Checkout the fake blue collar workers behind him. Nice clothes are hair + a hard hat. Also, who wears a hart hat to a rally speech? Are they expecting debris to fall from above?
It’s always such a fake ass clown show from this weirdo.
(Edit: that said, the guy on the far left is legit, but the two guys in white dress shirts, and the woman who just hit up the styling wand are hilarious. All those hats are brand new)
I heard it the moment he said it
You could almost hear him say the silent words… out loud
Trumpanzee Repubs still need to see a signed and notarized affidavit of racism before they’ll own up to it.
Dude come on. We’re literally talking about racism. Black people have been compared to monkeys for centuries, this isn’t new.
I think I recall respecting some of your other comments, so I will definitely take it under advisement, though.
I like the term because it is rude and describes that they are outrage- and fear-addicted Fox News watchers who don’t care about long term success for the country. I wish there was something comparably derisive to replace it with.
I’m going to respond to both of your comments here since it looks like Lemmy hiccuped somehow.
There’s plenty of terms off the top of my head, sheeple, orange cultists, Ya’ll Qaeda, idiots, etc.
Using references to monkeys, especially in a discussion about racism doesn’t need anyone to reference black people. That is the reference. Here’s some good reading on the subject.
If you want to use the ancient form of it I would make sure to declare a noun as being ape-like. “Trump supporters are a bunch of scared apes.”
I don’t recall comparing black people to monkeys. You don’t want anyone comparing Trumpers to apes?
Does “Trumpanzee Repubs” imply black republican (given the post’s context)? If so, that’s offensive as fuck. Even if it doesn’t imply black republican, I’d still avoid ever using that term ever again, just in case.
You think that’s meant to mean black Republicans in the context of a comment complaining about Donald’s racism?
No, I think it’s a poor choice and one that you can easily avoid in future. It skirts really close to racial if not fully over the line.
And even then they’ll act like it doesn’t matter.
This reminds me of a trump impersonator i talked to at a kendrick lamar concert. I asked him what he thought of kendrick, he responded with oh hes one of the good ones, very talented very talented.
“You see, some negroes can be nearly as smart as white folk. It is hard to believe, I know, but it can happen. Then of course you have the rest who act as god intended them to; in a manner to test the strength of the white man’s tolerance.”
– Trump’s not so subtle subtext.Perhaps he is talking about JD
Source https://youtu.be/iioIRryc4_o Yikes… I think in context he was referring to politicians but he might have mentally been thinking “black politicans”.
Yeah he “might have been”.
Maybe he means politicians? He doesn’t have a good track record for recognizing people are black.
/s he’s racist as fuck.
my thoughts actually jumped to “scummy politicians” but your explanation also makes sense
Obvious racism aside… is this like “bring your hard hat to the rally” day? Get a free mustard dog? Or is he handing these out to people sitting behind him? Or did he hire a bunch of Village People impersonators as extras to increase his crowd size that he cares so much about?
Probably a rally at a construction business or something similar.
That’s not even a dog whistle. That’s just out in the open racism.
If you really wanted to squint and put your fingers in your ears and hum, you might possibly be able to interpret him as talking about congresspeople.
But he was actually talking about black people, so that isn’t necessary.
Thank you for explaining it. I have been confused about this for hours. I thought he was talking about congress members. I don’t think I could have ever figured it out.
To be fair, you can say the same thing about white people. Some of us aren’t smart.
You can say the same thing about almost any group of people. But you shouldn’t.
But you CAN say it about ALL people, and it rings true even there.
Across all classes, ethnic groups, political ideologies, religions or lack thereof: A good chunk of humanity is just pants-on-head stupid. More than we want to admit.
There’s no excuse for Trump.
I am not offering an excuse but I’d like to explore a reason. One of many that led to Dolt45’s popularity.
He makes stupid people feel justified, and there is no shortage of stupid people.
Additionally, grifters flock to crowds of stupid people, and encourage the stupidity as it makes for riper pickings.
Tribalism makes them feel all warm and good and justified and almost none of them question the good feeling. I mean, they feel like a group now, they got branding and songs and little ear tampon rituals.
We SORELY miss the necessity of ritual in our daily life and for some reason he gives his people rituals they like to participate in and he tells them they are all the good boys and girls and all the bad people that have been mean to them will get bopped on the nose.
It’s very popular.
Hot Take That Will Make You Downvote Despite Agreeing with the First 80%: A large part of this is due to the demonization of religion by the left, and this has been going on for hundreds of years.
Humans have a religion shaped hole in them that can be filled with any number of things, but it is baked into our psyches and I don’t think we are complete without participation in group shared values rituals.
Funny thing: Sports events hit all the exact same notes so before you ratheists come and reeeee at me, no part of anything I have written is dependent on the existence of a supernatural entity.
Humans have a religion shaped hole in them
lol
Wasn’t joking. Little superstitions fill the same space, so does online co-op shooters, so does ironically playing the sims. Just some do it better than others and the more actual humans involved the more effectively it taps that missing part.
Trump’s not racist. He has never said a racist thing in his life! /s
