# 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:** 490
**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:** [April 26, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9787 "2023-04-26T23:51:57Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Even without being on TV, he stands to make millions, if not tens of millions, a year on the conservative speech circuit. If he sets himself up in radio or a podcast, even more. He could make bank going the “right wing martyr taken down by the left” route. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9788 "2023-04-27T10:38:43Z")
Looks like the wall is not getting built after all… > **[Founder of the We Build The Wall group linked to Steve Bannon is sentenced to...](https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172343738/we-build-the-wall-founder-sentenced-prison)** > > Brian Kolfage previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations a campaign that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9789 "2023-04-27T12:42:48Z")
The ongoing battle of Disney vs. Evil Prince DeSantis continues to be interesting and amusing: > **[Disney has a 'strong case' against DeSantis over his 'retaliatory campaign,'...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/27/media/ron-desantis-disney-reliable-sources/index.html)** > > Disney just cast Ron DeSantis as the villain in a story of good versus evil. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9790 "2023-04-27T13:14:24Z")
Who will play the villain? They can do alot with makeup and fatsuits. Could be a career defining role. Gary Oldman, Pacino? ? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9791 "2023-04-27T13:16:14Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The ongoing battle of Disney vs. Evil Prince DeSantis continues to be interesting and amusing: So, anyone taking bets on how long before Disney _actually_ makes a movie featuring DeSantis as the grossest pervert of all time? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9792 "2023-04-27T13:32:35Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Who will play the villain? They can do alot with makeup and fatsuits. Could be a career defining role. Gary Oldman, Pacino? ? Keira Knightley? She’s got range, who knows. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9793 "2023-04-27T14:04:33Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > So, anyone taking bets on how long before Disney _actually_ makes a movie featuring DeSantis as the grossest pervert of all time? It’s a Tim Burton film called _Pudding Pinky_. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9794 "2023-04-27T15:07:45Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > So, anyone taking bets on how long before Disney _actually_ makes a movie featuring DeSantis as the grossest pervert of all time? Disney animators can have a wry sense of humor. I can easily imagine a thinly veiled DeSantis showing up at least as a minor character in the next Disney animated feature film. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9795 "2023-04-27T15:42:01Z")
And even if they don’t there will be enough people who “see” DeSantis here or there, as there were people who “saw” the word _sex_ in smoke, a penis in a cloud, end so on. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9796 "2023-04-27T15:59:03Z")
Which is perfect, because now all Disney has to do is…nothing. People will start rumors and see things and Disney gets all the benefits with none of the risks. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9797 "2023-04-27T17:58:28Z")
I’ve been surprised for months that Disney hadn’t filed this lawsuit. It’s a almost textbook example of governmental retaliation for exercising free speech. We are extremely fortunate that Desantis, like Trump, is either too stupid or too arrogant (my money is on both) to hide his agenda. Thank God for their incompetence. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9798 "2023-04-27T18:09:50Z")
I’m guessing they were giving him enough rope. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9799 "2023-04-27T18:19:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Keira Knightley? She’s got range, who knows. Nah, she’s too tall. And too thin. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9800 "2023-04-27T18:26:19Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > We are extremely fortunate that Desantis, like Trump, is either too stupid or too arrogant (my money is on both) to hide his agenda. That’s a feature, not a bug. They need everyone to see what they’re doing. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9801 "2023-04-27T18:27:15Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > We are extremely fortunate that Desantis, like Trump, is either too stupid or too arrogant (my money is on both) to hide his agenda The problem is that hiding the agenda defeats the purpose. The point is to signal to the deplorables his agenda. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9802 "2023-04-27T18:41:33Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > a penis in a cloud I mean, he is the governor of a state shaped like a penis. > [@Hamlet](#): > > I’ve been surprised for months that Disney hadn’t filed this lawsuit. It’s a almost textbook example of governmental retaliation for exercising free speech. I think that they were waiting for the other shoe to drop. They did the thing with stripping the special district of its powers so DeSantis’s minions couldn’t mess with them. Then when they tried to (and maybe succeeded, I’m not sure how it worked out) reverse that, Disney _immediately_ filed suit. I think that simply reorganizing the special district was removed enough that it could have cover, but their latest actions have removed that cover. I’m having a hard time following it, but I’m sure Disney’s lawyers aren’t. It’s actually a bit annoying that I’m rooting for Disney, but I figure that’s how much of the future is going to be, all the way up until Musk releases the Tesla murderbots and we have to rely on the Small World animatronic league to defend us. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9803 "2023-04-27T19:15:58Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > It’s a almost textbook example of governmental retaliation for exercising free speech. Agree. DeSantis has openly and clearly bragged about retaliating specifically against Disney, and no other entity, in order to punish Disney for its acceptance of gay people. He’s been very clear about what he’s doing to punish a company for their exercise of free speech. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9804 "2023-04-27T19:25:29Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I mean, he is the governor of a state shaped like a penis. I always thought Florida resembled a dog turd in the middle of being shat out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9805 "2023-04-27T19:32:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I always thought Florida resembled a dog turd in the middle of being shat out. But what do you think of its shape? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9806 "2023-04-27T19:35:40Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > I always thought Florida resembled a dog turd in the middle of being shat out. > > But what do you think of its shape? - It’s kinda droopy. [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=489) [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=491)