(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . "Orthodoxy is Unconsciousness" [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-10 By David Glenn Cox I find myself in an odd position, but fair is fair. As far as it goes; no one despises Donald Trump as much or more than I do. I despise the political entity/product of Donald Trump. As a man, I feel sorry for him. If you look up “fucked up inside” in Webster’s, you’ll see a picture of Donald Trump. (Next to Elon Musk) If you ever wondered in your poverty what it’s like to be “Born Rich.” You could be born into a poor abusive family but if rich, they pay strangers to abuse you. They’re “shipping you off to military school with the goddamn Finkelstein shit kid!” You aren’t asked, you’re expected. What do you mean you want to write poems, live in the village and learn to play guitar? Put on your monkey suit daddies gonna teach you how to steal with both hands, so pay attention! Donald Trump as is his everyday course made some broken and disjointed comment and the media (slow news day) loses its mind. Trump was trying to make a joke, ever so popular with double digit IQ types in the 105-degree heat of Las Vegas. Trump said he didn’t care about the voters just their votes. (Ha, ha, ha) Again, I’m no friend of Donald Trump but this is just Hitler’s parking tickets. In the long lamentable catalog of Donald Trump’s numerous nefarious crimes and societal aggravations, making a stupid and insensitive remark is a pretty low echelon. Attendees were said to be leaving the area even while the evil Cheeto was still flapping his pie hole. I live in Arizona and 105-degrees with no shade and no water would make you walk out on Jesus. Plus, I’ve made this point before that Trump generally plans his events only in secondary markets. Where the only competition for your free entertainment attention is a twelve pack or trying to pick up girls at the local Tasty -T- Freeze. Trump has abandoned this strategy, appearing at an amusement park and now, an adult amusement park. Where crowds could be assured. Hey! We’re in Las Vegas and it’s crazy fuckin hot. Let’s go do something fun inside! The Trump appearance in Vegas becomes something to see like Wayne Newton. Okay, now we’ve seen him. Let’s go watch the water fountains or ride the monorail. How many people came to Vegas just to see Donald Trump and how many just happened to be there? Trump Makes Stupid Remark! Details at Eleven! Nobody on that side of the street gives a shit. Trump has been insulting their limited intelligence for years. “He really wants our vote, he cares! Isn’t he wonderful? But I’m hot, let’s go get a margarita!” So, if the insulted aren’t smart enough to know they’re being insulted and take no offense at being insulted, even when explained. What of it? He’s their demigod and if he has a vomit stain on his shirt so what? Aren’t you shocked by the event? This guy has talked about building camps and mass deportations with political murder as standard operating procedure. So “I don’t care about you,” is sort of obvious and baked in, isn’t it? It partially explains Trump, because they aren’t really listening. Trump is like Charlie Brown’s school teacher. “Womp, womp, womp, womp.” They listen and cheer but aren’t really listening at all. I wonder if Trump were to shout fire from the stage, if anyone would leave the building? Is it really bad politics or Just bad Hollywood? Is Trump just a cult celebrity? The low IQ er’s don’t know fat ass from Fascism and don’t know bollocks from Bolshevism. “There he is! Oooh!” But it is a double-edged sword, isn’t? The Trumpanzee’s cheer no matter what. So as Trump tries to nurse the crowd’s outrage, they cheer on paying little attention to any political details. Trump is a mythical character to them. They believe he did things which he didn’t do, and they don’t believe he did things, despite clear proof. Could they be articulate? Whirling dervishes’ automatons angry, but unsure why. Angry but unsure why. What do we do next? But are they even listening as Trump complains about “his” personal problems? "Are the teleprompters not working? Not even a little bit," Trump complains. "I don't pay contractors that do a shitty job, and that's a shitty job." And the crowd went “meh.” Just an old man bitchin and complaining again with a crowd not caring much or just passing through on their way to the slots. Despite Trump’s well-known reputation for not paying contractors. Trump has no fear of threatening not to pay the contractors from the stage. They aren’t listening! Trump could deliver a speech in Mandarin and Fox News might not even notice. Trump doesn’t make policy speeches he make personal appearances. “I hereby declare this grocery store open.” And they cheer and don’t know why. Trump is more celebrity than substance. Who schedules an outdoor rally in Las Vegas in June anyway? Were July and August already booked up? Trying to garner that all important six Nevada electoral votes. Bad planning + bad equipment equals poor speech. It’s a really good thing they weren’t really listening. It’s hot! Let’s just buy a key chain or a refrigerator magnet and go. Proof enough we saw him, like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite. “Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.” ― George Orwell [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/10/2245894/--Orthodoxy-is-Unconsciousness?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/