Trumplords celebrate the Donald’s big victory by yelling about “cucks” on Twitter

They didn’t create Pepe and don’t own him.

I don’t know the whole story of “how X became meme which then became weird a 4chan thing” with Pepe but I feel about him the same as I do about about other characters co-opted by these alt right people to be their mascots. It was just a silly looking frog dude someone had created for a webcomic? I feel bad for that person, knowing something they made just to make people laugh has been made to represent Trump and a bunch of Nazi stuff? Not only does it make no sense but yeah, it’s basically a stolen image.

Trump could win if Muslim terrorists attack the US, the economy falters, the Democratic infighting gets spectacularly ugly, or it turns out there actually is something really bad on CLinton’s server. Otherwise I think Clinton is extremely likely to win. But the above are real possibilities, so that’s frightening.

ah I forgot its tied up w racism! yup that makes sense – well, not sense but – it fits… maaan, as a white person who has a vagina, I really resent their claiming me as their property and using “protectin white wimmens” as an excuse for racist violence. I feel icky when ppl blame WW for this but I dont rlly say anything usually bc afab white ppl do have the white privilege and often contribute to the systemic racism so I dont like getting defensive about my white feels. but I make it known I dont consent to that shit, I mean Im not even cis or into cis dudes ffs, let alone a neo nazi or whatever.

As for pepe – I mean, the Chaplin mustache used to be cool, is all Im sayin…

I totally get people’s problems with Clinton, but the privilege displayed by those who play the ‘as bad as each other’ or ‘can’t vote for her’ cards is astounding. How hard is it to imagine being, for example, an American Muslim today for just a few seconds?

Also speaking of politics, I’d never seen this photo before until just now, but it’s brilliant!

Any Scandanavian Mamotheers know more about it?

http://media.lenearonsson.se/2015/02/tant-med-väska.jpg

@Alan Robertshaw, that picture has it’s own Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Woman_Hitting_a_Neo-Nazi_With_Her_Handbag

The woman with the handbag is Danuta Danielsson; she was a Jewish woman whose mother was a Holocaust survivor.

On the topic of Trump’s Neo-Nazi fanbase, especially given the fixation on “cuck” and racial purity, plus the antisemitism, I’m still wondering why none of them have brought up the point about Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Orthodox Judaism and her marriage to a Jewish man. Isn’t that pretty much their own definition of their own favorite word?

The whole election is bizarre to me. I don’t know personally know anyone who actually likes Trump. How is it that so many people are voting for him? I fear for the future of my country that so many people apparently overlook his logical failures, his hypocrisy and his tantrums. And sadly, many people seem to like the hatred he spews.

I wish I had more confidence that Clinton will win. Unfortunately many conservatives I know dislike her so much that they will either hold their nose and vote for Trump, or else not vote at all. I also worry that a third-party candidate might run and take enough votes away from Clinton to give Trump the election.

@Alan

Yes, I can give you more info when I get home. This photo was taken in the city of Växjö, Sweden, in 1985. It’s a famous picture with an interesting story.

I feel bad because Hillary Clinton is the spouse of a living US President, and we’ve already had the offspring of a living US President in our lifetimes. I’m sure she’s just as qualified for the office as Bernie Sanders, but the Republican party already flirted with open nepotism, and I feel like nominating Clinton II would be tacit approval of that strategy.

I’m a little worried for a different reason. If/when she is elected, I think the fringe militia types will go absolutely apeshit. I think they’ll react worse to a woman than they did to a black President, and that’s saying something.

Add in the fact that she’s a Clinton, and it’s going to be that much worse. I hope I’m wrong, but there are still an awful lot of McVeighs out there.

Assuming Trump does lose, I wonder what that does to his businesses? Trump is a brand, and perception of the brand is very important. It’s already looking pretty tarnished, with all the ugliness of his campaign, but when you add “loser” to that mix (and probably “sore loser”, at that)… well, who would want his name on their buildings then?

I wonder if the guy behind the trump train meme realizes that a train without brakes will derail the first time it has to go around a corner?

I find the dynastic stuff confusing as well. Didn’t you peeps have a revolution to get away from all that? 😀