I proposed the other day (and surely have done so here at some point) that what we're seeing from Turnip and Bunion are basically just inverted self-loathing. They are aware of and disgusted by their status as shambling beast monsters without being able to articulate it in any other fashion than smashing the world around them in hopes that everyone else winds up as miserable as they are or that everyone just dies. Either is acceptable. You can hammer all kinds of ideological finery onto those tendencies but I think that's the most stripped-down precis of their underlying impulses.
― Transformed From The Norm By The Nuclear Goop (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
I don't think he has any particularly finely wrought endgame, though that in itself is pretty terrifying. He's a chaos agent with a nationalistic bent.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 01:37 (seven years ago) link
Addendum: What's scary is seeing democrats entangled in all kinds of conspiracies about his intentions, which is typically right-wing behavior. I mean, I understand why, but it's a weird switch.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 01:40 (seven years ago) link
trump endgame ts: "say hello to my little friend" vs. "made it ma! top of the world!"
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 01:45 (seven years ago) link
and yeah look i have a history of extensive paranoia and even i'm starting to get worried at the degree to which people are losing their shit. but i can't say that or they'll call me a "collaborator" and accuse me of gaslighting them. for the record it is not "gaslighting" to suggest that perhaps donald trump will not be rolling tanks into chicago by the end of the week, although admittedly i can't rule out the possibility.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
he couldn't roll tanks into washington dc for his own parade
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
ts: donald trump in a tank vs. michael dukakis in a tank
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 02:22 (seven years ago) link
This was p/good on debunking all the conspiracy stuff (reading events in more than one way at the least): https://tompepinsky.com/2017/01/30/weak-and-incompetent-leaders-act-like-strong-leaders/
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
*sits down to watch Mr.X bit off JFK on youtube*
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
"HERE'S EXACTLY HOW ALL THE PIECES FIT TOGETHER" published on Medium by James Altschuk, entrepreneur and masseuse
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:50 (seven years ago) link
Synthesis: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/31/14442190/trump-is-no-evil-genius
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 23:03 (seven years ago) link
Is it me or does the worst crazy conspiracy shit all seem to be coming from Medium?
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 23:44 (seven years ago) link
its not you
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link