Not joking, RIDICULE!!! (Reply #161) - Democratic Underground

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Sun Dec 25, 2016, 04:54 AM

longship (40,416 posts)

161. Not joking, RIDICULE!!!

Sheesh!

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169 replies	Author	Time	Post
Suggestion: we stop with the "Chump" "tRump" "RePug" namecalling and focus on issues [View all]	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	OP
Nope	Amishman	Dec 2016	#1
Agree!	MoonRiver	Dec 2016	#2
I'm with you.	we can do it	Dec 2016	#12
I'm with you, too. eom	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2016	#40
looks amateurish and weak... maybe a little crazy.	sfwriter	Dec 2016	#147
Feels good but is childish. I do it myself too though.	dionysus	Dec 2016	#160
He is a terrorist monster and I wont call him anything respectful ever.	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#3
And yet you have an avatar of Jimmy Carter...	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#5
Your concern is noted.	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#9
Yes, he IS. Do you agree or were you being sarcastic?	MoonRiver	Dec 2016	#11
Good luck getting moderates or independents to hear your MESSAGE. n/t	BP2	Dec 2016	#13
If they are racist supporters of his they can go fuck themselfs	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#15
What if...	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#17
What if they voted for one?	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#19
There are very few moderates that would flip on name calling, I don't understand this line of thinki	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#23
I Agree ... Can we stand for something better?	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#4
Here we go again	atreides1	Dec 2016	#16
Yes, here we go again...	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#20
No, we just don't normalize them, that's not smart to do... ridicule their stupid so they always fee	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#24
Okay, lets keep marginalizing almost 1/2 of America	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#27
This is a RWTP, you know that right? Seeing that it wasn't 1/2 of America and the plurality of ...	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#29
Not acting like a ten year old is normalizing?	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#32
Yeap, again... read the bad parts of history and don't repeat it.	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#33
Why don't you make this same argument at Free Republic re: Trump	Lil Missy	Dec 2016	#95
We are by far the majority so maybe we ought to actually act it.	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#30
This message was self-deleted by its author	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#34
I think you replied to the wrong post.	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#36
sorry !!! edited	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#37
No problem,I want that entire evil family and their supporters to be shamed forever.	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#39
Yes, and historically and even now with ISIS recruits from the west shame and fringe and ridicule is	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#42
+1, I totally agree with this line of thinking (now that I've aligned the post correctly K :-) )	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#38
Calling them by their names doesn't "normalize" them	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#49
We agree, it doesn't normalize them and labeling them via demeaning names doesn't either but demeani	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#58
You are 100% correct, but	Dark n Stormy Knight	Dec 2016	#82
To me they are because they voted for one.	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#18
Biden doesn't agree	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#45
Yeah because a sitting vice president doesnt have to temper his words ever.	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#48
Because if there's anything Biden is known for, it's tempering himself	mythology	Dec 2016	#148
And it's why we lose	MFM008	Dec 2016	#55
HERR TRUMPENSTEIN CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF!! How's that?	RBInMaine	Dec 2016	#86
I agree with you...	Blanks	Dec 2016	#6
Yes, let's respect him.	tavernier	Dec 2016	#7
You can't wear a suit and tie when you're wrestling a pig.	LenaBaby61	Dec 2016	#10
We didn't lose because we took the high ground	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#14
Thank you	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#87
I never said respect him	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#50
And ISIS gets their point across by cutting off heads and attacking crowds and torture	mythology	Dec 2016	#149
Sorry...	tavernier	Dec 2016	#151
You're right, he has issues	BeyondGeography	Dec 2016	#8
I call him Trump, just Trump....	Wounded Bear	Dec 2016	#21
*********** DO NOT NORMALIZE BENEDICT DONALD TO ANY DEGREE !!!! ********	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#22
No. I think people should use whatever terminology they prefer.	MineralMan	Dec 2016	#25
+1, relegate the fringe to the fringe normalizing them has never worked for any society	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#43
This! + 1000 - k&r eom	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2016	#44
I totally agree Mineral Man.	Auntie Bush	Dec 2016	#121
Pooty Poot has to be the most idiotic.	SMC22307	Dec 2016	#26
Despite all the "Dumbya" and "Chimperor" nicknames...	Orsino	Dec 2016	#28
Here we go again---demands that Democrats pull their punches.	Paladin	Dec 2016	#31
How is not calling people stupid names "pulling our punches?"	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#88
It's indicative of a conciliatory mindset which we can't afford, anymore.	Paladin	Dec 2016	#97
I guess I live in a different reality where not calling someone childish names is not	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#98
You fight the battle your way, I'll fight it my way. (nt)	Paladin	Dec 2016	#99
I am tired of the morality police on DU.	hamsterjill	Dec 2016	#35
Nobdy is saying you can't call names	HopeAgain	Dec 2016	#46
Re: Nobdy is saying you can't call names	SFnomad	Dec 2016	#79
X 1000	MFM008	Dec 2016	#56
Spot-on, hamsterjill	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#84
Well said. (nt)	Paladin	Dec 2016	#100
Thank you!	hamsterjill	Dec 2016	#107
Same to you and yours. (nt)	Paladin	Dec 2016	#113
CrookedHillary.	Croney	Dec 2016	#41
I gave him a new middle name. I am calling him...	3catwoman3	Dec 2016	#116
Yes, that one stuck and did crazy damage	Grey Lemercier	Dec 2016	#150
I can do both.	zappaman	Dec 2016	#47
TRASHED. I WILL CALL HIM WHATEVER I DAMN WELL WANT.	DinahMoeHum	Dec 2016	#51
I get what you're saying and have felt like that from time to time as well.	Pacifist Patriot	Dec 2016	#52
Are you joking	MFM008	Dec 2016	#53
EXACTLY	mtnsnake	Dec 2016	#59
+1	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#64
+10000000	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#90
You make a very important point, but so many seem to ignore it.	HassleCat	Dec 2016	#54
It cost us anyway	MFM008	Dec 2016	#57
BULL FUCKIN SHIT !!!! COMEY, Voter Suppression and RUSSIA !! Fuck all the other bullshit	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#65
And there it is. Thank you for illustrating my point.	HassleCat	Dec 2016	#67
Red Herring, we're not talking about the stupid suppostiion of being perfect just factors outside of	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#68
Yes, but what about factors within our control?	HassleCat	Dec 2016	#72
50 state all county... No doubt but that doesn't change the election	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#73
You nailed it	Kilgore	Dec 2016	#103
How 'bout you do you and I do me? If referring to his 'American Psycho extras'	Guy Whitey Corngood	Dec 2016	#60
It does make you an immature idiot. Their names are "my brother Darrell and my other brother	Squinch	Dec 2016	#76
I agree	renate	Dec 2016	#61
Sorry. I refuse to give Twittler even the respect of using his name.	Vinca	Dec 2016	#62
No, stick with the name-calling. Didn't it work stopping Bush from a 2nd term? It's	24601	Dec 2016	#63
This message was self-deleted by its author	mtnsnake	Dec 2016	#66
Yes it did, got us a dem congresss	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#69
Years 7 & 8, whoopie.....	24601	Dec 2016	#89
You think the Dems won the Congress in 2006 because you called Bush "Chimpy?"	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#117
Link and quite even the intimation of such?	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#119
You can forget about that. In my humble circles, he is President-elect Asshole	mtnsnake	Dec 2016	#70
Agree 100% It is not just childish, but rude	karynnj	Dec 2016	#71
No thanks. I'll continue to call him POS, because he's a piece of shit.	JustinL	Dec 2016	#74
Great job focussing on the important issues in your OP! You raise interesting points on many	Squinch	Dec 2016	#75
Recommended because that is my ideal however:	JHan	Dec 2016	#77
Nope	Emilybemily	Dec 2016	#78
I never use those names. I think prick is more accurate. n/t	Lil Missy	Dec 2016	#80
Words express our feelings. I rather like "clod"-- short and sweet	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#91
"Bird-Doo Head" has always been one of my faves. NT	End Of The Road	Dec 2016	#110
Hah!!	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#111
Trash works....he and his family....trash.	SammyWinstonJack	Dec 2016	#169
"Deplorables"	oasis	Dec 2016	#81
I think we can do both	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#83
Sure talk about issues but also SMASH HERR TRUMPENSTEIN and blacken his EYEBALLS!	RBInMaine	Dec 2016	#85
When they stop call us the "libtards".....	lastlib	Dec 2016	#92
I'll call him whatever the fuck I want.	BlueStater	Dec 2016	#93
Polite Speak is For Bretheren. These are traitors who applaud our arch enemy.	LaydeeBug	Dec 2016	#94
How about 'IL IGNORANTO'?	applegrove	Dec 2016	#96
I will always call him what he is: Don the Con. -nt	CrispyQ	Dec 2016	#101
We called Bush Chimpy, Dimson, Commander Codpiece, Junior, McCokespoon, and more for 8 years	Miles Archer	Dec 2016	#102
Suggestion: Herr TrumpenFurhrer can shove his wall UP HIS ASS! How's that?	RBInMaine	Dec 2016	#104
I routinely call him Dump	NastyRiffraff	Dec 2016	#105
It's therapeutic	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#108
sorry, I won't utter any name....	blue sky at night	Dec 2016	#106
Name-calling is silly. I usually don't read posts	HeartachesNhangovers	Dec 2016	#109
Exactly - but given the tone and passion of the responses here	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#112
I already don't do that and I don't screech at people on airplanes. nt	m-lekktor	Dec 2016	#114
I agree. People who use such terms are always the same people who wonder why their	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#115
Taken seriously by who? n/t	BlueStater	Dec 2016	#118
by serious people.	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#122
No idea who that could be.	BlueStater	Dec 2016	#128
If you met President Obama and had the chance to ask him one question that you disagreed with him	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#130
No, because I respect the man and wouldn't curse in his presence.	BlueStater	Dec 2016	#132
I don't find that to be true.	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#133
lol ... So now we're advocating respect for this straight up asshole?	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#120
adults know how to prove a point without name calling.	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#123
People who understand human pathology know to ridicule despots often, the people who are	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#124
Just an FYI	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#125
Ignorance would be to ignore human pathology when it comes to despots no? I honestly want to know	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#126
What human pathology are you speaking of?	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#127
No, that normalizing despots by NOT ridiculing them consummately	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#136
I don't understand your premise.	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#137
My premise is he's a despot, not someone that just has policies people disagree with.. .that Bush	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#141
I find Trump no worse than Bush.	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#146
I ... OBJECTIONABLY.... don't feel the need. I'm basing my actions on human pathology.... science	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#152
I'm still trying to figure out what "pathology" you're speaking of.	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#154
Normalizing despots	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#155
Where's the science?	Exilednight	Dec 2016	#156
I'll look through my post, it was in part a history of what the media did with Hitler during the 30s	uponit7771	Dec 2016	#157
Yeah, how'd that work out on Nov 8 ?	Cattledog	Dec 2016	#129
So we try to beat him by behaving like him?	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#140
LOL.	BlueStater	Dec 2016	#144
If you start a conversation with hey asshole	stevebreeze	Dec 2016	#131
I have no interest in trying to persuade the hateful, idiotic supporters of the orange tumor.	BlueStater	Dec 2016	#134
Agreed.	J_William_Ryan	Dec 2016	#135
Both can be done	blue cat	Dec 2016	#138
We won the popular vote	blue cat	Dec 2016	#139
I don't base my decisions on how I should conduct myself on how Republicans behave	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#143
You do your thing; I'll do mine.	Different Drummer	Dec 2016	#142
yes.	sfwriter	Dec 2016	#145
Ridicule is the only appropriate response.	longship	Dec 2016	#153
Actually, ridicule is a very lame and ineffective response to someone who's about to become the most	EffieBlack	Dec 2016	#158
Not joking, RIDICULE!!!	longship	Dec 2016	#161
One would have to understand the difference between the too.	Rex	Dec 2016	#165
I cringe every time I see his name just written as is.. he needs	Cha	Dec 2016	#159
I have a job dealiing with the public...	3catwoman3	Dec 2016	#162
we can do both	coolbreeze77	Dec 2016	#163
I don't trust authoritarians very much, they are shitty control freaks. nt	Rex	Dec 2016	#164
Absolutely NO, infact hell NO!	Raine	Dec 2016	#166
I say FUCK Trump!!!!	triron	Dec 2016	#167
I tend to agree, and think intentional misspellings like "drumpf" are silly, but to each their own n	jack_krass	Dec 2016	#168

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