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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:11 AM Jan 2017

"The worst human being ever to enter the presidency, and I include all the slaveholders."

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The worst human being ever to enter the presidency, and I include all the slaveholders.

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"The worst human being ever to enter the presidency, and I include all the slaveholders." (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP

The president of the United States is a demented sick fuck chosen by Vladimir Putin. dalton99a Jan 2017 #1

I include them too bravenak Jan 2017 #2

Who would have ever thought madaboutharry Jan 2017 #3

At least a conscience radical noodle Jan 2017 #4

I agree. I met his mother a couple of times, and she was amazing. GliderGuider Jan 2017 #8

Trump being elected president is as outrageous as... Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #5

yup. if you take out murderers and some other violent criminals he is the worst person ever JI7 Jan 2017 #6

I'll second that once he starts dripping melted pork fat on people's bare bodies. TheBlackAdder Jan 2017 #7

And, as an aside, thank you Mr. Frum for saying "slaveholders" and not "slaveowners". Mister Ed Jan 2017 #9

dalton99a

(81,485 posts)

1. The president of the United States is a demented sick fuck chosen by Vladimir Putin.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:13 AM

Jan 2017

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

2. I include them too

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:18 AM

Jan 2017

I'd rather have Jefferson as my Massa than Massa Trump. Trump seems the type to pull the wings off of butterflies just to watch them die.

madaboutharry

(40,210 posts)

3. Who would have ever thought

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:22 AM

Jan 2017

that David Frum could turn out to be a republican I can love.

He has stepped up and proved me wrong. He actually does have a soul.

radical noodle

(8,000 posts)

4. At least a conscience

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:23 AM

Jan 2017

but he's still a conservative, so not sure about the soul.

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)

8. I agree. I met his mother a couple of times, and she was amazing.

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:56 AM

Jan 2017

Barbara was a top-drawer investigative journalist for CBC, and I first met her at a seminar with Seymour Hersh following his exposure of My Lai. I was stunned when her son David joined the dark side. I'm quite happy to see him redeeming himself - maybe now his mother can stop rolling in her grave.

Jacob Boehme

(789 posts)

5. Trump being elected president is as outrageous as...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:33 AM

Jan 2017

William Tecumseh Sherman being elected Governor of Georgia.

JI7

(89,249 posts)

6. yup. if you take out murderers and some other violent criminals he is the worst person ever

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:46 AM

Jan 2017

TheBlackAdder

(28,193 posts)

7. I'll second that once he starts dripping melted pork fat on people's bare bodies.

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:49 AM

Jan 2017

Mister Ed

(5,932 posts)

9. And, as an aside, thank you Mr. Frum for saying "slaveholders" and not "slaveowners".

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 12:34 PM

Jan 2017

It's a distinction I'm always careful to make in my own speech, though I've never insisted that others do.

It is absolutely impossible for one human being to own another. There has never been a "slave owner", and never could be. I refuse to confer even a whisper of legitimacy onto the concept of ownership by using the term "slave owner".

It is all too possible, though, for one human being to hold another in bondage or captivity, and so I always use the term "slaveholder" instead.

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