# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 358
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7142 "2024-07-30T10:40:25Z")
Right. Trump is so used to saying something, and then, for his lackeys to say, “Yes, sir, you’re absolutely correct sir, right away sir.” What he needs to hear is somebody else saying, “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me, Donald. That policy? It is to laugh.” That’s what will put a chink in Trump’s armour: laughing at him. He hates that. Laugh at him over his “Mexico will pay for a wall” garbage, laugh at him for his “they’ve emptied their prisons and mental asylums and sent them here” garbage, laugh at him for his “I’ll have a solution for Obamacare in two weeks” garbage. He hates being laughed at. Therefore, to beat him, you laugh at him. So whatever he comes up with next, just laugh at it. He’ll blow his stack eventually, and prove how much he really hates America. As in, “It won’t let me be a dictator!” ---
**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:** [July 30, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7143 "2024-07-30T13:21:47Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > What do you mean? He makes jokes all the time. > > “In my new administration, on day one, I’ll be a dictator. I’m joking! But seriously, let’s go beat up some minorities. Kidding!” > > See? Total comedian. Not to mention that a couple days after his ‘let’s inject bleach’ press conference comment, he said he was being sarcastic in order to pwn the lamestream media. Watching the clip, to me he sounded absolutely sincere in his belief it was a good idea when he said it. So he’s clearly a master of subtle irony as well. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7144 "2024-07-30T13:31:58Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > I would just like it known that I’ve been saying for years exactly what Jeffrey Parker described his professor advocating - **laughing at Fascists**. I saw U2 during their Zooropa tour, where they had an overblown stage and as I realized they were making fun of American ‘Morning Zoo Radio’ Over-The-Top Culture, Bono said “There’s an old Pilgrim saying that goes: _'Mock the devil and he will flee from you!_'” And I felt like I’d been given my marching orders… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7145 "2024-07-30T13:51:09Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > And the GOP is freaking out in response, because (a) it’s objectively true that they’re an unsettling batch of weirdos, and (b) there is no effective reply. > > So keep it up. It’s driving them _nuts_ to be mocked instead of feared. Yeah, I will also totally agree with your take. I hope “creepy” catches on as much as “weird” seems to be. I think women in particular will resonate with these criticisms. I also like how it’s been coordinated but also fairly subtle. Like, multiple Dems are slipping it in their remarks along with other descriptors so it’s not 100% obvious that they are pushing it unless you watch multiple speakers. It’s not too much of a sledgehammer as to feel forced (yet, anyway). I saw that Vivek Ramaswamy of all people was pushing back on the “weird” characterization by calling it juvenile and saying Dems should focus on policy. Seriously - that right there shows you they are sweating it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7146 "2024-07-30T13:55:44Z")
You know, that would make a great Harris campaign ad. Intercut footage of Trump saying ridiculous moronic stuff with Harris laughing. Pay to have it run constantly on Fox. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7147 "2024-07-30T14:37:37Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Intercut footage of Trump saying ridiculous moronic stuff with Harris laughing. Pay to have it run constantly on Fox. When I read it, I envisioned intercutting clips of an audience pointing and laughing. (I think they did something similar on _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_.) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7148 "2024-07-30T14:45:47Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > (By comparison, if Trump has ever been caught on camera simply laughing, just letting loose with mirth, I’m unaware of it. Yet another reason he’s just, like, _so fucking weird,_ man.) I have never seen tanTrump laugh, he can only smirk. The feeling closest to joy he ever showed was glee. He never understood a joke, much less told one. He does not understand why he is laughed at either. More the reason to keep it up: laugh at him, ridicule him, point your finger at him and mock him. That’s his kryptonite. Red or green, I don’t care. Laugh with tears in your eyes. Wipe away those tears. Laugh again, harder. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7149 "2024-07-30T15:12:16Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > …laugh at him, ridicule him, point your finger at him and mock him. Here’s a video apropos of not much, except that it popped up in my YT feed. Though it’s nothing I nor probably any of you haven’t heard before, this supercut of trump displaying not only his colossal ignorance of history, but proudly and unapologetically demonstrating it, is breathtaking to watch. Please use it as great fodder to laugh at, ridicule, and mock. Then take a breath, realize this idiot is our once and possibly future President, and pray ‘never again’. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vtgzVARrPu4/maxresdefault.jpg "Donald Trump's Guide to American History | NowThis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgzVARrPu4) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7150 "2024-07-30T15:12:16Z")
trump has stated in interviews that he hates being laughed at. Smell the blood in the water, keep it up, pour it on. It will make him ramp up the fourth grsde level stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7151 "2024-07-30T16:39:53Z")
Wasn’t there some kind of celebrity roast for him where he made it a rule that nobody could make fun of him? Which is, y’know, the whole point of a celebrity roast. What a thin-skinned crybaby. ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7152 "2024-07-30T16:56:49Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > We haven’t been getting any traction pointing out that Trump and his minions on the modern Right are a force for evil in the world. They absolutely are, but that’s a rational argument, and it requires you to argue directly with them. And if you’re doing that, you’re letting them set the terms of debate, and that’s a losing path. > > What we’ve all suddenly collectively realized is that they’re not just evil — they’re also really fucking _weird._ They’re hateful fascists, but they’re also intensely creepy little goblin men. And that’s something you don’t have to rationally argue: you just recoil from them with a sarcastic chuckle, and everyone acknowledges how bizarre it is that these angry sex-gremlins think they should be in charge of the world. Not the best way of phrasing this but it is what I’ve been saying for roughly 8 years now. If you don’t give most crazies the privilege of your attention, other than to verbally dismiss them, then why would you do otherwise for _these_ crazies? Your average person isn’t analyzing the words and arguments and evidence, they’re looking at the body language. If you’re treating loonies like they need to be paid attention to, then you’re helping them to build their base. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7153 "2024-07-30T18:23:32Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > trump has stated in interviews that he hates being laughed at. Well, let’s hope that that video doesn’t take off all over the Internet, or else Trumplethinskin will be very, very sad. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7154 "2024-07-30T20:36:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > When I read it, I envisioned intercutting clips of an audience pointing and laughing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/n4isBMEnAK4/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - T.V. Laughs At Homer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4isBMEnAK4) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7155 "2024-07-31T01:13:05Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Wasn’t there some kind of celebrity roast for him where he made it a rule that nobody could make fun of him? Which is, y’know, the whole point of a celebrity roast. What a thin-skinned crybaby. A roast in absentia seems in order. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7156 "2024-07-31T02:32:37Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Wasn’t there some kind of celebrity roast for him where he made it a rule that nobody could make fun of him? Which He refused to come to the annual White House Correspondent Dinner, which is essentially that, a roast. Obama, on the other hand, delivered masterful and guffaw-worthy addresses at them. Biden speaks at them too, I just haven’t watched them yet. I go back and watch Obama’s when I need to be reminded of what a true politician of the people, for the people is. Here’s a short one, but I encourage you to go back and watch the full speeches on YouTube when you have time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zeGpLg0b3DE/hqdefault.jpg "CNN: President Obama zings Donald Trump, birthers at White House Correspondents' Dinner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeGpLg0b3DE) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7157 "2024-07-31T03:10:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What’s with the weird flick at the end of his stroke? The limpest wrists on the course. And it’s not just putting, recall that bringing a small cup of water to his mouth is a challenge for him as well. Seriously, how weak are you if you can’t control such tiny hands? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7158 "2024-07-31T04:21:28Z")
I about mistakenly posted this in P&E and thought I should bring it to an appropriate Pit thread. I’m a slow learner, but I think I am learning. > [@Is Trump confused?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1270): > > Ah, yes, “my wife can’t say how she feels about me getting shot but she either likes me or loves me”, a completely normal thing for a husband to say. If I was to have to say that my spouse “likes or loves me”, that means I don’t know my spouse. My favorite part, reading between the lines is this line: “When I went down, she thought the worst had happened”. Thought? Or she did a little internal happy dance? ---
**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 31, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7159 "2024-07-31T04:47:23Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Or she did a little internal happy dance? Do you mean like [this](https://giphy.com/gifs/rgq4Sar77s85W)? (The link goes to Giphy.) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7160 "2024-07-31T04:51:18Z")
Slap a “I really don’t care, do you?” coat on Snoopy, and I bet it would’ve been hard to tell the difference between the two. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7161 "2024-07-31T05:00:52Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Jeeze. I absolutely suck at golf, and even I can tell his form is awful. > [@Stratocaster](#): > > That is a terrible putting stroke. But in fairness, from an outcome perspective, I’d say his putting is mediocre (for a weekend golfer). Wait until you see how JD Vance putts! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=359)