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In reply to the discussion: Presidents should be questioned and confronted, not idolized [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)aware of the old "rules" that grew longer by the year, and you're aware of the Statement of Purpose and the Terms of Service here today.
Mocking the opposition is "sport." That said, I've NEVER been a fan of some of the more nasty shit having to do with family members. It reflected poorly on us. And if the insult directed at an opposition politician is just stupid raging dumb-ole-sack-o-flail, I don't care for that either. "Dick Cheney is a poopyhead" is childish and makes us look like inarticulate rightwing morons ...."Drunken Deadeye" Dick is more on point, since he shot his friend and avoided the police until he sobered up. Distinction, AND a difference. Insults, if tossed, need to be both salient and smart.
Calling POTUS a "piece of shit used car salesman" sounds, to me, like "I didn't do my homework, waited until the very last possible minute as a supposed Democrat who knew about this brand-new program and the timelines associated with it, AND the delays due to congestion to sign up for this new scheme, WITH a family member with a pre-existing condition, I took advice from a buddy who didn't know what he was talking about, and at the end of the day, I didn't get the answers I desired...so that MUST mean ....Obama is a piece of shit used car salesman!!!!!!"
NOT salient. NOT smart. It reflects on the writer and not in a good way. It's not clever and it's not supported by the circumstances. And it makes DU suck. IMO.