# 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:** 297
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5927 "2022-07-11T22:41:09Z")
Does Lindsey know that he is not in the Executive branch? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5928 "2022-07-11T22:44:09Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > He looks like that _with_ sleep? > > Apropos of nothing, now I wonder if he layers on two or three sets of pajamas the same way he wears three or four dress shirts for some unfathomable reason. People who drink heavily tend to emit an odor that is…unpleasant. The layers are probably an attempt to keep in the stink. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5929 "2022-07-11T22:45:12Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Does Lindsey know that he is not in the Executive branch? Even then, he’d lose the case just trying to go to court to plead privilege against a Congressional subpoena. Here, where we’re looking at a criminal inquiry, I’m really not seeing much hope for him. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5930 "2022-07-11T23:08:45Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > he’d lose the case just trying to go to court to plead privilege against a Congressional subpoena. Here, where we’re looking at a criminal inquiry, I’m really not seeing much hope for him. Last week, his attorneys [argued](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/sen-lindsey-graham-must-testify-before-special-grand-jury-georgia-judge-rules) that complying “would erode the constitutional balance of power and the ability of a Member of Congress to do their job.” Yeah, right. Because he’s so damn busy doing Congressional work. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5931 "2022-07-11T23:52:39Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/38dltnRTIII/maxresdefault.jpg "DON'T TRUST HIM: Steve Bannon is Trying to CREATE CHAOS w/ the January 6th Committee Investigation!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38dltnRTIII) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5932 "2022-07-11T23:55:40Z")
Hey, I have a tangential question, as long as we’re talking about Lindsay Graham: He’s a lot in the news lately, and I’ve read several articles on several different news sites, and _occasionally_ I read some of the user comments. Why is it so popular to refer to Graham in the feminine? Many many posters refer to “Ms. Graham”, and refer to him with “she” and “her” pronouns. One person referred to him as “Lindseybelle”. There are photoshopped memes of him in a dress or bikini. What is behind all this? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5933 "2022-07-11T23:57:47Z")
Homophobia. Jon Stewart himself is guilty of this. ETA: Of course I don’t know if he’s gay or not, and I don’t care either. But that’s why the “She” stuff shows up. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5934 "2022-07-11T23:57:53Z")
He’s unmarried, people assume he’s gay and think it’s funny. I think it’s stupid at best. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5935 "2022-07-12T00:11:58Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Homophobia. And misogyny. Because of course to imply that a man is a woman is to suggest that he’s a lesser person who can be safely denigrated and disrespected. I despise Lindsey Graham, but the fact that he’s a loathsome lying piece of shit does not justify using homophobia and sexism to insult him. (Same for body-shaming Graham’s fellow loathsome lying piece of shit Mitch McConnell with “turtle” insults, or mocking Trump for being fat.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5936 "2022-07-12T00:14:14Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Yeah, right. Because he’s so damn busy doing Congressional work. Testifying to the commission is Congressional work! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5937 "2022-07-12T00:17:55Z")
But Graham isn’t ignoring a Congressional subpoena. The judge said he had to respond to the subpoena laid on him by the Georgia grand jury investigating CFSG’s interference in the Georgia election. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5938 "2022-07-12T00:23:38Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I despise Lindsey Graham, but the fact that he’s a loathsome lying piece of shit does not justify using homophobia and sexism to insult him. (Same for body-shaming Graham’s fellow loathsome lying piece of shit Mitch McConnell with “turtle” insults, or mocking Trump for being fat.) To be fair, much of the mockery directed at Graham is based on the surmise that he’s yet another hypocritically homophobic closet case, and most of the mockery directed at Trump is for transparently (even by his standards) lying and claiming to weigh 239 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5939 "2022-07-12T00:24:27Z")
True, hypocrisy-shaming is fair game. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5940 "2022-07-12T00:41:47Z")
Are we so woke now that we can’t make fun of turtles? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5941 "2022-07-12T01:50:41Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Lindsey Graham has now been ordered to testify before the Georgia grand jury on August 2. Graham had attempted use executive privilege to avoid giving testimony. Is Executive Privilege the new gold fringe? Or maybe grasping the horns of an altar? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5942 "2022-07-12T03:17:49Z")
Given the people involved, I think _gazing at a snake_ is more apropos. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5943 "2022-07-12T07:08:13Z")
![](https://media0.giphy.com/media/rqg6cxIInEWg8/giphy.gif) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5944 "2022-07-12T11:04:03Z")
. Can we make fun of him for not having a soul and being an empty shell of a man? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5945 "2022-07-12T12:33:58Z")
So, so, tasty… This morning’s schadenfreude has an international zest to it: > ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5946 "2022-07-12T14:21:18Z")
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