# 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:** 278
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5547 "2022-06-07T15:04:51Z")
Lindsey considers himself to be a secret agent, working to push his target in the direction he wants them to go. He voted for the infrastructure package and was friendly with McCain and Biden. He’s a sane, moderate, centrist who is willing to brown nose and stroke egos to get what he wants. But, none of that stops him from doing the right thing every once in a while - including flushing some blowhard whose realm he successfully infiltrated down the toilet. I am curious what he did. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5548 "2022-06-07T15:11:43Z")
He may consider himself a secret agent, but I consider him a remora that follows the biggest shark it can, hoping to get some of its scraps. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5549 "2022-06-07T15:16:07Z")
He reminds me of this scene: > **Londo:** Do you know why I am here? I’m here to grovel before your wonderful Earth Alliance, in hopes of attaching ourselves to your destiny, like… what are those fish called on your planet that attach themselves to sharks?" > **Garibaldi:** Remoras. > **Londo:** You make very good sharks, Mr. Garibaldi. We were pretty good sharks ourselves, once – but somehow, along the way, we forgot how to bite. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5550 "2022-06-07T19:13:59Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > He voted for the infrastructure package and was friendly with McCain and Biden. He’s a sane, moderate, centrist who is willing to brown nose and stroke egos to get what he wants. But, none of that stops him from doing the right thing every once in a while - including flushing some blowhard whose realm he successfully infiltrated down the toilet. Yes, but surely all that has been known for some time. What did Lindsey Graham do recently that necessitated a Special Emergency podcast? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5551 "2022-06-07T19:26:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yes, but surely all that has been known for some time. What did Lindsey Graham do recently that necessitated a Special Emergency podcast? - He came up for air? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5552 "2022-06-07T19:52:50Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > He fell down an elevator shaft and landed on some bullets. See? Guns don’t kill people. Bullets kill people. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5553 "2022-06-07T20:23:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yes, but surely all that has been known for some time. What did Lindsey Graham do recently that necessitated a Special Emergency podcast? It could be that he existed at a time when MTG needed to roast someone for her own visibility’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5554 "2022-06-07T20:30:27Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Mysterious hit-and-run accidents, suicides by falling out of tall buildings, etc. … We’ll know something nefarious is afoot if people start throwing themselves backwards onto salad forks. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5555 "2022-06-07T21:13:36Z")
I can’t help but wonder if it is related to the upcoming January 6 hearings. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5556 "2022-06-08T17:56:19Z")
He mentioned he would be open to voting on gun legislation. Any cartoonists here? I have a vision of MTG, depicted with the Frankenstein’s monster bolts coming out of her neck, attacking an elephant. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene knocks Graham for openness to voting on gun legislation](https://thehill.com/news/house/3514922-marjorie-taylor-greene-knocks-graham-for-openness-to-voting-on-gun-legislation/)** > > Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his openness to voting on gun control legislation, arguing such measures were going to “hurt the very people that vot… ---
**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:** [June 8, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5557 "2022-06-08T18:04:53Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > That’ll teach them to not masturbate. I do not understand this reference? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5558 "2022-06-08T18:19:43Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I do not understand this reference? The Proud Boys (and several other alt-right groups) have a set of strange beliefs (you know…beyond the white nationalism and misogyny and such), including the idea they should not masturbate or watch pornography. This will theoretically force them to go out and meet women, rather than hole up at home on the internet being literal jerkoffs. There are doubts, among the less credulous out there, about how successful they actually are in enforcing such behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5559 "2022-06-08T18:31:27Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > including the idea they should not masturbate or watch pornography. This will theoretically force them to go out and meet women, rather than hole up at home on the internet being literal jerkoffs. Huh 🤨. First I’ve run across that strange little tidbit. They really are more cult-like than usual. But that is both deeply, profoundly stupid and weirdly insightful of them all at the same time. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5560 "2022-06-08T18:32:07Z")
Now I want to see a _Seinfeld_ parody featuring the Proud Boys. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5561 "2022-06-08T18:34:20Z")
“I’m out!” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5562 "2022-06-08T20:06:40Z")
😆 😆 😆 ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5563 "2022-06-09T05:31:48Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > This will theoretically force them to go out and meet women, rather than hole up at home on the internet being literal jerkoffs. I think the real intention (not to be mentioned aloud) is to keep them horny, frustrated, angry, and violence-prone. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5564 "2022-06-09T12:28:19Z")
Well, of course. Just like their stated intention that they aren’t violent racists, they’re just looking out for poor, beleaguered white men may not actually be totally accurate either. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5565 "2022-06-09T13:23:48Z")
He came out….in support of Biden’s gun control initiatives. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Off on Lindsey Graham for Pledging to Vote on Gun...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-off-on-lindsey-graham-for-pledging-to-vote-on-gun-reform-helping-biden-pass-his-e2-80-98communist-agenda-e2-80-99/ar-AAYbUNI?ocid=uxbndlbing)** > > Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene ripped Senator Lindsey Graham by accusing him of helping President Joe Biden's "communist agenda" for gun control. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5566 "2022-06-09T14:52:28Z")
That always amuses me. The well-known communist Joe Biden. [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=277) [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=279)