• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      2 months ago

      Being completely insulated. Living in a strictly white community with conservative norms easily allows people like this to flourish.

      • Organichedgehog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        2 months ago

        Nah, this is far more intentional and less subtle. This is to get attention, for show. To get the ear of Donald Trump and his ilk.

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      391·
      2 months ago

      Psychopathy. It’s really that simple. People aren’t people, they are objects in the environment to manipulate.

    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      2 months ago

      My mum is like this. She’s in her late 70s now, it’s getting worse and becoming a real problem in our relationship. She has this almost hysterical fear and dislike of immigrants, but she can’t really say why. Just random stuff about how they are taking away our traditional way of life. She lives in a very white area, I live in a multicultural inner city, and on the rare occasions she visits she is shocked - “Look, she’s wearing one of those hijab things!”

      She was always politically naive and a bit racist but never this bad. I suspect it’s largely due to the media she consumes and the people she hangs out with.

    • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
      121·
      2 months ago

      I’m pretry much on board for replacing *ist/*phobic with just plain weird now. Enough of them seem to equate being called racist/sexist/transphobic or whatever with eliciting anger, which is what they thrive on.

      There’s still a time and place for the specific (and accurate) labels, but many of these clowns are just sad and, well, weird attention-seekers.

      • Facebones@reddthat.comEnglish
        8·
        2 months ago

        I’m with this and have started at it myself when applicable. It also saves you time because it doesn’t trigger that 3 hour pre programmed rant even though you said the exact same thing.

        The other day in a meme channel of all things, in reply to some dumb Taco Bell “in the ad, in reality” image dude goes off about how the right image is actually a Weiner that identies as a taco, so i replied with “pretty fucking weird to be that obsessed with what strangers have in their takeout bag”

        He didnt have anything to say to that lol

    • fsxylo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      You say edgy shit in highschool because it sounds cool, and no one ever beats your ass so you keep doing it.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        We become who we pretend to be.

        But also I imagine that she’s got little going for her except perceived superiority based on race and hate

      • CethinEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        No, she’s been racist for a long time it seems. Being a racist sycophant maybe allows you (if it’s a privilege) to sleep with Trump.

  • frickineh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    2 months ago

    I’m pretty firm on my stance that we should punch all nazis, but I’m not sure this “genetically superior” specimen would even feel it past all her filler.

    • criitz@reddthat.comEnglish
      47·
      2 months ago

      Reminds me of that scene from the office

      Michael Scott: … colored greens …

      Stanley: It’s collard greens.

      Michael Scott: What?

      Stanley: It’s collard greens.

      Michael Scott: That doesn’t really make any sense. You don’t call them collard people. That’s offensive.

      • MorrisonMotel6@lemm.eeEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        Jesus fucking christ, that was such a good joke. His ignorant / accidental(?) racism as a caricature was so funny to me because I know so many people like that

      • CethinEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        As a white man, I love collard greens and corn bread. I can understand how it became associated with (poor) black communities, but damn is it good. It shouldn’t be an insult like some people make it.

        • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          I live in the South. Nobody here ever heard of “Soul Food”.

          Everybody eats that because it’s awesome.

          Go to a meat and three after Church on Sunday. You will see it full of happy old White People eating exactly what you described.

          • Charapaso@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            Exactly: my first time outside the South eating at a Soul Food place was funny, because to me it was just Food.

        • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          I’ve got a whole song arranged for Appalachian/mountain dulcimer about how great collard greens are. Iirc it’s by the prolific author “traditional”.

          Edit: oops, it’s about turnip greens. Totally different.

    • shastaxc@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Yes, collard greens. Loomer is just using racist “ebonics” in her post.

  • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    2 months ago

    I would absolutely love for Melania to file for divorce like… maybe a week out for election day… Can we organise a go-fund-me? I don’t want to give rich assholes more money but I’d pay to contribute to his total and utter public humiliation.

    • stebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      28·
      2 months ago

      why would they divorce? do you think this is the first time trump cheated? do you think she’d give up on the money and status for that?

      • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        2 months ago

        How much money and status is realistically left?

        An old man and convicted felon who is in obvious mental decline with an unstable empire who cheats on you publicly… she could probably do better financially off a book deal and interview tour.

        • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          2 months ago

          Old man with obvious mental decline means the old man will be gone soon and most of the cash will go to the family.

          • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            2 months ago

            Not only that, being his second? Third? Wife, she absolutely had to sign a very good prenup.

            She went into this with eyes wide open, as a top level gold digger. If she was worried about her image, she never would have married him to begin with.

        • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          She’s just counting the days till he croaks and gets most of whatever he has left. Then she can get the book deal and speaking tour if he was still relevant when he died.

      • rsuri@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Yeah if she stays married to Trump until he dies she gets a sweet $20k/year presidential spouse pension for the rest of her life. That and I bet she’s subject to an draconian prenup.

      • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        This may be the first time he’s given her leverage, while he obviously cheats on her… In front of the ENTIRE WORLD.

        It’s a good thing she’s married to him, because she’s sure a pussy.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    Maybe that’s why he doesn’t want another debate. He can’t contain himself. I was listening, not watching, but the parts I did watch he wouldn’t even look at her. He hates her so much.