All the toughs
Trump has been threatening us again.
No matter what the White House says, President Trump has repeatedly and not-subtly suggested his supporters could be violent — sometimes in an approving manner. And there’s a common thread running through much of it: Again and again, Trump has suggested they could rise up if they feel either they or Trump have been wronged by the political process.
Aka by the fact that most of us hate him and want him gone.
In an interview with Trump-friendly Breitbart News this week, Trump talked about how “tough” the left was getting, relative to his supporters. His quote meanders a little bit, but stick with it and focus on the text in bold:
It’s so terrible what’s happening. You know, the left plays a tougher game, it’s very funny. I actually think that the people on the right are tougher, but they don’t play it tougher. Okay? I can tell you, I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump – I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad. But the left plays it cuter and tougher.
Don’t worry, I don’t think we need bold to see that as Trump threatening us.
I think the left has a lot of tough people; it’s just they don’t reach for that particular tool known as violence (which is what Trump sees as tough). And the left has not been tough on him, it’s rolled over and played dead all too easily, so now the merest whimpers seem tough.
And why shouldn’t we be tough on Trump, if we disagree? We’re not beating him up, we’re holding him to account. I thought the right was supposed to appreciate accountability. (Yes, I know, they only want accountability for those they don’t like; the rest they assume are okay.)
Let me see if I have it right:
The left plays it tougher. And cuter.
The right doesn’t play it tougher, but they’re tougher. And at a certain point they become very bad. Sorry. Very very bad.
Hey, Ben, at least he recognized how cute we are. I’ve never been called cute before (I have been called lots of things that mean attractive back when I was younger, but cute was never my personal. It’s a new look for me).
Must be the trans otterhood.
I guess so. Otters are cute.
Maybe you should also start identifying as transcute. Intersectional adjectives forever!