colonelnebulous

You're busted down to Private, Corporal.

Condolences, friend.

Nah. You're clearly too smart for me 🙃

Golly, I don't think I could meet whatever burden of proof you have for "Prove Donald Trump is a racist and that most of his base is racist." Guess you "win" 😉

Oh, lol. No, he is very much a racist prick. Its why racists like him and voted for him.

No proof of what, exactly?

That is what is so maddening, though. Decent people recognize that terrible behavior and see Trump for the awful, weird old man that he is. His supporters will either memory-hole it, cheer it on, or tell you that he didn't do anything wrong and then quickly pivot to some horseshit whataboutism with a cherry picked story they got from some White Nationalist Apologist website. These aren't serious people. They have no points left to make. They are just a bunch of sad, ignorant, aggrieved bigots that have convinced themselves of the fantasy that "things were better under Trump" but cannot give any substantive answer is to why.

No, that was sarcasm. Trump is a hideous person, and his sense of humor reflects that.

He made this remark about the widow of the guy who was shot at his rally weeks back, his wife recieved a million dollar donation:
"But you know what? Corey's wife said, 'I'd rather have my husband.' Isn't that good? I know a lot of wives who would not say that. I'm sorry, they would not say that."

Trump continued: "But no, it's a great family. He was a great man. He was a brave man. He saw what was happening and he jumped on top."

Funny joke.

Here's the thing: he does joke. Trump has a sense of humor, but it is that crass, uncomfortable old school humor that punches down, or trucks in tired stereotypes about how people hate their spouses. Trump is not incapable of humor, but like most things, the humor needs to be on his terms. Anything at his exspense that makes him look weak or less than is not welcome. But mocking someone else? Total power move that the base eats up with gusto.

Nobody can articulate my bigotted Uncle's grievances better.

Schrodinger's Demagogue.

To which I ask (rhetorically) how does making her name into a backhanded slur help his chances in PA, GA, WI, and OH? Getting racist shitheads to the polls is not difficult, the GOP have been doing that for decades.

Schrodinger's Demagogue

There it is. That is the analogy. He is singing the same racist, persecuted song; calling into Fox News in the morning to bitch and whine about the media, rambling about "the radical left" at his rallies, being an uncooperative asshole in interviews etc. His base adores him cuz he tells it like it is and all, but he isn't doing anything new, and we all know it. We might see some moronic phrase or slogan gain a little meme-traction in the coming weeks, but so fucking what? Is a variation on "Kambala" going to make a difference with undecided independent voters?

Dooter

Wait, are you mad at me? 👉👈🥺