I am super-fucking pissed over the Arpaio pardon & the trans military ban

[Starry Messenger]

Finally getting this asshole Arpaio convicted was a people's victory--Trump is a racist who supports racists. His supporters are racist.

I'm tired of being gaslit about how nice folx like Trump and we should be so understanding. I'm tired of people who say Clinton would have done everything Trump is doing.

Arpaio being pardoned is going to empower every racist person in authority.

Tonight, Trump also indicated that he's serious about going forward with his ban on trans people serving. There is no way anyone can equate the two sides, GOP and Dem. If you didn't care about Trump winning, you are not my ally.

If you voted in a way that put vulnerable people at risk, you are complicit.

[Dawson Leery]

1. Donnie is a Tory, a classical conservative.

Protect the traditional order at any cost.

[dchill]

15. Actually, he's a fuckwad twit.

And a crook.

[IronLionZion]

16. He's an unprecedented asshole, a bawbag, a prick, a professional troll

the only benefit of tying him to the conservatives who enable him would be to get them to split their party apart and fight amongst themselves

[RKP5637]

2. As far as I'm concerned, Trump is a new generation Hitler trying to enforce his will. n/t

[sharedvalues]

3. The president is "a racist who supports racists". Yup. He's a racist.

[Ilsa]

4. Agree 100%.

The transgender ban is stinking up my brain right now. I wish a few hundred thousand soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines would stick up for their friends and coworkers and declare they are transgendered.

[Starry Messenger]

8. I like this direction.

[IronLionZion]

17. "I am Spartacus" sounds great, but doesn't quite work in this case

since he's banned recruiting of new Trans soldiers, and deny medical treatment to those currently serving.

What is a supportive soldier going to do by declaring they too are trans? Not get treatment, and not get recruited?

[Ilsa]

19. I know, but it's more about the spirit of the effort.

Like declaring oneself a black jewish female transexual lesbian.

[Blecht]

5. Mission Accomplished

The number one reason for him doing this is to piss people like you and me off. He has succeeded.

[Lifelong Protester]

6. I'm so embarrassed.

Why is our "Leader" pardoning a racist? Who gives a flying f*** if a transgender soldier wants to defend his/her country?

[haveahart]

7. I just do not understand the military honoring this fascist. The Courts have just been castrated

and the pain should be felt by every non- white person in this country. If it isn't, they aren't alive.

[smirkymonkey]

9. The pain should be felt by every decent human being in this country,

regardless of color. This is absolutely sickening.

[neeksgeek]

10. I'm just so depressed and angry now.

Who is Donny coming for next? What will he do?

I wrote a long and incoherent ramble, which I deleted before posting. I just can't get my head around all this. What happens next?

[brer cat]

11. +1000

The choice was clear, the danger so great that I can't forgive anyone who enabled that piece of shit.

[worstexever]

12. Me too, & starting to hate Fridays

Every week it's some atrocity. What, was Hurricane Harvey taking too much attention away from the narcissistic in chief? Or was that supposed to be a distraction from his white nationalist, discriminatory behavior. Gggrrr I hate this assclown!

[fierywoman]

18. You are aware, of course, that Friday at dusk begins the Jewish Sabbath,

and any reasonable influence Ivanka might have (personally I don't believe she's much of anything) goes out the window for 24 hours.

[MFM008]

29. Yes.

Nothing will eclipse the maggot.

[SCVDem]

13. The repub congress people will turn

as soon as next years election gets in gear and they see how their racist bullshit is playing outside their base.

I'm getting too old for this shit!

This war was won, and we need to blame the repubs for destroying America.

[johnp3907]

14. But wait! I thought Bannon was the "real problem?"

That's what I kept hearing until very recently. I've also heard, and still hear, that Trump is enabling racists and emboldening white supremacists and behaving the way fascists behave. Wrong, people! He IS ALL OF THOSE THINGS!!!!

[AHardRainsAGonnaFall]

20. Yes I agree he is and always has been racist/fascist

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His whole administration is or at least complisit ... I think Kelly is kicking out the oddballs so the real fascists can take over. God help us.

[Starry Messenger]

21. Yep. +1

[Fluke a Snooker]

23. The problem has been primarily with the Republican Party

The party of the white supremacist cis male. There needs to be a tsunami of truth that needs to be pummeled into their senses. Bannon is but a symptom of the disease of capitalism, white nationalism, and so-called American exceptionalism, which needs to be OBLITERATED if we are to have ANY chance at saving humanity and this planet from utter destruction.

[Fluke a Snooker]

22. Every Republican...EVERY DAMN ONE OF THEM!!!...need to be tied to Nazi Drumpf

There should be absolutely NO reason why ANY Republican be allowed to even show up in public without the SAME passion that we showed against the white supremacists in Charlottesville. There should NEVER be freedom of speech, and in extension, NEVER be any legitimate political discourse that these cretins take in order to spew their absolute anti-humanity vitriol on our children.

As President Obama has eloquently stated about arguing with Republicans...GET IN THEIR FACE!!

[oberliner]

24. Transgender folks were banned from the military under Clinton, Bush, and Obama

It was great that the ban was finally lifted during the end of Obama's second term, but it was in place until late 2016.

[Starry Messenger]

27. Amazingly, time works in one direction--so what was so back then was then not so.

And now it will be so again, a turn of events I will complain about. Sorry if that bugs you. I'm sure you thought you had some clever point though. You always do.

[oberliner]

28. I wish the ban had been lifted earlier

That was my only point.

[Madam45for2923]

25. Reminder from 2012 about these two: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIHha6vXgAA-KVT.jpg

Reminder from 2012 about these two:

[Binkie The Clown]

26. Just imagine how you're going to feel when he nukes North Korea. nt

[FreeStateDemocrat]

30. Sneaky fuckers bury it behind hurricane Harvey coverage, totally corrupt behavior!!!

They have continued to succeed by distracting a significant portion of the gullible American electorate with the full support and cover up by our weak corporate M$M .

[Jamaal510]

31. The trans military ban

doesn't make sense to me, considering the fact that not many people want to join the military in the first place. The smart thing to do for the sake of preserving a strong military would be to encourage more people to enlist, not to ban people. Then again, the current occupant of the Oval Office isn't exactly smart.