RE: Peter Fonda Makes Vulgar Tweet Suggesting That Barron Trump Be Kidnapped
June 21, 2018 at 11:13 pm
(June 21, 2018 at 10:54 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(June 21, 2018 at 10:48 pm)FlyingNarwhal Wrote: Nothing will come of this. Colbert says Trump's mouth is Putin's cock holster, Samantha Bee calls Ivanka a cunt, and now this. No real consequences for any of them. I know a lot of people hate Trump, but can you imagine if anyone said this pre Trump? I'm not even talking just Obama, ANY president and their family before Trump. Their careers would be eviscerated. Remember what happened to the Dixie Chicks?
You seem to think trump is somehow comparable in any way to any previous president and is therefore potentially deserving of some fraction of respect and considerable accorded any, any, previous president.
I think the office he holds deserves at least a modicum of respect. On top of that of the three examples I brought up only Colbert's insult was meant for Trump in particular. The other two were directed at his kids. You can make the argument that Ivanka is at least involved in politicking but Barron is a 12 year old. There's never been this much vitriol directed at a President's family.
I also don't think it does much good for Democrats either. I think the blatant hate pushes away your more centrist and non political voters, as well as also serving as a reason to continue to fire up the Republican base. I think you see that reflected in his approval ratings going up. If it keeps up I don't think the mid terms are going to look as good as the Democrats are thinking they'll be and 2020 will be a nightmare for them.
