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Trump won't be happy about the new TIME cover (Original Post) L. Coyote Jul 2017 OP
republican "family values" role model Achilleaze Jul 2017 #1
None of that stuff matters....... SergeStorms Jul 2017 #14
Yep. They wear partisan blinders, hear no evil, see no evil, smell no bullshit. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #22
LOL Gothmog Jul 2017 #2
Maybe he can post this one legally in his Golf Clubs RockaFowler Jul 2017 #3
Wow, that's pretty strong for a magazine cover OliverQ Jul 2017 #4
That's because it's not a real cover. It's a parody... WePurrsevere Jul 2017 #5
Thanks! procon Jul 2017 #9
Double Thanks...still very powerful...no text... Stuart G Jul 2017 #11
Note that it is also over a year old!!! longship Jul 2017 #13
Recognizing satire isn't a dificult art to master. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #18
True, it's not & some of us have mastered it but from the replies... WePurrsevere Jul 2017 #21
The cover I posted is a real one. I found it on Time's site. WePurrsevere Jul 2017 #19
THANK-YOU!!!!!!!!!!! SkyDaddy7 Jul 2017 #16
TIME is not holding back. This cover will go into the time capsule SummerSnow Jul 2017 #6
Whoosh! peggysue2 Jul 2017 #7
Even the real one will cause a temper tantrum. "Fake magazine" in 3, 2, .... L. Coyote Jul 2017 #8
Do people think this cover is actually real? WTF? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #10
Given it is reality, yes some will think so. Blame Trump for being exactly that. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #17
Stupid question - but that's not real is it? lark Jul 2017 #12
Upper righthand corner.... SergeStorms Jul 2017 #15
Good one! bresue Jul 2017 #20
Names his erections ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #23

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
14. None of that stuff matters.......
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 01:02 PM
Jul 2017

if you're a Republican. It only matters when you're a Democrat. The tumbleweeds rolling, and crickets chirping from the House and Senate are testaments to that.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
22. Yep. They wear partisan blinders, hear no evil, see no evil, smell no bullshit.
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 04:10 PM
Jul 2017

Their own bullshit smells sweet to them. That is the purpose of hyper-partisan politics, transcending reason and the senses to control the mob. Trump is a genius at it, as are all Carnival barkers.




Do both. Ridicule and satire are the most effective counters to the mob mentality once it is set like concrete. You can't reason with the absence of reason, you have to make them laugh at their gods.

procon

(15,805 posts)
9. Thanks!
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 11:50 AM
Jul 2017

I don't like to be deceived. On the current era of Fake News, trickery is not to be confused with humor unless everyone is allowed in on the joke. The real cover, in stark B/W, is a scathing condemnation of Trump's lowbrow character traits and reminds us all the he is still a feckless president who is MIA.

longship

(40,416 posts)
13. Note that it is also over a year old!!!
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 12:57 PM
Jul 2017

I do wish DUers would be more careful at sourcing their posts.

OP is satire from an over year old cover, which may or may not be real itself.

Sheesh! Please indicate satire!

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
21. True, it's not & some of us have mastered it but from the replies...
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 01:37 PM
Jul 2017

There's obviously some DUers that are new to the 'game' and haven't yet.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
19. The cover I posted is a real one. I found it on Time's site.
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 01:31 PM
Jul 2017

Time, like many mags archives things like covers. For instance here are ALL of the Time magazine covers with Trump on them:
http://time.com/4528468/donald-trump-time-cover-2/



SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
16. THANK-YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 01:09 PM
Jul 2017

I wish people would take just a little time to verify things so we Democrats are not participates in spreading FAKE NEWS & give those nasty critters on the Right something real to point at!

Thank-you again @WePurrsevere!!

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
7. Whoosh!
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 10:44 AM
Jul 2017

If either version of this cover is real, expect a temper tantrum in 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . .

Time is going out on a limb with this one. Love it!

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
8. Even the real one will cause a temper tantrum. "Fake magazine" in 3, 2, ....
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 11:07 AM
Jul 2017

The only real magazine is the "Nationalist Enquirer"

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
17. Given it is reality, yes some will think so. Blame Trump for being exactly that.
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 01:23 PM
Jul 2017

Only Trump could make people think this is real!

lark

(23,091 posts)
12. Stupid question - but that's not real is it?
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 12:48 PM
Jul 2017

I can't imagine it's real, though it makes 100% sense to me, lol.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
15. Upper righthand corner....
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 01:08 PM
Jul 2017

Of both versions. This was from before he was elected. That's why the "45th President of the United States" doesn't have a check mark next to it.

It's clever, but we have to remember to look at EVERYTHING when considering the Orange shit-stain, because NOTHING seems impossible where he is concerned.

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