydro]

19. Actually, it's really not.

People who have to curse to get a point across simply lose the message.

Takei knows better.

[Joe the Revelator]

22. I disagree, but regardless, it wasn't Takei who dropped the f-bomb

it was some other guy

[cwydro]

28. I know; that is what I meant, sigh.

That he KNOWS BETTER.

Good lord.

[nolabear]

27. Oh, sometimes it is. The ms means nothing to Trump but it feels good to spit.

By the way I'm very good with language and when the mood;s right I absolutely enjoy a good curse. They were invented for a reason...or, perhaps, unreason.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. +1

[A Simple Game]

34. In most cases it is an obviously lack of vocabulary. Other cases just laziness or both.

If you are trying to convey a message at best you lose 90% of your audience and a majority of the remainder see your ignorance or are as lacking in vocabulary as you are.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

47. You say that as if it's something more than just an opinion.

It's certainly not an actually factual. Millions of people who curse communicate their messages effectively to others. Considering the number of people who do curse, it seems pretty silly to imagine that they don't.

[tblue37]

48. You should read some Chaucer. nt

[moriah]

55. There are times that strong language from someone who rarely uses it is effective.

The worst Takei has resorted to in the pursuit of an effective message was calling the Arkansas school official who said gay teens should kill themselves a "douchebag", but still pretty intense for Takei. And he followed it up with a much more effective put down.

Lately the only phrase I've felt the need to embellish with cursing was "I'm sick and tired of being accused of being a troll or shill for having the audacity to express my opinion on a forum I've been a member of for eight years", but this tragedy leaves me speechless.

[Thav]

52. That's what he said...

Only it was much more eloquent.

[Miles Archer]

8. Can't top THIS one, though.

Netflix and Bill ?@PimpBillClinton 1h1 hour ago

.@realDonaldTrump Want to #MakeAmericaGreatAgain? Here's how:
1.Take a deep breath.
2.Step away from the computer.
3. Go to your window
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Netflix and Bill ?@PimpBillClinton 1h1 hour ago

.@realDonaldTrump
4. Take a good look around
5. Slide the window open
6. Jump wig first outta that motherfucker

https://twitter.com/PimpBillClinton/status/742047654801117185

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. Love it.

[SunSeeker]

62. LOL

[FDR_Liberal]

3. I love George Takei

[napkinz]

4. ...

Trump

[suffragette]

5. Love George Takei

[sendero]

21. Takei is 100% class..

.. each and every time.

[suffragette]

24. Absolutely true!

[Wednesdays]

57. It's called having a sense of humor.

nt

[lunatica]

6. He can't stand to have the spotlight off of him for even a second

[wallyworld2]

18. You mean

this isn't about chump?

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. News is picking up his inappropriate tweet

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-gets-self-congratulatory-after-orlando-mass-shooting/

[RockaFowler]

9. NBC and CNN posted as well

It shows he is not fit to lead this country at all

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. Discussed live on national tv a few min ago- that internet is reacting negativelly to trumps tweet

[smirkymonkey]

10. I hate Trump as much as anyone, but to be fair, I don't think

this was a Trump motivated shooting.

[Miles Archer]

12. No one's saying it is.

he's taking a victory lap for the reaction to the shooting. That's why he's getting slammed.

People angry and upset = "he was right," in his mind.

[smirkymonkey]

17. OK, I guess I haven't seen that in the news yet.

I'm still catching up on all of this.

[lunatica]

43. I think it's because the killer is a Muslim

So Trump is gloating his "I told you so" because he claimed Muslims hate us.

[Miles Archer]

44. Yes, and his follow-up Tweets are all in that vein.

He's really in full-blown fear mongering mode today.

[tenderfoot]

15. Oh but come now. This is Jihad.

When will liberals acknowledge the existence of radicals?



See????

[Jack Rabbit]

25. When will liberals acknowledge the existence of radicals?

Here's one . . .
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[sanatanadharma]

51. Meanwhile...

...regressives and Republicans (same thing) are demanding that the President and the rest of us use their PC personally corrosive, poorly chosen, politically correctable "radical" word-salads (ala Palin)

Here is my not politically correct personal call-out to the regressive American tribe, "Screw the NRAterrorist enablers!"

[IronLionZion]

16. Trump and his supporters are gloating so much it's sick

and we also have a lot of new DUers today with low post counts joining these threads.

[Cryptoad]

37. When there is a,,

mass shooting,,, the NRA-GOP have a "early strike" unit of Trolls on standby to flood teh boards at a moments notice!

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. Clinton was empathetic and sorrowful. Trump was triumphant and aggressive.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/12/orlando-shooting-exposes-donald-trumps-biggest-weakness-his-lack-of-empathy/

The difference in tone is striking. Clinton was empathetic and sorrowful. Trump was triumphant and aggressive.

Trump’s tweet speaks to the single largest problem facing his presidential campaign: While he’s mastered the role of tough and unapologetic leader, he simply cannot seem to understand that at times a president needs to be an empathetic consoler in chief, too.

____

Trump’s tweet feels decidedly off in the context of the tragedy playing out in Orlando. That people are congratulating him about being right about the threat posed by the Islamic States feels like the sort of thing that could have certainly waited a few days — or forever — to publicize. Making a moment like this one about yourself — “I was right!” is the essence of Trump’s tweet — is a giant swing and miss when it comes to understanding what the broader nation requires of its leaders.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. I don't think tRump has any empathy for disadvantaged people of any group. . . nt

[TNNurse]

54. I believe Elizabeth Warren was correct when she said

he "does not care about anyone but himself". Also he called her a racist, he clearly does not understand the meaning of the word. His ignorance is impressive.

[Wednesdays]

58. It's not ignorance, he knows exactly what he's doing

But I agree that doesn't make it any less reprehensible.

[July]

41. We don't know if anyone really congratulated him.

He lies readily.

His meglomania requires it.

[Prism]

23. Fuck. This. Guy.

I'm not thrilled with Hillary at all and wasn't committed to voting for her (I'm in California and my vote doesn't matter).

But, holy shit, did he want me to hate him with a passion of a thousand suns and get me to do everything in my power to oppose him?

Mission fucking accomplished.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. His trumpeters won't understand.

They won't get what's wrong with it at all.

[rockfordfile]

31. Considering who Trump's supporters are

Considering who Trump's supporters are not surprised.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. yep.

Ugh.

[maryellen99]

32. Trump is loving this because in his warped mind he now thinks he has the LGBT vote locked up nt

[gratuitous]

33. I don't tweet, but if I did

Donald: Delete your account.

[Warren DeMontague]

35. people who farm hate for a living, of any stripe

probably do deserve congratulations of a sort.

[classykaren]

38. Fuck the NRA

[Fozzledick]

40. Narcissistic sociopath thinks everything is all about him, has no concern for other people.

[napkinz]

42. kick

[ailsagirl]

45. drumpf making political hay out of the Orlando massacre

Are we really surprised??

Yet another "new low"

[0rganism]

46. if this happens again in October we're looking at 8 years of president Trump

this is a very sketchy situation we're in now

very sketchy

no amount of clever tweets or scolding news coverage will change it

ISIS can destroy this country completely with one or two well-timed attacks, and i think by now we all know it

[Mendocino]

53. I agree

ISIS knows that if Trump is elected he can be played like a cheap fiddle, just like GWB was. They want these dumb shoot-from-hip types instead of clear-headed forward thinkers.

[Ken Burch]

49. I really hope George Takei is invited to speak at our convention

He has become a voice for our times.

And, sadly, these times need a voice.

[burrowowl]

50. Love George Takei!

[niyad]

56. once again, george NAILED IT!!

[reign88]

59. Trump proves

time and time again that he is an idiot. A dangerous idiot.

GOP must be pulling their hair out with all of these amateurish mistakes he makes on a daily basis. Completely avoidable controversies that he just can't help put himself right in the middle of time and time again.

He's a joke, and his comments are an embarrassment and an insult to all of those who lost their lives and are grieving.

[napkinz]

61. ...

[PatrickforO]

63. I'm with George.

Trump will play us right into WWIII.

Did you hear gun stocks are going up, up, up. "Cause o' course Obama gonna TAKE yur gunz."

This country is fast becoming a sick, twisted, religio-right-wingnut shithole.