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Hellish Offspring
I read an interesting MSNBC opinion article today, by a fellow named Hayes Brown. I don’t know anything about him. He’s identified as an MSNBC opinion columnist. He has quite a remarkable view of me, and of most of you, I think, expressed in these two sentences:
But any new majority in Congress would have the far-right, Trump-loyal wing of the party as its cornerstone. Its members resemble nothing less than the hellish offspring of a troll and a gremlin, expending energy on only two things: owning the libs and tearing the wings off the airplane while in flight.
I wonder how many Democrats and Leftists share this view of people like me.
I have to admit that I sometimes think of the radical Leftists as Satan’s spawn, though on reflection, they’re probably something more like Satan’s pawns.
I continue to have the impression that the vast majority of Democrats would view this Brown fellow as unhinged. I sure hope so.
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I saw that headline on Real Clear Politics this morning and chose to skip it.
Sounds like I made the right choice.
I saw one NYC Dem post this today (it may not be okay to post here):
This fellow may or may not be accurate in how ill-bred I am, but he certainly does not understand the two things I am most likely to spend my energy on ….. not even close :)
Nice to meet you, Hellish. I go by “Rebel Scum.”
Firstly, trolls and gremlins cannot breed with one another. Secondly, this writer is both trollist and gremlist and he should be condemned.
We need to remember that it is rhetoric from the right that is the problem in the country.
His bio is revealing in a “huh?” kind of way:
Frame?
We’ll leave the Michigan State degree in IR aside since that would be elitist.
Could be accidental…
I always though of myself as more the angelic offspring of troll and a gremlin, but why quibble.
The use of “far-right” always makes me laugh. 20 years ago they called Bush a far-right extremists. Now Trump is far-right? If only.
And, to the mainstream media, there has never been a far-left extremist.
My usual breakfast drink is Gremlitrol with 100% of your RDA recommended daily dietary allowance.
Sounds like this guy could’ve written on Rings of Power. No understanding of the lore.
Ricochet, Land of Hellish Offspring of Gremlins and Trolls. T-shirt anyone?
Sounds like he’s anti-troll and gremlinist, to say nothing of his attitude about the two mating. Sounds like he’s, uh, mythic-critterist? For shame!
For these people- and they are legion- anyone to their right is an extremist and Trump-adjacent.
This has been my central argument for over 10 years.
You might as well stop trying to convince them that you are not their mortal enemy, and you might consider joining the actual fight against them regardless of how they choose to classify you.
Even when they burn down cities…
Maureen Dowd is even better:
And then there’s the future first female president, Kari Lake, who lulls you into believing, with her mellifluous voice, statements that seem to emanate from Lucifer.
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And it looks as if Kevin McCarthy will finally realize his goal of becoming speaker, but when he speaks, it will be Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jim Jordan and Lauren Boebert doing the spewing. It will be like the devil growling through Linda Blair in “The Exorcist” — except it will be our heads spinning.
https://dnyuz.com/2022/11/05/the-marjorie-taylor-greene-ing-of-america/
Normally every cartoon reduces the space to simplify the image.
However, this one shows an airplane seat with expanded leg room. Weird.
What I want to know is, who will be vomiting?
The feeling is mutual.
It just amazes me how little reflection lefties have on their positions. Maybe its because they spend so much time reflecting on themselves.
Open borders, releasing violent criminals, allowing riots, spending unspeakable amounts of money on a theoretical two degree global temperature in a hundred years (though they admit the spending will not prevent it), 1619, legal abortion through delivery, trans dudes in ladies bathrooms and competing with women, preventing oil drilling in the US – none of these were generally accepted principles in US society for the first 240 years.
Somehow, we’re the extremists.
Likely not. In PA, they just elected a criminal with degraded cognitve abilities as their Senator.
Oh my. I guess there is no need to even pretend anymore that they ‘report’ news. Perfectly OK to openly admit that they ‘create’ what is fed to the herd as ‘news’.
He should fit right in with the rest of the caucus then.
Better. The image quality isn’t good enough for clear enlargement.
What’s new is always good according to them. I am amazed at how quickly trans-sexuality became the hip new thing. I only met one trans person my entirely life, (Snowflake was totally awesome by the way.) But apparently I need to pay taxes for an autistic 14 year old boy to cut off his penis or I am a bigot.
Give him a dull knife and tell him to do it himself, for free.
OK dude. I think you are crossing a line here. This got way too dark way too quickly.
Isn’t the point that he has no business expecting others to fund his delusion?
That’s a fine point but I very uncomfortable with you making light of self-mutilation.