A rough night for cucks, a great night for Trump supporters who like to call people cucks

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“You can always tell when the king is here,” Mr. Trump’s longtime butler here, Anthony Senecal, said of the master of the house and Republican presidential candidate.

Democracy? Who needs democracy! It sounds a lot like Democrat!

That beta male, George Washington, turned down the title of king. Yes, he was a slave master, but now that the Orange Man is on the scene, we can afford to have more stringent standards!

I dunno if anyone here reads Terry Pratchett’s discworld series but Trump reminds me of someone Vetinari would give pointed silences to

Trump is Reacher Gilt from Going Postal. A brutal monster in a clown costume.

Re Trump and Discworld: just set the Librarian or Granny Weatherwax on him. Oook!!!!

I always found Gytha Ogg to be much, much scarier than Granny. Granny can drop a mountain on you. Nanny Ogg can subtly ruin your life in ways that make the mountain-drop seem like the soft option.

Twitter users @AdversaryOfJews, @bloodandsoil4, or @jewsf**kbabys. (And yes, aside from the asterisks, those are real Twitter accounts.)

Not being on Twitter, and not being interested in it either, I have to ask: How come these are real Twitter accounts? Why does Twitter allow accounts with these names to exist?

And yes, the more I read/see the news of late, the more I want to leave this planet for a better place. Preferably with two or more suns.

@snorkmaiden:
I read recently that 8% of Sanders supporters said they would switch to Trump if Clinton won the nomination, and 12% said they’d stay home.

A mere 80% of the electorate is still quorate, I believe, so IMHO that’s no great cause for concern.

I wonder what those numbers would look like for Republicans if Trump wins the nomination? How many would switch sides, or just stay home?

I’d quite like to see Angua of the Ankh Morpork City watch get her claws into the Orange one. As a (kind of) woman who immigrated from Uberwald and works in a “man’s job” she’s make him into a chew toy 🙂

Vetinari wouldn’t throw him in the pit, he’s too useful a distraction…though he may just leave him stranded on the island of Leshp after awhile.

Maybe Ridicully could talk over him or turn him into a frog?

This is the first election campaign season that brought back memories of Barry Goldwater and the reactions of adults I knew or the news reports they listened to covering Goldwater’s dislike of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. I remember my friends telling me what they heard or what their parents said that left them frightened of Goldwater as president. I remember a fellow schoolyard child stating she couldn’t live in a country run by Goldwater, probably repeating what her parents said. What I hear now about Trump and possible violence is far more repulsive in rhetoric than the sixties but seems to bring up similar reactions.

There was commentary I vaguely remembered from 64, so I went looking. I did not know until now but it was Martin Luther King Jr. who predicted the possibility that if Goldwater were elected, the nation would erupt into “violence and riots, the like of which we have never seen before.” This was because Goldwater thought a government should have all taxes go the defense budget not to interfering in hiring or housing minorities.

It seems like Trump is this era’s threat to progressive social ideals with the addition of a rather striking lack of consistent political philosophy, unlike Goldwater. The points of similarity are really only the possibility of violence and the push to change the nature of political and cultural criticism on the right and even in surrounding US politics. I don’t think Trumpism as populist conservatism, is a good thing, but it may be a real thing, just as Goldwater’s libertariansim was.

I second Victorious Parasol in wishing Lady Sybil’s dragons could drool on the whole orangery.

Only pointed silences? I figured Vetinari would just have him tossed in the scorpion pit.

What you are missing is that the scorpion pit (or any similar fate), if initiated by Vetinari , are always preceded by a pointed stare.

@Ddog – yes, Angua. Orange wolf-food (and I don’t mean food for orange wolves).

@lamuella

Trump is Reacher Gilt from Going Postal. A brutal monster in a clown costume.

That strikes me as unfair towards Gilt, Trump’s nowhere near that smart or self-aware. He reminds me more of Mayonnaise Quirke of the Day Watch, in that he too is rich, thick and oily.

@EJ

I’ve seen those numbers as well. They are somewhat depressing, but I have to figure that 8% represents Sanders’ crossover appeal. Anyone who would consider voting for Trump over Clinton probably doesn’t have much of a history of voting for democrats. I don’t think we’ll miss them too much.

@ EpicurusHog

So we should get Gaspode to tell Trump he’s got an itchy bottom?

Prickle, prickle, prickle.

The Ex Sanders supporters would just be those who were generally angry and would vote for any ‘not an insider’ candidate regardless of actual policies. I can sort of see that.

Or, more likely, any “Not a woman” candidate. We are talking about the BernieBros here.

I want to hump Trump. He is crazy sexy. Let’s let him cuck us. Copy and paste this as your status for 1 hour so I know who my friends are.

I bet this one got a lot of takers.

And by “takers”, I mean CRICKETS.