16 or so post Twitter rant from Tom Nichols re: Trump CNN tweet is amazing

[stevenleser]

Start here:

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Tom Nichols?Verified account
@RadioFreeTom

The "oh, Trump made everyone crazy, but it's just a dumb tweet" defenses have begun.
Those defenses are stupid and irresponsible. /1
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Tom Nichols?Verified account
@RadioFreeTom

This is a 71 year old man, supposedly Leader of the Free World and our Commander in Chief, occupying his time like a teenage shitposter. /4
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Tom Nichols?Verified account
@RadioFreeTom

He does not understand his own legislative initiatives. He has no interest in foreign affairs. But he has time to tweet dumb videos. /6
12:18 PM - 2 Jul 2017

[QED]

1. Toward the end of the thread

Time to own it or stop it!

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[yardwork]

5. "You are the enablers." That's it.

[ProudLib72]

7. This is absolutely the truth

Make them own it. Make them admit they don't give two shits for the country, only their resentment (should probably read racism and misogyny).

[enough]

2. The central issue:

"This is a 71 year old man, supposedly Leader of the Free World and our Commander in Chief, occupying his time like a teenage shitposter. /4 "

[gratuitous]

3. In capsulated form

Feeble 71-year-old uses decades-old video of staged fight in desperate attempt to look macho.

[Nevernose]

4. Why would Trump listen to any of this?

Shit talking on Twitter works for Trump. Everyone told him not to do it, and he ended up president. His track record is 1-0, so why would he do anything differently?

But while CNN had us all talking about an incredibly lame-ass twitter insult, his administration -- not including congress -- has begun reversal of Obama's overtime wage rules, imposed new tariffs on Canada, and potentially sparked a trade war with China & South Korea while simultaneously asking for their help with North Korea.

But instead of us talking about any of the ways the Trump administration is fucking over America and the world just in the last three days, Trump literally has us watching and discussing reruns of twenty year old episodes of pro wrestling. The world burns and this orange asshole has most of us suckered into watching gladiator shows.

[stevenleser]

8. It's not aimed at Trump, it's aimed at his media, grassroots and elected official enablers

If they pull their support he is done.

[Ccarmona]

6. For the 1023rd Time Could Anyone Imagine the Outrage if Obama Acted

Like Trump has since he first announced he was running for President.

[oasis]

9. "rubes and angry hicks"

Can he say that?