Does it really not make people feel weird at all that President of the United States has put a giant banner of himself

[riversedge]

I think this banner was placed a few months ago on the Labor Dept

==It is getting Real faded, just like Trumpy!!


David Hogg 🟧
@davidhogg111
·
Jan 11
Does it really not make people feel weird at all that President of the United States has put a giant banner of himself on a building in DC?

Link to tweet

?s=20

[rampartd]

1. everything about these weirdos gives me the creeps.

but yea, the overt cult of personality is weird.

[Prairie Gates]

2. I think a lot of people are just gritting their teeth on the assumption that this kookiness will end soon

I don't know if they're optimists or not, or wise or not.

There's a sense among a lot of people I know that we're just going to have to live through this fever for a little while, and maybe come out of it. I think what you see in Minneapolis is a lot of those same people seeing that belief challenged as the thuggishness and craziness of it comes closer and closer to home.

[riversedge]

6. I hope the killing of Renee Good by ICE is a wakeup call for many-maybe?

[Ocelot II]

3. Weird? Try appalled and infuriated. This kind of shit is straight out of North Korea.

[riversedge]

4. Here are 10 leaders of countries who displayed banners of themselves on buildings..........

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Ocelot II]

5. Just the kind of people he admires.

[Deep State Witch]

8. Iran - Ayatollahs Khomeni and Khamenei

They were famous for that shit, too.

[electric_blue68]

13. There was a vid of Iranians in a city pulling the Ayatollah's banner down....

I thought of drumphf's banner!

[The Roux Comes First]

7. Based on My Admittedly Limited Historical Knowledge,

Displays of absolutely vulgar displays of vanity (OK, actually insecurity and seriously damaged self-esteem) like this have been pretty rare in recent US history. Shrub's "mission accomplished" total embarrassment comes to mind. I'm certain we could come up with some examples from that petty former California actor/governor, vain as he was. Nixon was a great one for posing with a peace or victory sign and certainly fulfilled the insecurity criterion.

But the total vulgarity of this convicted criminal does not really comport with even the limited democratic principles still in play here. None of these folks went to this length of braggadocio.

That has been the hallmark of desperate authoritarians running against the tide of governance of people created equal. Hitler. Stalin. Likely a Caesar or two. And of course there are several mass-murdering thugs in recent history. Putin, for one. Kim Jong Un, for another. Pretty remarkable company he chooses to ally himself with.

[Botany]

9. Been done before

[efhmc]

10. Weird is too gentle of a word. Vomitous is closer.

[tanyev]

11. How many outside of the highly engaged are even aware?

[maxsolomon]

12. "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away"

-Ancient Chinese Proverb.

I never would have known of it if David Hogg hadn't posted.

But no, it isn't weird, because he's a pathological Narcissist.

[angrychair]

14. It's what dictators do. N/T

...

[Vinca]

15. The only thing that surprises me is that people haven't used it for paint ball practice.

[newdeal2]

16. Not to MAGA

They love to bring their stupid merch everywhere and buy his fake golden crap.