Meltdown in Duluth: trump yells at protesters and 'elites' at rally

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rommelrommel

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"I have a much better apartment than they do. I’m smarter than they are. I’m richer than they are. I became president and they didn’t."

All he needs to add is "nanny, nanny, poo, poo." I would say unbelievable, but sadly, it happened and it happens on a daily basis.

He already talked about his cock size and his IQ, not much left can top that.
 
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compcons

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But I'd say the 24/7 news cycle and social media are doing ALL the work on stirring up the worst in people. In actually devolving the human race, in real time, before our eyes.

I would counter that by saying it is exposing people for who they really are. The deplorables are hearing what they want to hear and cuddling up to sources that echo those feelings back at them. These people in particular are not seeking less biased news feeds or legitimate sources.

That said, our asshat news media helped thrust trump into the spotlight and didn't bother calling his bullshit out during the election. They are barely covering his bullshit and calling it bullshit now. Almost like "whoops! In order to seem 'balanced and fair' we left out a bunch of bad stuff this dickbag did. We fucked up a bit. Time to start reporting on some of it."
 
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K1052

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I would counter that by saying it is exposing people for who they really are. The deplorables are hearing what they want to hear and cuddling up to sources that echo those feelings back at them. These people in particular are not seeking less biased news feeds or legitimate sources.

That said, our asshat news media helped thrust trump into the spotlight and didn't bother calling his bullshit out during the election. They are barely covering his bullshit and calling it bullshit now. Almost like "whoops! In order to seem 'balanced and fair' we left out a bunch of bad stuff this dickbag did. We fucked up a bit. Time to start reporting on some of it."

I think this is a more fair criticism tbh than bothsides-ing the media in general. Some of that I think comes from an interest in covering the spectacle that was Trump's campaign and some just didn't realize this was a very different cat they were used to dealing with, some people appear to not yet have figured that out either.

FoxNews opinion shows are literally showing an alternate reality at this point even though many of their hard news people (Brett Baier, Chris Wallace, John Roberts, etc) actually report back reality though that doesn't seem to sink into the viewership who have embraced Trump and his message. Conservatives built a powerful echo chamber that Trump has very successfully hijacked for his own dark purposes.
 
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SMOGZINN

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This is not normal. Once a President takes office he is supposed to work to bridge the gap the election created and bring our nation back together. He is supposed to lead us all.

But these are campaign rallies. He is working to maintain the divide. This is a strategy of divide and conquer. Keep us all so involved in fighting each other that he has little opposition. Those that support him have to oppose those that don't. There can be no compromise. No willingness to work together. These rallies are intentionally fostering a Us vs. Them mentality.

I am deeply afraid that he is pushing us towards another civil war.
 

Starbuck1975

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That said, our asshat news media helped thrust trump into the spotlight and didn't bother calling his bullshit out during the election. They are barely covering his bullshit and calling it bullshit now. Almost like "whoops! In order to seem 'balanced and fair' we left out a bunch of bad stuff this dickbag did. We fucked up a bit. Time to start reporting on some of it."
So much this. Everyone knew what Trump was, yet they let him host SNL and obsessed over his every Tweet. Liberals were positively giddy over the Trump candidacy, with predictions that he would destroy the GOP nomination from within and weaken Bush or Rubio or Cruz going into the general. That Trump managed to actually win the nomination was a literal celebration of inevitable victory. Many many many people normalized Trump for various politically opportunistic reasons.

Here we are, and Democrats still haven’t learned.

Look at the CA race for governor. In a jungle primary system in the age of Trump, how does it make sense for a Democrat to help an unapologetic Trump supporter claim the number two nomination slot? Because gaming the primaries never backfired before.
 
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fskimospy

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I wonder what percentage of the 85% of Republicans who support Trump now will still admit to supporting him ten years from now.

After GWB left office in disgrace I remember how shockingly difficult it was to find people who had voted for him despite him being elected president twice.
 
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fskimospy

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So much this. Everyone knew what Trump was, yet they let him host SNL and obsessed over his every Tweet. Liberals were positively giddy over the Trump candidacy, with predictions that he would destroy the GOP nomination from within and weaken Bush or Rubio or Cruz going into the general. That Trump managed to actually win the nomination was a literal celebration of inevitable victory. Many many many people normalized Trump for various politically opprtunistic reasons.

Here we are, and Democrats still haven’t learned.

Look at the CA race for governor. In a jungle primary system in the age of Trump, how does it make sense for a Democrat to help an unapologetic Trump supporter claim the number two nomination slot? Because gaming the primaries never backfired before.

In basically all the special elections over the last 18 months the more closely a candidate has embraced Trump the worse they have performed. He’s electorally toxic. In California Trump’s approval rating is about equal to that of Ebola. If choosing the opponent associated with a person the entire state hates with a passion isn’t a smart political move what is?

Remember, Trump didn’t win because he was popular, he lost the vote my millions. He won because of the electoral college. It’s not like the Democrats pushed for Trump’s nomination and then he turned out to be popular. It’s quite likely a different Republican could have significantly out performed him.
 

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Interesting. IMO, the article should've been written as: "Snowflake SJW runs to his safe space!"
 

soundforbjt

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His knowledge of history is the bigliest...claimed three times this week (one being this rally) that he's removed more regulations than any president in history...in four years, in eight years, and in one case sixteen years. LOL!
 

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as much as republicans bitch about coastal elites, they've elected 3 in a row to the presidency. the last democrat elected to the presidency who was a coastal elite was kennedy.

i guess it's that whole "every accusation is a confession" thing
 
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Starbuck1975

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In basically all the special elections over the last 18 months the more closely a candidate has embraced Trump the worse they have performed. He’s electorally toxic. In California Trump’s approval rating is about equal to that of Ebola. If choosing the opponent associated with a person the entire state hates with a passion isn’t a smart political move what is?

Remember, Trump didn’t win because he was popular, he lost the vote my millions. He won because of the electoral college. It’s not like the Democrats pushed for Trump’s nomination and then he turned out to be popular. It’s quite likely a different Republican could have significantly out performed him.
Perhaps, but for the competitive districts in CA, you would want to suppress rather than energize GOP turnout. In CA, the manipulations around the jungle primary is just another form of gerrymandering and voter suppression. I fail to see how giving GOP voters, especially Trump, a reason to show up is a good thing.
 

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Perhaps, but for the competitive districts in CA, you would want to suppress rather than energize GOP turnout. In CA, the manipulations around the jungle primary is just another form of gerrymandering and voter suppression. I fail to see how giving GOP voters, especially Trump, a reason to show up is a good thing.

Isn't that what the whole 'break CA into 3 states' proposal is about? Getting conservatives to show up to the polls. It seems to have little chance of winning, but it gives conservatives a reason to go vote.
 

fskimospy

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Perhaps, but for the competitive districts in CA, you would want to suppress rather than energize GOP turnout. In CA, the manipulations around the jungle primary is just another form of gerrymandering and voter suppression. I fail to see how giving GOP voters, especially Trump, a reason to show up is a good thing.

I think the jungle primary is great - it puts people on the general election ballot based on how many people support them, not what political party they are from. What could be fairer than that? If Candidate 1 (D) gets 50% of the vote, Candidate 2 (D) gets 40% of the vote, and Candidate 3 (R) gets 10% of the vote why should candidate 3 advance over candidate 2? Candidate 2 had four times his support!

As for CA yes it would have been best if no Republican qualified for the gubernatorial general as it would have likely depressed GOP turnout but if you replaced this nut with a more conventional Republican that might have helped more.
 

Jhhnn

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This is not normal. Once a President takes office he is supposed to work to bridge the gap the election created and bring our nation back together. He is supposed to lead us all.

But these are campaign rallies. He is working to maintain the divide. This is a strategy of divide and conquer. Keep us all so involved in fighting each other that he has little opposition. Those that support him have to oppose those that don't. There can be no compromise. No willingness to work together. These rallies are intentionally fostering a Us vs. Them mentality.

I am deeply afraid that he is pushing us towards another civil war.

Putin chose a most effective implement to help America tear herself apart in the person of Donald Trump. He knew exactly what he was doing.
 

hal2kilo

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Guurn

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This thread is a great example of the bubble you guys live in. The rally was an amazing success for him and to claim otherwise makes you look uninformed. Get out of your bubbles and at least make an effort to learn what is actually going on. I'm not saying he is a great man, I'm saying you guys act like clueless shills. I live not far from where this went on, the protesters numbered under 50. His support is both stunning and shocking given the daily news.
 

hal2kilo

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as much as republicans bitch about coastal elites, they've elected 3 in a row to the presidency. the last democrat elected to the presidency who was a coastal elite was kennedy.

i guess it's that whole "every accusation is a confession" thing
AKA projection.
 

soundforbjt

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This thread is a great example of the bubble you guys live in. The rally was an amazing success for him and to claim otherwise makes you look uninformed. Get out of your bubbles and at least make an effort to learn what is actually going on. I'm not saying he is a great man, I'm saying you guys act like clueless shills. I live not far from where this went on, the protesters numbered under 50. His support is both stunning and shocking given the daily news.
I’d be impressed if it was in LA or NYC, Duluth, not impressive.
 

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This thread is a great example of the bubble you guys live in. The rally was an amazing success for him and to claim otherwise makes you look uninformed. Get out of your bubbles and at least make an effort to learn what is actually going on. I'm not saying he is a great man, I'm saying you guys act like clueless shills. I live not far from where this went on, the protesters numbered under 50. His support is both stunning and shocking given the daily news.

Can you define success? If 5000 people buy tickets for a woman to blow a donkey, and in the show a woman does in fact blow a donkey, is that not a success? Now you still had 5000 that paid to watch that. But I digress...
 
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hal2kilo

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I’d be impressed if it was in LA or NYC, Duluth, not impressive.
It's a shame 20 years ago Minnesota seemed like a normal moderate state. To bad it's turned into what Trump hates, a shithole.

How those dairy tariffs working out for you Trump voters.
 
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