In Your Face, anti-Trumpers!

The last month of politics in the USA have been nothing short of WILD!  The left and the right are digging in and the 2024 election season promises to be one to remember.  First of all, a disclaimer.  Everyone is entitled to vote for whomever they want.  I recognize that it is rare that anyone on the left will change the mind of someone solidly on the right.  And the converse is true.  Our candidates - on both sides - are always flawed and imperfect.  That is the reality.  A former pastor of mine used to say, "All God's children got problems."  So true.  So please don't waste your time trying to get me to vote Democratic because my candidate is not a saint.  And I will not waste time trying to get you to vote Republican because your candidate (whoever they may be at the moment - I've lost track) is also not a saint.  So the purpose of this post is NOT to sway your vote, but because some of you on the left have mocked my candidate, my candidate's supporters, and me, relentlessly for the last 8+ years, I feel there is no better time to return the favor.  

I assert that if you hate Trump, it is because you either willingly or unknowingly consume your news from mainstream media sources and the DNC.  Likewise, this may be why you were surprised at how bad Biden performed in the June 27 debate with Trump.  You have been gaslighted and lied to for years by the hundreds of hoaxes and false narratives perpetrated by your "esteemed" sources of news and information.  You may say that you use a variety of sources, such as the AP, BBC, NY Times, Washington Post, NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and Reuters.  But those are all in on the same game.

Scott Adams, who is the brilliant creator of the Dilbert cartoon, is also a pretty savvy political observer, and wisely wrote in an X post on July 20, 2024, "Cults need to isolate their members from the outside world so the members can't tell how crazy the cult is. Trump supporters always see the competing narratives about Trump. That's everywhere.  Anti-Trumpers, on the other hand, generally do NOT know most stories they hear about Trump are hoaxes. That makes the anti-Trumpers the cult, albeit leaderless. They exist in a fog."

If you are an anti-Trumper, I hope that the experiences of the last month have helped to lift some of your fog.  Your leader was not Joe Biden.  And it is not now Kamala Harris.  Do you even know who is leading the Democratic party?  Your own people - the people in power and their media propaganda machine - have gaslighted you, while the rest of us have seen your side's train wreck in slow motion for years.  The so-called "middle" and "fact-reporting" sections of "The Media Bias Chart" that you have so proudly shared around for years, trying to shame us skeptics into ditching "Faux News" and what we see with our own eyes, and instead trusting all the bastions of media integrity you use, well, that chart has been solidly debunked.  The hoax was debunked live before 51+ million viewers at the debate on June 27, 2024.  I'm sorry (not sorry) for your loss.  

In the past month, after the disastrous performance (in MY opinion) by Biden in the debate, I have seen one cockamamy point of view after another from the left, either in media reporting or social media.  It has been nothing short of pure entertainment.  Then the assassination attempt happened.  And then the GOP Convention.  And then Biden dropped out of the race.  Then, previously unliked (by the right AND left) Kamala Harris was anointed as the heir apparent without ever having won a single vote for the role (in 2020 or 2024).  Absolutely crazy!  What better time to have a little fun with the "more-factual-than-thou" media and DNC supporters on the left?

So, let's take a test.  The following is a SUBSET (ie. not all) of the crazy things I've heard, read, or seen from the anti-Trump crowd over the last 4 years - but mostly over the last 4 weeks.  As crazy as some of these may sound, they are all actual points of view.  Give yourself one point for each of the statements you agree with.  No cheating.

2020 ELECTION

1. Hunter Biden's laptop was fake and the result of Russian disinformation as told to us by 50+ government agency leads and the media
2. The 2020 election was the most secure in history
3. January 6 protestors walking through the Capital building is an insurrection deserving of years of jail time
4. Burning down cities during riots is a mostly peaceful protest warranting a plea from the VP to donate bail money

BEFORE DEBATE

1. Trump is “literally” Hitler or Hitler 2.0 or “Hitler-like”
2. Because of that, it would be OK to kill Trump
3. The various (4?) legal trials Trump is involved with are all non-political & completely legit
4. Free speech is a threat to democracy 
5. Twitter (X) is a threat to democracy
6. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the very soul of this country (Biden quote)
7. Biden reviews more than 1% of his social media posts and/or writes them himself 
8. The border is secure
9. Extreme MAGA followers of Trump are in a cult
10. Biden inherited 9% inflation from Trump when he took office in 2021
11. The videos of Biden seeming lost or confused in the months leading up to the debate were deep fakes or cheap fakes or just plain fakes - call them what you want - they were not real
12. Biden has held regular cabinet meetings during his tenure and most surely was in command of the country, not some committee of unelected individuals  
13. Biden was in satisfactory mental condition throughout his term, until the debate, when he suddenly was not
    

14. The media and DNC did not cover for Biden during his term - he only suddenly showed signs of decline during the debate
15. Any assertions that Biden was in decline before the debate are right-wing conspiracy theories
16. Biden was at the top of his game - both mentally and physically - right up until the debate

DEBATE

1. Biden won the debate because Trump told all lies and Biden told all truth
2. The reason Biden performed poorly in the debate was due to his cold
3. The reason Biden performed poorly in the debate was due to his jetlag from travel 10+ days before
4. The reason Biden performed poorly in the debate was he was over-prepared
5. The reason Biden performed poorly in the debate was he was under-prepared
6. The reason Biden performed poorly in the debate was he needed more sleep
7. The reason Biden performed poorly in the debate was Trump was loud and aggressive
8. Joe did such a great job.  He answered every question.  He knew all the facts.  (per Jill Biden)

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

1. Trump should not have had any Secret Service protection since he is a felon
2. The Secret Service did not deny extra protection when requested by Trump
3. Donald Trump is responsible for Donald Trump's assassination attempt
4. Trump staged the assassination attempt
5. I was somewhat or greatly disappointed the assassin missed
6. Trump’s ear was not hit by a bullet but by glass or something else
   
7. The roof slope where the assassin setup was too steep and unsafe for the Secret Service to cover
8. The head of Dept of Homeland Security (Mayorkis) is doing a great job and should not resign or be fired
9. The iconic photo of Trump taken right after the assassination attempt should be censored 
10. I trust the FBI and Secret Service to fairly investigate the assassination attempt and present the findings in a transparent manner
11. Trump’s assertion that he was saved by the “grace of God” is indicative of his narcissistic behavior
12. The rally-goer who was killed, Corey Comperatore, was a MAGA cult member, and therefore, one less MAGA extremist in the world is OK
13. Social media / Internet search engines are not biased and would not influence search results or posts to favor or disfavor any candidate

GOP CONVENTION

1. Trump's ear bandage was larger than necessary so that Trump could gain more sympathy points from followers
2. When Trump's attorney Alina Habba was speaking, Trump just got up and walked out for some reason that indicated something negative about Trump, though I'm not sure what, but I'm sure her speech must have been bad and that's why he walked out.
3. Trump using the firefighter outfit prop of assassin victim Corey Comperatore was inappropriate and fake sympathy shown by Trump
4. Trump's people misspelled Comperatore's name on the uniform as COMPERTORE
5. Trump used his grandchildren as props by having them sit on his lap during the convention 
6. The absence of Trump's son Barron at the convention was an indication of something nefarious about Trump, for sure

BIDEN FORCED OUT

1. Removing a candidate who won a primary election fair and square is not election interference nor is it a threat to democracy
2. In order to save democracy from Trump we have to destroy democracy in the Democrat Party
3. In order to prevent another insurrection by Trump we have to have a coup in the Democrat Party
4. Biden is not capable of running for president, but he is perfectly capable of serving out his term as president 
5. Biden stepping aside was a selfless act of heroism done completely voluntarily and for no particular reason
6. Before the debate, Biden was great.  After the debate, he needed to go.  Now that he's gone, he's great again!

KAMALA IN

1. Kamala Harris was and is qualified to step in to take over as president
2. I've heard many of the things Kamala has said in the last 5 years and I agree with most if not all of them
3. Project 2025 is a threat to our democracy and must be stopped, though I have not read it
4. Kamala was never assigned to be the border czar
5. Kamala was not involved in "Bidenomics"
6. Kamala raised millions of dollars from mostly distinct grassroots donors, not from senior citizens whose identities are unknowingly being used to make thousands of small donations to ActBlue
7. Kamala definitely does not have a drinking problem
8. It is racist or sexist to refer to Kamala Harris as Kamala just like it is racist or sexist to refer to Tiger Woods as Tiger and Magic Johnson as Magic and Hillary Clinton as Hillary
9. Before Biden dropped out, Kamala was a drag on the ticket.  Now that Biden dropped out, and Kamala has been named as the replacement, she is great!

2024 ELECTION

1. If Trump wins he should be impeached immediately after taking office for some reason.  Any reason.  We can come up with something.
2. If Trump wins in 2024, there won't be any future elections
3. If Trump wins in 2024, he will not leave office after his term is served
4. If Trump wins in 2024, non-white people will be put in concentration camps
5. If Trump wins in 2024, Trump's men will come to the doors of women around the country and force them into serving similar to what is portrayed in the work of dystopian fiction, The Handmaid's Tale
6. Democrats are not trying to find ways to allow illegal border crossers to vote in the election
7. America should not be made great again

So, what's your total score?  Here's what the results mean.

• 0 points: You and me think alike
• 1-5 points: You really should consider opening your eyes more and taking in some other media view points
• 6+ points: You have Trump Derangement Syndrome.  Please seek help.  Our democracy may depend on it.

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