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hamsterjill

(15,593 posts) Wed Jan 22, 2025, 12:15 PM Jan 22

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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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The naivete (the symbols won't show in the title line for some reason) here has GOT to go. [View all] hamsterjill Jan 22 OP

Oh, for fuck's sake. Did someone seriously say, "We have to give respect if we expect to get respect"? Scrivener7 Jan 22 #1

He'll always be felon 47 to me BonnieJW Jan 22 #24

mini-Vice President Trump to me. KPN Jan 22 #34

he's TCFSF to me barbtries Thursday #83

I give him all the respect that he has earned. wnylib Thursday #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 22 #2

Yup, he also said he was going to be a Farmer-Rick Jan 22 #32

Apparently the Constitution & the Bill of Rights have been on the WhiteHouse.gov site but are not both 404 errors. CrispyQ Jan 22 #35

Yeah, all it seems to have now Farmer-Rick Jan 22 #36

Bizarre and ominous. yellow dahlia Jan 22 #73

And we won't have to vote anymore. Why does anyone keep talking about the Democrats are gonna sweep the midterms? Clouds Passing Thursday #98

Gloves are off in my neck of the woods...I'm loud! MiHale Jan 22 #3

Amen!!! AverageOldGuy Jan 22 #4

No mention of cutlery is allowed. Too graphic for tender ears. Only soft and fluffy pillows dalton99a Jan 22 #6

A soft fluffy pillow Linda ladeewolf Jan 22 #25

Lock in a sock. Preferred in prison attacks.. Evolve Dammit Thursday #92

He'll always be TSF or the Donvict for me. sinkingfeeling Jan 22 #5

I missed that long ago memo... WinstonSmith4740 Jan 22 #64

From Biden: "The Sick F**k" sinkingfeeling Jan 22 #66

Thank you!! WinstonSmith4740 Jan 22 #67

I call him Bird Lady Jan 22 #7

No Prisoners nwliberalkiwi Jan 22 #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 22 #9

Well good for you. But that's not going to win this war. hamsterjill Jan 22 #13

I hear you. yellow dahlia Jan 22 #74

That was the whole point of Machieveli's "The Prince". ChazInAz Thursday #93

you dont bring knife to a gun fight as teh saying goes moonshinegnomie Thursday #97

Good for you! WinstonSmith4740 Jan 22 #65

If someone here calls him P****dent t***p... SaveOurDemocracy Jan 22 #10

Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Jan 22 #75

I strongly suspect... WinstonSmith4740 Jan 22 #11

I agree. I think many are trolls. hamsterjill Jan 22 #14

Convicted felon Donald Trump, rapist, traitor. dalton99a Jan 22 #12

How about johnnyfins Jan 22 #15

Whatever. I call him trump. No capitals, no p-word... Wounded Bear Jan 22 #16

Yep!!! So do I. calimary Jan 22 #26

I agree! joshdawg Jan 22 #27

That's the nicest thing I will say about him. We need to come up with something better. kerry-is-my-prez Jan 22 #54

I mean, since his new memecoin is called $Trump LearnedHand Jan 22 #55

Mump to recognize his co-president. Wonder Why Jan 22 #80

You're damn right ✊🏼 benfranklin1776 Jan 22 #17

Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Jan 22 #76

Shitbag has and will remain my go to odins folly Jan 22 #18

Everyone is stressed by this new administration. That was their plan. jmbar2 Jan 22 #19

No one is turning on each other. hamsterjill Jan 22 #43

I agree with you, and it's remarkable how some people cannot Mike 03 Jan 22 #52

Good points yellow dahlia Jan 22 #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 22 #20

"His Lowness" is how I refer to him...though I usually don't capitalize it. Lucky Luciano Jan 22 #21

Unfortunately the Democratic Party is still stuck in the past LiberalLovinLug Jan 22 #22

Funny thing SpankMe Jan 22 #23

I have no problem with it. Linda ladeewolf Jan 22 #28

Well said! hamsterjill Jan 22 #44

If you're gonna fight FB47243 Jan 22 #29

It's not elegant or erudite, he's a pos to me. 58Sunliner Jan 22 #30

Our Democratic Party must be an OPPOSITION party now Wild blueberry Jan 22 #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 22 #33

If the office holder does not respect the office, and he does not... 3catwoman3 Jan 22 #37

My current derisive nickname for the White House tenant is... Different Drummer Jan 22 #38

naivety is our proper British English spelling, FWIW Celerity Jan 22 #39

I'll call him by what he is. GoodRaisin Jan 22 #40

IT "ain't" shyte to me, especially not my President. LoisB Jan 22 #41

But when is he going to bring back Leaded Gas for the cars? And eliminate all the air quality standards. LiberalArkie Jan 22 #42

Be proud, be the bigger asshole and fight to get our Democracy back. NoMoreRepugs Jan 22 #45

I will always refer to him as the orange anus DingleBerryNW Jan 22 #46

Well said. Enough with the kumbaya. Vinca Jan 22 #47

Agreed StarryNite Jan 22 #48

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DENVERPOPS Jan 22 #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 22 #50

I like word play, so I call him Orange Julius Caesar, generalbetrayus Jan 22 #51

I call him 'the orange pustule' pfitz59 Jan 22 #53

To get "naïveté" in a thread or post title, you need the HTML codes for accented characters muriel_volestrangler Jan 22 #56

Thanks. hamsterjill Jan 22 #60

I'm starting to think Diaper Don, which is how I refer to him, Buddyzbuddy Jan 22 #57

He didn't put his hand on the Bible. I'll play Hassler Jan 22 #58

Love this!!! hamsterjill Jan 22 #61

The Office of President deserves respect. Aussie105 Jan 22 #59

My favorite is, "It's the arrogance of the LEFT that got him elected!!" Sparkly Jan 22 #62

I don't care what we call him - but he needs to go. TBF Jan 22 #63

He will always be T or TSF to me. Hope22 Jan 22 #68

I can't write his name anymore so I use emojis that best describe him🍑💩🤡! kimbutgar Jan 22 #69

Respect my ass damifino10 Jan 22 #70

I will continue to call him "the festering orange prolapse" until his great-grandchildren are dust Orrex Jan 22 #71

Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Jan 22 #72

As long as we're not saying "Gulf of Mexico" but "Gulf of America" struggle4progress Jan 22 #78

That treasonous illegitimate POS is no President Six117 Jan 22 #79

Getting the Pace of Race we're running... WokeAintWhatIAm Jan 22 #81

We need a new Bingo card! Aussie105 Jan 22 #82

He's Not MY ABOMINATION !!!! Jack Valentino Thursday #84

my late mom AllaN01Bear Thursday #85

I'm calling him dotard (thank you Kim Jung Un) IzzaNuDay Thursday #87

I am not allowed to call him, at least on DU, a certain name. punguin54 Thursday #88

Dictator Trump Baron2024 Thursday #89

Also Baron2024 Thursday #90

Since the 2024 election, BlueMTexpat Thursday #91

No respect for an unreformed felon and rapist. Anyone who respects a rapist can KMA. Ferrets are Cool Thursday #94

I have never called him president Dem4life1234 Thursday #95

we need to adopt a page from the maga morons moonshinegnomie Thursday #96

i googled and that poster said orleans Thursday #99

My, you are resourceful!!! LOL hamsterjill Thursday #100

No mas benefit of the doubt. Prairie_Seagull Thursday #101

Ever and only the felon. Rose Siding Tuesday #102

Hear Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #103

If a post is in breaking news, the rules are that it must be quoted from the source word for word. LeftInTX Tuesday #104

Please see reply #99. hamsterjill Tuesday #105

Who said that? Gross ismnotwasm Tuesday #106

yeah, send him over to my house, I'd love to show him my ass. Conjuay Tuesday #107

I have a Tee-Shirt (from the W days)... rasputin1952 Tuesday #108