# 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:** 237
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4727 "2022-03-07T15:11:18Z")
Better yet, THUNDERDOME! Two men (apes?) enter, one man leaves! I see no way this isn’t a win for the people. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4728 "2022-03-07T15:13:53Z")
I just heard Barr on [Morning Edition](https://www.npr.org/2022/03/07/1084510375/ag-bill-barr-book-trump-2024). What a fucking shit stain. Even though Trump was a delusional idiot and the election wasn’t stolen, Democrats are the ones who are trying to destroy America. How do we know, well Conservatives by definition are preserving things, it’s right there in the name. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4729 "2022-03-07T17:36:02Z")
Put Barr into a Chinese wrestler’s uniform and tell Trump it was really Xi. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4730 "2022-03-07T21:01:51Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Two men (apes?) enter, one man leaves! [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a38c405ba666438aabf2d65f9bb330d4/b6d8a51bb0051cc5-ec/s500x750/1fab6b4b94280f04328534be50721461315c356b.gifv) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a38c405ba666438aabf2d65f9bb330d4/b6d8a51bb0051cc5-ec/s500x750/1fab6b4b94280f04328534be50721461315c356b.gifv) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4731 "2022-03-07T23:53:39Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I just heard Barr on [Morning Edition](https://www.npr.org/2022/03/07/1084510375/ag-bill-barr-book-trump-2024). What a fucking shit stain. Even though Trump was a delusional idiot and the election wasn’t stolen, Democrats are the ones who are trying to destroy America. … PLUS, Barr is planning to vote for Trump in 2024! > **[Former Attorney General William Barr says he'd still vote for Trump in 2024](https://www.today.com/news/politics/attorney-general-william-barr-still-vote-trump-2024-rcna18946)** > > Former Attorney General William Barr said that despite his acrimonious split with former President Donald Trump, he would still vote for him in 2024 if Trump became the GOP nominee. Clearly Barr realized that a feud with a guy who is more than willing to point his deranged violent fans at him, is not conducive to a long life. Poor Barr: _‘please buy my book even though I diss your beloved Trump in it because even though I’m going all around the nation saying your beloved Trump is a criminal piece of shit, I STILL plan to vote for him!!!1!!! So please, please buy my book and don’t shoot me!!!1!!!’_ One could almost feel sorry for him. _Almost_. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4732 "2022-03-08T02:33:26Z")
> **[Court rejects GOP redistricting plans in NC, Pennsylvania](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-north-carolina-elections-redistricting-c5b603afa8e492a7dd8925aafe8c527a)** > > In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans. > [@](#): > > The justices provided no explanation for their actions, as is common in emergency applications on what is known as the “shadow docket.” Why? I figured judicial explanations were an imperative, regardless of any applications. (If the judges had decided, instead, to uphold the redistricting plans, I’d sure as hell would’ve liked to know why.) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4733 "2022-03-08T03:14:39Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Why? I figured judicial explanations were an imperative, regardless of any applications. (If the judges had decided, instead, to uphold the redistricting plans, I’d sure as hell would’ve liked to know why.) Maybe because they didn’t actually hear the case, they just said that they weren’t going to hear the case. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4734 "2022-03-08T03:50:22Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Why? I figured judicial explanations were an imperative, regardless of any applications. IANAL but IIRC [it is typical for “shadow docket” SCOTUS decisions on procedural grounds not to include judicial reasoning.](https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/oct/18/supreme-courts-shadow-docket-what-you-need-know/) We saw a high-profile instance of this recently in their allowing the Texas abortion restrictions to stand. > [@](#): > > In the normal course of events, the Supreme Court will agree to hear a case after it has made its way up through multiple levels of lower courts, with decisions made at each level. Once the Supreme Court officially decides to consider a case, briefs are filed by all parties and an hour-long oral argument is held. > > Eventually, a lengthy opinion is produced, with the majority and, often, a minority writing one or more opinions. […] > > By contrast, items that are “emergency” actions are decided on an expedited basis, said University of Pennsylvania law professor Kermit Roosevelt. Often, these cases will involve the lifting or continuance of a lower court ruling. Rather than months, lawyers may have days to assemble their briefs. > > Such cases are usually resolved “with terse orders that provide minimal explanation for the decision,” said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond. Sometimes these orders are not even signed by each justice, potentially leaving unclear which justice supported or opposed the majority ruling. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4735 "2022-03-08T04:00:02Z")
Thanks, despite not quite being sure if the ‘why’ was answered. > [@Kimstu](#): > > “Sometimes these orders are not even signed by each justice, potentially leaving unclear which justice supported or opposed the majority ruling.” 🧐 ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4736 "2022-03-08T12:13:59Z")
I wonder what lazy/sneaky bugger came up with that idea. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4737 "2022-03-08T15:19:38Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Thanks, despite not quite being sure if the ‘why’ was answered. I’d guess they don’t want their reasoning to be used as some sort of precedent when none is intended (since they never gave the case a full hearing) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4738 "2022-03-08T22:38:12Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > I just heard Barr on [Morning Edition](https://www.npr.org/2022/03/07/1084510375/ag-bill-barr-book-trump-2024). What a fucking shit stain. Even though Trump was a delusional idiot and the election wasn’t stolen, Democrats are the ones who are trying to destroy America. … > > PLUS, Barr is planning to vote for Trump in 2024! Unbelievable… except that it’s not. What a maroon. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4739 "2022-03-08T22:40:34Z")
Dropping this here too: > **[Guy Reffitt, first Jan. 6 rioter to go to trial, found guilty on all counts](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/guy-reffitt-first-jan-6-rioter-go-trial-found-guilty-counts-rcna19041)** > > The first Capitol defendant to take his case to trial was convicted of five charges. Because: > [@](#): > > The most damning evidence against the Donald Trump supporter was produced by the defendant himself. Over and over again — both before and after Jan. 6 — Reffitt recorded himself in various forums talking about what he planned to do and what he did. He even bragged about his conduct on a Zoom call that he recorded himself, which the government found on an external hard drive. I seem to recall there being a quote somewhere about the general inadvisability of taking notes about a criminal conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4740 "2022-03-08T22:44:13Z")
He was one of the hoodlums that Republicans like to claim was unarmed on Jan. 6. “Hardie said he and Reffitt were both aware of the strict gun laws in D.C., and that they’d even researched reciprocity laws in the states that they traveled through to see whether their concealed carry permits were valid. But they ultimately made the decision that it was worth being armed on Jan. 6 even if it was against the law.” > **[Armed Jan. 6 rioter had zip ties during Capitol attack, friend testifies at...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/armed-jan-6-rioter-zip-ties-capitol-attack-friend-testifies-trial-rcna18733)** > > Rocky Hardie testified that he and Guy Reffitt drove to D.C. from Texas armed with firearms and both believed the 2020 election was stolen. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4741 "2022-03-08T22:48:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I seem to recall there being a quote somewhere about the general inadvisability of taking notes about a criminal conspiracy. Nothing about Vlogging it. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4742 "2022-03-09T02:10:13Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The most damning evidence against the Donald Trump supporter was produced by the defendant himself. As I’ve been saying over and over for the last several years: when people tell you who they are, believe 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:** [March 9, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4743 "2022-03-09T02:23:08Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > As I’ve been saying over and over for the last several years: when people tell you who they are, believe them.   This appears to be a quote from Maya Angelou, approximately. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4744 "2022-03-09T03:23:05Z")
Oh, I was not aware that it was Maya Angelou who originally said that. Didn’t mean to imply that it was original to me; I knew someone else had said it previously. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4745 "2022-03-09T04:29:43Z")
Maya must’ve gotten it from somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4746 "2022-03-09T04:54:57Z")
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