He's a dictator.

So whatever he does is the kind of thing a dictator does.

I hate everything he does. I hate that he breathes.

I personally applaud him for not going. Especially after how Obama belittled him (and thus setting him on the road to the presidency) at the last one he attended. He's trolling at an unbelievably high level with stuff like this. :laughing:

I do. Trump is Hitler.

Lol Ant. Have fun being a punching bag for the next 5 pages. Im out.

You contribute to animal genocide. Youre Hitler.

Their responses to everything Trump says or does is predictable to the point where I feel like I'm one of those psychics from Minority Report. That's why I take the other side by default just to see how far I can push them. :laughing:

Everyone who pays taxes in America is worse than Hitler.

He's trying to be a dictator. But he's not. Soon he'll learn that the hard way. Maybe when China takes over you can know what a real dictator is like.


****ty logic. So you're saying being vegan is Nazi stuff because Hitler was a vegan? No. In no way shape or form does him not doing it fit under the titles 'Dictator' or 'Fascist'. In fact, demanding that he does it is actually fascist.

I have no real point, I just want to say that this reminded me of a skit from an XXXTentacion song with the KKK saying, "I don't need a reason to hate [Black People]! I hate them because they breathe! I hate them because they exist!"

They were called "precogs" - a term taken from the word "precognition." Only one was "psychic" the other two were sidekicks.

I love when Nea comes in with the random facts. :beer:

This isn't just about someone being bad with money. This is a government agency determining that someone is mentally ill to the point that they need someone else to look over their finances. These are generally people that also need help with getting basic daily things done like making sure they shower/clean/etc. There is a big difference between the two.

Banning those things doesn't deter people from still obtaining them if they wanted. Also you can still carry out a nice massacre with a hand gun that's way more effective than spray and pray.

I might have missed parts of this conversation but when gun control generally pops up it isn't about taking away everyone's rights. I did see a few posters talking about banning all guns in general but that is never on the table when gun control is brought up. It's just a boogie man tactic used by the right to get them riled up about the government coming to take their guns.

You are luck you can do that in Cali. In NY, if you shoot someone breaking into your house you can be charged and sued by the burglar for putting his life at risk.

Comedy Central did that a few years ago bro. You are late to the party.

yeah yeah yeah blah blah blah, that's fine and all for an individual like yourself but when you step into a job that is inherently traditional. You should follow it regardless of your own personal opinion about traditions. That's like him saying "Oh I don't like traditions so fuck doing an inauguration."

You really give a shit if Trump doesn't go to some dinner? I sure as fuck don't. And I think that's an awfully apples and oranges comparison between a media dinner and an inauguration speech.

Maybe I'm not understanding what all goes on at this dinner, but does him not showing up affect anything? If the answer is no, then I repeat, I do not care.

It's leading to how Putin did the same thing but on a more extreme basis when he had the state take over a national tv network.

He went to war with the media in his first year as well for the entire year.

Obama belittled him? Wouldn't you agree that the Trumpster asked for it with all of the birther BS and trying his damdest to delegitimize Obama's presidency?

"Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones", comes to mind.

It's a Washington institution. Like I said earlier, it's been 35 years since a sitting president missed one and that's only because he'd gotten shot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_...9;_Association

This is just Trump being Trump to keep up his rebel facade with his ever shrinking base. Approval ratings under 40% after only a month in office? :laughing:

Yeh i understand that Chula and i did read the wiki. Like i said maybe i just dont understand the consequnces of him not showing. I ger that its viewed as disrespectful(even if i think thats dumb), but if it doesnt actually affect anything idc.

It further emblazens his zombie followers who truly believe that Trump's problems are all "the media's fault" instead them being Trump consantly stubbing his own damn toes.

Like others have said, deligitimizing the media is step one towards a dictatorship.

That Comedy Central roast a few years ago proved that Trump can dish it out as good as he can take it. He truly impressed me that night. I actually believe he would have loved to have attended but that Bannon convinced him not to to further "the agenda".

:laughing:

https://scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...19&oe=59458B88

So short answer is no. His zombie followers arent gonna change and his approval ratings are plummeting. I see no reason to care. Actually seems like a good thing that hes just making himself look worse. The more he screws up the less support he recieves, this fear of dictatorship seems pretty irrational.

Also lol at Obama.

Not really. That was a pretty "thin skinned" thing for Obama to do. There were a lot of people questioning Obama's birth certificate for awhile besides Trump during that same time period. He was just one high profile voice among other high profile voices all saying the same thing. So why specifically single Trump out, invite him to the 2011 correspondents' dinner and then belittle him for half an hour in front of millions of people when you are the POTUS and he's a private citizen? That's the kind of thing that you'd expect from someone LIKE Trump, not Obama.

Secondly, this incident is what incited Trump to seriously run for office in the first place, which is why we are in this situation today. So you could make the argument that Obama made a huge mistake by doing something that was fairly unpresidential by his standards. Rather than glass houses, I think "karma is a bitch" is a better summation of what has happened. :laughing:

Please. Firstly he spent about 2.5 minutes focusing on Trump. Secondly, Trump must have known fully well what he'd be walking into to. And lastly, Trump was chuckling and nodding in approval at Obama's jabs.

Please. It's a comedy roast. No person or subject is off limits. Obama was absolutely brilliant at them. The dude could easily have been a comedian. Check out the episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Obama and Seinfeld. Guy's a natural.

Your Trump apologist persona once again bubbles up to the surface.

TRUMP IS ALL OBAMA'S FAULT!!!!!!! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Yeah, I don't see how you could be blaming Obama for everything Trump does.

I also don't see how people can twist Trump not doing this dinner into him being a fascist.

People are stupid.

Edit: Let me rephrase that, people are desperate.

^ Thanks, that's an interesting clip. He looked a lot younger then, but the way he stayed so professional under pressure is impressive.


Your edit makes this a pretty funny post Lucem!
I agree that not attending a dinner is hardly a fascist stance, though it does send a pretty negative message; it's like if you boss won't go to the office party at Christmas. Everybody thinks, "What's this guy's problem?"

My recommendation is don't worry about the dinner, but worry about this description of a nation... Is that Dan Rather's description of Trump's America? No, it's Churchill's description of Germany during Hitler's rise to power.

That was just a restatement of what Chula said, idk the stats. To clarify, he has two kinds of followers. The zombies that will support him no matter what and other people who bought into his bull****. The former is a small minority and the latter accounts for the loss in support.

Nope. It wasn't just 2.5 minutes (plus Seth Meyers got up on stage also) and no, he didn't know what he was walking into. Knowing Trump's personality, be honest here: do you really think he took it well? You guys talk about how thin skinned he is all the time. Was there some magical time where Trump was not thin skinned?

How The White House Correspondents' Dinner Gave Us Trump | National Review

Trump Reacts to Mockery From President Obama and Seth Meyers:


Harhar. Yeah it was funny, and Obama is a funny / charming dude. But you wake up every day and now the guy who wanted revenge for public humiliation is now your President. Asking you to use your brain for critical thinking doesn't make me a Trump apologist. I don't like the guy and I voted for Obama....but I think what he did in retrospect was unbelievably stupid. He had a prominent hand in creating the environment that gave Trump the motivation to run and the opportunity to win, and that's a fact. Again: you are the one with an inconsistent view on Trump. Do I need to lecture you on how his personality works, or are you savvy enough to connect the dots yourself?

I've seen plenty of editorials on both sides of this fence, but it should be obvious that I'm correct if everything we've seen about Trump's personality has always been what it is.

It's stupid hype that deflects attention away from any of Trump's actions that might actually matter to the American people.

You obviously haven't seen his Comedy Central roast.

Humor is an important tool against fascism.

Especially Holocaust humor.

Surprised at the lack of comedic skills coming out from people on the left poking fun at him as of late. Maybe dipping your face in cheeto dust will show him.

Not surprised he decided not to show up to the correspondence dinner. Sounds like there's going to be a poor turn out, celebrities that hate his guts and the press. Funny how people are making a fuss out of this.

Yup, it's really difficult to come across any funnier than his advisors and supporters when they are interviewed on the evening news shows.

The Three Stooges have the comedy market cornered right now.

http://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc...G?v=1475583578

http://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploa.../jeff-lord.jpg

http://media.salon.com/2016/06/corey...i2-620x412.jpg

Ha I wasn't referring to those dip****s. More of the celebrity crowd/comedians. People such as Trevor Noah and John Oliver lack any from of comedic talent.

I don't know about Trevor Noah, but John Oliver is funny as ****, cockrocket.

We agree on so much it's almost like we're gay lovers!

Who are the bottom two people in those pictures?

Now you are just sounding like an idiot. Both of those guys are brilliantly funny. They wouldn't have such high profile gigs otherwise.

I don't pay attention to politics for the most part anymore, so those people are just faces to me.

ahhmm.

Larry

Moe

Curly.....

say what you want but you got some winners on the dem side too.

Not even, maybe Pelosi but not even close with the other two.

https://s27.postimg.org/pk04mzhjn/Th...658c956804.png

https://boxden.com/smilies/2dFXNT0.gif

He also knows a thing or two about "fake news" and how it relates to U.S. Presidents. ;)

CBS Ousts 4 For Bush Guard Story - CBS News

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather