# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2020-11-14T00:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 191
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3807 "2021-12-14T05:37:06Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The alternative–which we may be seeing in action–is ‘we’d better give them a pass because if we don’t they’ll take revenge on us later.’ > And that is called paying the Dane-geld; > But we’ve proved it again and again, > That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld > You never get rid of the Dane. Rudyard Kipling. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3808 "2021-12-14T05:49:50Z")
> [@Drsunflower1](#): > > Most evil comes about by people choosing to override their conscience, not by total lack of it. I think it was Chief Seattle who said something like, “My conscience it this three-cornered thing inside my heart. When I do a bad thing it turns and makes my heart hurt. If I keep doing bad things the corners wear down and it doesn’t hurt so much.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3809 "2021-12-14T13:43:22Z")
I’m impressed! ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3810 "2021-12-14T13:52:33Z")
Thank You! Now all we need is a woman who both loves to read and thinks Dolt-45 is a pig to play the part of “Belle”. ( How in the world will I manage a casting call for165 million Americans who are all perfect for the part…? ) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3811 "2021-12-14T21:59:51Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > But really, it was jam-packed. To the rafters. > Overflowing. Onto the streets. And into traffic. > > [Donald Trump, Bill O'Reilly Event Reportedly Fizzles In Florida | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/empty-seats-sunrise-florida-trump_n_61b56845e4b0bb13fd0859bf) > > > [@](#): > > > > There were so many empty seats at [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump)’s [Florida](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/florida) event on Saturday that organizers had to [shut down the upper level of the arena](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-trump-oreilly-sunrise-20211211-vsfro4xm4zbbdmhlfk6zxtbfy4-story.html) in Sunrise, Florida, the Sun-Sentinel reported. > > … Heh. Maybe some of the MAGAheads who bought nosebleed seats got upgrades to the mosh pit. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3812 "2021-12-14T22:54:22Z")
The COVID pit, more like. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3813 "2021-12-14T23:58:06Z")
US District Court judge throws out tRump’s suit to prevent his tax returns from being released to Congress. He delayed his judgment for 14 days to give tRump time to appeal the ruling, I presume that would be to SCOTUS. > **[Judge dismisses Trump suit to block Congress from getting tax returns](https://thehill.com/policy/finance/585835-judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-to-block-congress-from-getting-tax-returns/)** > > A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort from former President Trump to prevent the Treasury Department and IRS from providing House Democrats with his tax returns.Judge Trevor McFadden, a fe… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3814 "2021-12-15T00:20:22Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > US District Court judge throws out tRump’s suit to prevent his tax returns from being released to Congress. He delayed his judgment for 14 days to give tRump time to appeal the ruling, I presume that would be to SCOTUS. > [https://thehill.com/policy/finance/585835-judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-to-block-congress-from-getting-tax-returns](https://thehill.com/policy/finance/585835-judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-to-block-congress-from-getting-tax-returns) Coulda sworn he already lost that case some time in 2020. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3815 "2021-12-15T00:24:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Coulda sworn he already lost that case some time in 2020. I thought he lost it (like everything else) about 3 times. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3816 "2021-12-15T01:00:39Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > The alternative–which we may be seeing in action–is ‘we’d better give them a pass because if we don’t they’ll take revenge on us later.’ > > > And that is called paying the Dane-geld; > > But we’ve proved it again and again, > > That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld > > You never get rid of the Dane. > > Rudyard Kipling. Ol’ Rudyard may get slammed (rightly) for some of his 19th-century ideas, but he was spot-on with that one. Put another way: > [image|680x340](https://boards.straightdope.com/uploads/short-url/zyIdqlK17VLHiKsA2Rlb0SJxmfH.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3817 "2021-12-15T07:36:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Coulda sworn he already lost that case some time in 2020. I have a vague memory that the previous appeal ruling was “These arguments are dumb. You should go back to lower court and make new arguments.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3818 "2021-12-15T16:27:09Z")
While he may not be a Trump enabler himself, I have little doubt he supports the Orange One. [Duggar fails to make runoff in Arkansas state Senate primary | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/elections-arkansas-senate-elections-primary-elections-springdale-eaf7a3586e28a2f4453a2771196af788) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3819 "2021-12-15T23:35:17Z")
This can also go in the Repubs are Evil thread [Multiple residents from Florida’s Trump-loving “The Villages” arrested for voter fraud (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/multiple-residents-from-florida-s-trump-loving-the-villages-arrested-for-voter-fraud/ar-AARQTf5?ocid=entnewsntp) Three Republican voters in a Trump-loving Florida retirement community have been arrested on charges of casting multiple ballots. Maybe they are so convinced that there was a steal because only a concentrated steal could overcome their own fraud attempts? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3820 "2021-12-16T00:53:51Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Three Republican voters in a Trump-loving Florida retirement community have been arrested on charges of casting multiple ballots. For some reason that link goes to a blank page. I found the story elsewhere. Anyway, these were people who voted in Florida and in some other state. Not the more usual case of voting a dead relative’s absentee ballot in the same state. At least the more usual at being caught. I expect there’s lots more people (including Dems) who do what these were caught doing, but it usually isn’t caught because no one looks for it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3821 "2021-12-16T02:33:59Z")
This is so nice I’m posting it twice: > **[Washington, DC, sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6](https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-donald-trump-district-of-columbia-hate-groups-proud-boys-eea3d6378e651d1c48dc68fcd7462459)** > > The District of Columbia has filed a civil lawsuit seeking harsh financial penalties against far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. > [@](#): > > The suit, filed Tuesday in federal court, also names dozens of the groups’ senior members, many of whom already face criminal charges for taking part in the violent attack on the Capitol building while Congress was meeting to certify the 2020 election results. > > Karl Racine, Washington’s attorney general, said the lawsuit seeks compensation for damages to the District of Columbia and intends to inflict maximum financial damage on the groups responsible. > > “Out intent is to hold these violent mobsters and violent hate groups accountable and to get every penny of damage we can,” Racine said. “If it so happens that we bankrupt them, then that’s a good day.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3822 "2021-12-16T18:21:02Z")
I am basking in the glow of sweet, sweet schadenfreude. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3823 "2021-12-16T18:33:27Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I am basking in the glow of sweet, sweet schadenfreude.   It ain’t schadenough until they have to sell all their big guns to help pay off the judgements. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3824 "2021-12-16T19:44:13Z")
Those guns have long since been oiled up and buried somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3825 "2021-12-16T22:10:53Z")
If they’ve been properly oiled up I can suggest a place they can bury them. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3826 "2021-12-16T23:06:07Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > If they’ve been properly oiled up I can suggest a place they can bury them.   Go ahead! Say it! It’s okay. This is the Pit! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=190) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=192)