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hamsterjill

(15,807 posts)
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 01:15 PM Jan 2025

The naivete (the symbols won't show in the title line for some reason) here has GOT to go. [View all]

I’m seeing posters calling him “President Trump” and I was already chastised for commenting that I will never call him that. The usual “we’ve got to give respect if we expect to get respect”.

Did the last eight years not teach Democrats anything? I’m sorry people, but wake the fuck up!!!

This is not charm school and we are not having tea. We are in the fight of our lives for the very existence that we have enjoyed up to this point. Those freedoms we have enjoyed are being chiseled away one by one. Some of us who are seniors have a sincere and real fear for our very existence under this idiot.

The way you fight a bully is with a bigger bully. You can’t shame him. You can’t reason with him. You have to FORCE him. The Democratic party is going to be forced to get its ass down IN THE TRENCHES and fight mano-y-mano with the assholes, or we are lost for good. There is no other choice. We need leaders who get that and are willing to fight dirty if and when needed. Which is going to be a lot!

I, and many others here, raved about Merrick Garland for years. We were met with “oh, just give him some time”. Well, you see where that got us!

Respect, my ass.

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Oh, for fuck's sake. Did someone seriously say, "We have to give respect if we expect to get respect"? Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #1
He'll always be felon 47 to me BonnieJW Jan 2025 #24
mini-Vice President Trump to me. KPN Jan 2025 #34
he's TCFSF to me barbtries Jan 2025 #83
I give him all the respect that he has earned. wnylib Jan 2025 #86
Why would we call him president when he stated clearly, that he wasn't going to be a president for all Americans? CrispyQ Jan 2025 #2
Yup, he also said he was going to be a Farmer-Rick Jan 2025 #32
Apparently the Constitution & the Bill of Rights have been on the WhiteHouse.gov site but are not both 404 errors. CrispyQ Jan 2025 #35
Yeah, all it seems to have now Farmer-Rick Jan 2025 #36
Bizarre and ominous. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #73
And we won't have to vote anymore. Why does anyone keep talking about the Democrats are gonna sweep the midterms? Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #98
Gloves are off in my neck of the woods...I'm loud! MiHale Jan 2025 #3
Amen!!! AverageOldGuy Jan 2025 #4
No mention of cutlery is allowed. Too graphic for tender ears. Only soft and fluffy pillows dalton99a Jan 2025 #6
A soft fluffy pillow Linda ladeewolf Jan 2025 #25
Lock in a sock. Preferred in prison attacks.. Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #92
He'll always be TSF or the Donvict for me. sinkingfeeling Jan 2025 #5
I missed that long ago memo... WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2025 #64
From Biden: "The Sick F**k" sinkingfeeling Jan 2025 #66
Thank you!! WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2025 #67
I call him Bird Lady Jan 2025 #7
No Prisoners nwliberalkiwi Jan 2025 #8
I can't be a bully. It is not who I am. I am, like many people here, a decent human being. CapnSteve Jan 2025 #9
Well good for you. But that's not going to win this war. hamsterjill Jan 2025 #13
I hear you. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #74
That was the whole point of Machieveli's "The Prince". ChazInAz Jan 2025 #93
you dont bring knife to a gun fight as teh saying goes moonshinegnomie Jan 2025 #97
Good for you! WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2025 #65
If someone here calls him P****dent t***p... SaveOurDemocracy Jan 2025 #10
Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #75
I strongly suspect... WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2025 #11
I agree. I think many are trolls. hamsterjill Jan 2025 #14
Convicted felon Donald Trump, rapist, traitor. dalton99a Jan 2025 #12
How about johnnyfins Jan 2025 #15
Whatever. I call him trump. No capitals, no p-word... Wounded Bear Jan 2025 #16
Yep!!! So do I. calimary Jan 2025 #26
I agree! joshdawg Jan 2025 #27
That's the nicest thing I will say about him. We need to come up with something better. kerry-is-my-prez Jan 2025 #54
I mean, since his new memecoin is called $Trump LearnedHand Jan 2025 #55
Mump to recognize his co-president. Wonder Why Jan 2025 #80
You're damn right ✊🏼 benfranklin1776 Jan 2025 #17
Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #76
Shitbag has and will remain my go to odins folly Jan 2025 #18
Everyone is stressed by this new administration. That was their plan. jmbar2 Jan 2025 #19
No one is turning on each other. hamsterjill Jan 2025 #43
I agree with you, and it's remarkable how some people cannot Mike 03 Jan 2025 #52
Good points yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #77
The orange monstrosity doesn't hold office, it infests it. It has no humanity, no respect for anybody, it regards only Dorothy V Jan 2025 #20
"His Lowness" is how I refer to him...though I usually don't capitalize it. Lucky Luciano Jan 2025 #21
Unfortunately the Democratic Party is still stuck in the past LiberalLovinLug Jan 2025 #22
Funny thing SpankMe Jan 2025 #23
I have no problem with it. Linda ladeewolf Jan 2025 #28
Well said! hamsterjill Jan 2025 #44
If you're gonna fight FB47243 Jan 2025 #29
It's not elegant or erudite, he's a pos to me. 58Sunliner Jan 2025 #30
Our Democratic Party must be an OPPOSITION party now Wild blueberry Jan 2025 #31
II agree. It's hard for me to see things coming to a conclusion, for or against us, without a fight. It would KPN Jan 2025 #33
If the office holder does not respect the office, and he does not... 3catwoman3 Jan 2025 #37
My current derisive nickname for the White House tenant is... Different Drummer Jan 2025 #38
naivety is our proper British English spelling, FWIW Celerity Jan 2025 #39
I'll call him by what he is. GoodRaisin Jan 2025 #40
IT "ain't" shyte to me, especially not my President. LoisB Jan 2025 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 2025 #42
Be proud, be the bigger asshole and fight to get our Democracy back. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2025 #45
I will always refer to him as the orange anus DingleBerryNW Jan 2025 #46
Well said. Enough with the kumbaya. Vinca Jan 2025 #47
Agreed StarryNite Jan 2025 #48
Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DENVERPOPS Jan 2025 #49
If I had been 2000 mile closer. To the building worksite. And 30 years younger. I would have been there with tool..... usaf-vet Jan 2025 #50
I like word play, so I call him Orange Julius Caesar, generalbetrayus Jan 2025 #51
I call him 'the orange pustule' pfitz59 Jan 2025 #53
To get "naïveté" in a thread or post title, you need the HTML codes for accented characters muriel_volestrangler Jan 2025 #56
Thanks. hamsterjill Jan 2025 #60
I'm starting to think Diaper Don, which is how I refer to him, Buddyzbuddy Jan 2025 #57
He didn't put his hand on the Bible. I'll play Hassler Jan 2025 #58
Love this!!! hamsterjill Jan 2025 #61
The Office of President deserves respect. Aussie105 Jan 2025 #59
My favorite is, "It's the arrogance of the LEFT that got him elected!!" Sparkly Jan 2025 #62
I don't care what we call him - but he needs to go. TBF Jan 2025 #63
He will always be T or TSF to me. Hope22 Jan 2025 #68
I can't write his name anymore so I use emojis that best describe him🍑💩🤡! kimbutgar Jan 2025 #69
Respect my ass damifino10 Jan 2025 #70
I will continue to call him "the festering orange prolapse" until his great-grandchildren are dust Orrex Jan 2025 #71
Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #72
As long as we're not saying "Gulf of Mexico" but "Gulf of America" struggle4progress Jan 2025 #78
That treasonous illegitimate POS is no President Six117 Jan 2025 #79
Getting the Pace of Race we're running... WokeAintWhatIAm Jan 2025 #81
We need a new Bingo card! Aussie105 Jan 2025 #82
He's Not MY ABOMINATION !!!! Jack Valentino Jan 2025 #84
my late mom AllaN01Bear Jan 2025 #85
I'm calling him dotard (thank you Kim Jung Un) IzzaNuDay Jan 2025 #87
I am not allowed to call him, at least on DU, a certain name. punguin54 Jan 2025 #88
Dictator Trump Baron2024 Jan 2025 #89
Also Baron2024 Jan 2025 #90
Since the 2024 election, BlueMTexpat Jan 2025 #91
No respect for an unreformed felon and rapist. Anyone who respects a rapist can KMA. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2025 #94
I have never called him president Dem4life1234 Jan 2025 #95
we need to adopt a page from the maga morons moonshinegnomie Jan 2025 #96
i googled and that poster said orleans Jan 2025 #99
My, you are resourceful!!! LOL hamsterjill Jan 2025 #100
No mas benefit of the doubt. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #101
Ever and only the felon. Rose Siding Jan 2025 #102
Hear Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #103
If a post is in breaking news, the rules are that it must be quoted from the source word for word. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #104
Please see reply #99. hamsterjill Jan 2025 #105
Who said that? Gross ismnotwasm Jan 2025 #106
yeah, send him over to my house, I'd love to show him my ass. Conjuay Jan 2025 #107
I have a Tee-Shirt (from the W days)... rasputin1952 Jan 2025 #108
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