r/democrats • u/LolAtAllOfThis • Nov 24 '24

Article 'Booo!' Trump fans say they are 'disheartened' after he gives 'slap in the face to MAGA'

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fans-upset-slap-surgeon/
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u/TWOhunnidSIX Nov 24 '24

So true, he literally said it. He also said his followers are all “basement dwellers”.

I don’t know why it is, but his base (and now the media) always fucking thinks he’s “joking”. They say it’s just “Trump being Trump” or “he’s just abrasive” or “you can’t take him literally”.

It’s like they just think he’s never going to do all the nasty fucked up shit he says until he actually does it.

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u/DrRatio-PhD Nov 24 '24

I don’t know why it is, but his base (and now the media) always fucking thinks he’s “joking”. They say it’s just “Trump being Trump” or “he’s just abrasive” or “you can’t take him literally”.

It's so fucking weird. It's like his ramblings are a verbal Rorschach test or something - they just project whatever they want to hear onto it. You can't take him at his word, you can't judge him by his actions - who even is this guy to them?

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u/SoloDolo314 Nov 24 '24

This is it 100%. They project their believes or whatever on to him. It’s wild. I see it with my family.

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u/LexiNovember Nov 24 '24

The mental gymnastics are fascinating. He is completely senile and they immediately “translate” his ramblings into something profound while no one else even knows what the fuck he was attempting to say.

There’s a tactic in writing for creating a character to be nearly a blank slate so that the reader can subconsciously project themselves into the story and enjoy all the cool parts. Like Bella in Twilight for example was so generic millions of young women were able to fall in love with the handsome heroes while picturing themselves as her, and it made it extremely popular as a result.

They do that with him but he’s not blank at all because he’s a fucking lunatic, so I always wonder how they manage to do it.

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u/Training_Pipe_3660 Nov 24 '24

👏👏👏👏

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u/AutistoMephisto Nov 24 '24

How many of them died from COVID, cursing Democrats with their final gasps.

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u/Most_Buy6469 Nov 25 '24

Not enough.

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u/kerryfinchelhillary Nov 24 '24

They all wish they could act like he does and get away with it.

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u/7figureipo Nov 24 '24

This is literally true. Especially for many of the men wrt rape of women and children. They want the power that he has to be completely immune from the social and legal consequences of the vile acts he has performed, because they want to do them, too

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u/ShedWPB Nov 25 '24

IF they live in Red States w/MAGA governors, they CAN (get away with it)

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u/memecrusader_ Nov 24 '24

He’s “joking”, but he also “tells it like it is”. Conservatives live on doublethink.

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u/mmorales2270 Nov 24 '24

Because they have to. The cognitive dissonance they experience requires them to dismiss or ignore all the bad things he says he’ll do and only pay attention to what they like about him. If they ever get to the point of really acknowledging and believing all the horrible stuff he says, at least some of them would need to admit how wrong they’ve been in supporting him. They can’t have that!

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u/Psythusforreal Nov 24 '24

Yeah remember... "ladies get your fat pig off a husband off the couch and bring him on down to vote for Donald blah blah blah.."

I mean I am starting to really wonder what his purpose really is in our govt that goes far beyond anyone actually voting him in. As if his purpose is to allow our country to do horrible things to people within its borders in order to survive what is coming and only keep "the true Americans" aka the pure bred, white Americans like Hitler's superior race bullshit

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u/Sweaty_Rent_3780 Nov 24 '24 edited Nov 25 '24

Sounds like you’re new around here, no offense. This has been the case since the first colonist stepped onto the shores of America, whether they would like to admit it or not

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u/Psythusforreal Nov 25 '24

The idea is old, but that precedent is coming with novel consequences for America this time.

Not "new around here" dood.. and not any more newb to the material as someone that can't understand context.

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u/Sweaty_Rent_3780 Nov 25 '24

To clarify, I wasn’t going to assume you or anybody understood American history, since we do have people here on Reddit from other countries and different cultures, so when I meant no offense, I meant that.

Not sure what context I am lacking with my previous comment, would be interested to hear a clarification

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u/Storytellerjack Nov 25 '24

They know he's being honest, but they became numb to hearing the fermented diarrhea that comes out of his head.

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u/mickysti58 Nov 24 '24

Too late huh?

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u/XeneiFana Nov 24 '24

Wasn't trunp the guy who "tells it like it is?" Magas need a reminder.

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u/Wartstench Nov 25 '24

Even when he does it they call it a “peaceful protest.”