# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/41 "2020-11-17T01:45:27Z")
> [@robby](#): > > A TV deal I can see, but a book deal? How many of Trump’s base read books? > > Is a picture book? A series of Tweets Sharpied on toilet paper? ---
**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:** [November 17, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/42 "2020-11-17T02:24:37Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > A series of Tweets Sharpied on toilet paper? On paper towels. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/43 "2020-11-17T13:12:24Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I don’t know if it’s been mentioned here, but Facebook has seen something of an exodus from conservatives who delusionally believe they are being singled out for censorship. They’re flocking to an app called Parler which is a safe haven for white supremacists. > > Except!! Parler is also trying to steal their freedom! And right out the gate! Here’s a whole thread on Parler and it’s … ahhh … inconsistencies. > [@New-ish "free speech" app, Parler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-free-speech-app-parler/925109): > > I never heard of it until yesterday, and now it’s all over my Facebook, and the culprits who are advertising it are quite predictable. In short, they allow certain posts, activities, and viewpoints that aren’t allowed on Facebook or Twitter, and I personally anticipate that it’s only a matter of time before it ends up on Tor. The name is from the French “parler”, pronounced “par-lay” and it means “to speak.” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/44 "2020-11-17T19:25:51Z")
> [@robby](#): > > A TV deal I can see, but a book deal? How many of Trump’s base read books? It ain’t supposed to read. It’s supposed to be bought. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/45 "2020-11-18T00:52:24Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > A TV deal I can see, but a book deal? How many of Trump’s base read books? > > It ain’t supposed to read. It’s supposed to be bought. . Yeah, this. It’s to have sitting out on top of the TV so when your neighbors come over they can see it displayed proudly under this week’s _TV Guide_. Also, it may well be suggested, it makes a great Malicious Gift for your librul relatives. Take _that_, libruls!!!1!! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/46 "2020-11-18T02:09:13Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Also, it may well be suggested, it makes a great Malicious Gift for your librul relatives. Take _that_, libruls!!!1!! Umm, it was kind of you to think of me, but orange isn’t really my color - I’m more of a Spring. Did you happen to keep the receipt? ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/47 "2020-11-18T02:37:28Z")
Wait, wait, wait, is it a pop-up book? Cause if it’s a pop-up book, I want one, for, ah, erm, uh, reasons. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/48 "2020-11-18T03:31:57Z")
Seen plenty of tweets of this manner, so here’s some freshly killed schadenfreude… Act 1: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/q_3kEvJb9rgqmg25wutKA7qu0byqANF4sV_at7oIZW6Pk-uT1KZhuBIJ7ACTqIBJkhA9CQAf_xq4XAa3SWy1ui5d5ah0bI_xnpa2QCWhsRS3jzlrRVy61V9agsSUiR0t-tgeYEtH6w=w494-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/BNQhzVrJCuSS2Nzw7) Act 2: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BONHM-uzdc0sx3bZ_Tgn265vTLAWaLvdLclYIij4h4tODHdYfvMnWngRGGqATT_FQwjh8zY9W3RPS0kc10AAqK5vqEB57SmzBIfCNWNKQF-PKYKK7FkbM19uEIqBK_sS_3s-1a_y5w=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/RCAqW3yxVYveqN8v7) Act 3: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I9ayo_4_sBZMoIY_X26yKZuGUxhCj1L-iMF8F8IBD6N1ZQWyY3jY3jMS4Yz6Sw-sWc0B78-3SlClP_caic3Ipk_K58oUiC6Fkr3Lgd21olbJsVF4ET0YrwCvquj5WWsrfivuaN_btA=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/yNjMFnzcS6LMjjP38) Plot twist! [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/h1XmqEthQF7EnutIPRwqBCsfgWQGCIFYV3zScmXD6__cs1Arc-6EZaAJN12wP39wRWctJ8uDhD99eREmQCU3uhMKQduuZ0gMJShpe3CRuJeGaMUyoW1USi2en4K_S2GKAjApbZYHqw=w600-h218-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/WFo9j8yyrrXq2nJW9) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/49 "2020-11-18T03:53:19Z")
Trump got 304 electoral votes. So Biden’s 306 would best him if all holds. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/50 "2020-11-18T13:42:21Z")
Poor Trump. It’s really been an election of two halves for him, hasn’t it: Bad and Worse. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/51 "2020-11-19T00:02:55Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > Also, it may well be suggested, it makes a great Malicious Gift for your librul relatives. Take _that_, libruls!!!1!! > > Umm, it was kind of you to think of me, but orange isn’t really my color - I’m more of a Spring. Did you happen to keep the receipt? Sorry, I donated the receipt to the Glorious Cause of Trumpian (White) Supremacy. In your name. 🕶 ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/52 "2020-11-19T00:07:06Z")
The first tweet pasted in your thread is by Jenna Ellis, a notably authoritarian gal who appeared on last week’s _Real Time with Bill Maher_. In traditional Bill Maher fashion, he totally let her off the hook for her 100% bad-faith-argumentation, because she’s youngish and semi-attractivish in an Eva Braun-ish way. So that’s some schadenfreude on Bill Maher: it’s so sad that he can’t hold right-wing shills to account if he thinks there’s even a 1% chance he could get somewhere with them… ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/53 "2020-11-19T05:13:24Z")
Check this out: > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/JennaEllisEsq45/posts/1667041533548434)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/54 "2020-11-19T14:02:52Z")
This is the link to the actual article in The Federalis: > **[5 Reasons Every American Should Oppose Donald Trump](https://thefederalist.com/2016/02/29/5-reasons-every-american-should-oppose-donald-trump/)** > > It’s not just about conservative credentials or his slimy personal history. Donald Trump is a danger to the American ideals of a free and open society. …and here is why the writer is a hopeless optimist: > In other words, [Donald Trump is a fascist](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/donald-trump-a-fascist.html). Or, at least, as close to a fascist as America’s political culture is ever going to produce. America’s right wing political culture is just getting warmed up. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/55 "2020-11-19T15:22:22Z")
It’s a pop-up. And yes, that’s what I was implying. ETA: Crap. Ninja’d. Should have read the rest of the thread. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/56 "2020-11-20T00:03:15Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > America’s right wing political culture is just getting warmed up. Oh, yes. They’ve seen what can be done by dimwitted rank incompetents. Now they’re excited about what could, quite possibly, be accomplished by people with IQs above room temperature. Minority rule is by definition anti-democratic, so Republicans are by definition enemies of democracy. And they see nothing wrong with that. In Michigan schadenfreude news: One, advance s. for the two Michigan GOP officials, who will be part of certifying the MI vote, who are going to the White House to meet with Trump! Because why wouldn’t they?!?!?!?!? And the advance s. is for what Trump will do to them after they do his bidding (or submit to his threats or whatever it will be), and then he needs fall guys, and then I hope they’re interested in the undersides of high-capacity road vehicles! In the same article is news of the two Michigan GOP canvassers who first said they wouldn’t certify the vote, then said they would, and now want to take that back: > [@](#): > > Also Thursday, state officials said Michigan’s largest county cannot revoke its certification of election results after two Republicans who approved Biden’s local landslide wanted to revert to their initial stance of refusing to bless the vote tally. > > The GOP effort to change position represented another complication in what is typically a routine task. But they can’t take it back! It’s so sad! > **[Trump summons Michigan GOP leaders for extraordinary meeting](https://apnews.com/article/trump-invites-michigan-gop-white-house-6ab95edd3373ecc9607381175d6f3328)** > > DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump summoned Michigan's Republican legislative leaders to the White House for an extraordinary meeting Friday amid a long shot GOP push to subvert the democratic process that handed the battleground state to Democrat... ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/57 "2020-11-20T15:11:45Z")
1. I lost the train of discussion about the Federalist, could someone catch me up? 2. What can Trump possibly offer the Michigan legislature Republicans to do something as illegal as he wants? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/58 "2020-11-20T15:20:05Z")
I assumed, when I heard they were going to DC, that this is where they will be presented with their compromat and told what they must do henceforth. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/59 "2020-11-20T16:03:11Z")
Ambassador to Ukraine! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/60 "2020-11-20T16:36:39Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > … > 2. What can Trump possibly offer the Michigan legislature Republicans to do something as illegal as he wants? > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I assumed, when I heard they were going to DC, that this is where they will be presented with their compromat and told what they must do henceforth. And regardless of whether said compromat is real or deepfaked, the guys from MI don’t / won’t have the resources (or probably gumption) to defeat it. Or of course, in addition to sticks there’s always carrots. Here’s your nice new swiss bank account passbook with 5 _Meeellion_ dollars in it. Now run along like a good boy, do your job as instructed and you can have your dessert when that’s done. [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=2) [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=4)