# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175 "2025-01-20T19:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 188
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3742 "2026-05-12T20:00:32Z")
Well I happen to be latino and so I can call them a “reverenda manga de pelotudos” without risk, though most latinos wouldn’t understand what that means. We do latino our own way down here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3743 "2026-05-12T20:04:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > This made me smile, too: > > Daily Kos: Hispanic voters are saying adios to the GOP History repeating itself; George W. Bush managed to attract Hispanic voters which led to a lot of talk about how that would lead to a long term re-alignment of Hispanics with the GOP. The Republicans responded by doubling down on racism and driving them away, because they don’t _want_ Hispanic voters. It took some years, but those conservative Hispanic voters got over their moment of acknowledging reality and voted for Trump, proving that “once burned, twice shy” doesn’t apply to right wingers. They’ll never stop voting for people who want them dead. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3744 "2026-05-12T20:04:17Z")
😉 > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I must be some sort of MAGA idiot” Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3745 "2026-05-12T20:23:44Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > George W. Bush managed to attract Hispanic voters which led to a lot of talk about how that would lead to a long term re-alignment of Hispanics with the GOP. The Republicans responded by doubling down on racism and driving them away, > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I must be some sort of MAGA idiot” So wouldn’t it be… Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, … won’t get fooled again? ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3746 "2026-05-12T20:24:30Z")
For some or even many of them, sure. But there were an awful lot of repeat Bush and 3 time Trump voters ETA: I don’t think any of them were getting ready for a new revolution, except the Jan 6 sort ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3747 "2026-05-12T20:43:21Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > a new revolution, except the Jan 6 sort Can a revolution be reactionary? I think that is stretching the definition of revolution. I can’t get into the mind of MAGAs, so I may be wrong. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3748 "2026-05-12T20:59:17Z")
Sorry, I was referencing a song by the Who - “Won’t Get Fooled Again”. The lyrics reference the new revolution and Constitution, but decidedly not the right wing reactionary sort ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3749 "2026-05-12T21:24:44Z")
Yeah, and GWB was confused by reality and The Who. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3750 "2026-05-13T01:38:15Z")
And not even remotely close to being the worst president ever. I know many would rank him #2, but the current idiot has lapped the field, several times. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3751 "2026-05-13T02:45:57Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > “reverenda manga de pelotudos” without risk, though most latinos wouldn’t understand what that means. I am not Hispanic. What does ‘reverend gang of rascals’ mean where you are? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3752 "2026-05-13T02:53:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Frodo](#): > > > > “reverenda manga de pelotudos” without risk, though most latinos wouldn’t understand what that means. > > I am not Hispanic. What does ‘reverend gang of rascals’ mean where you are? Google Translate gave me “A whole damn bunch of morons” when I looked it up earlier, which made sense. It seems like it’s translating an idiom, though. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3753 "2026-05-13T02:56:24Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Google Translate gave me “A whole damn bunch of morons” Huh. It gave me what I posted. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3754 "2026-05-13T03:06:22Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > Google Translate gave me “A whole damn bunch of morons” > > Huh. It gave me what I posted. I got something similar with “Detect language” selected (and it incorrectly guessed the language was Latin) but got the result I posted when I then selected Spanish. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3755 "2026-05-13T03:06:58Z")
> [@robby](#): > > I got something similar with “Detect language” That could be it. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3756 "2026-05-13T08:29:55Z")
> **[‘Duped’: Ari Melber breaks down the MAGA backlash over Trump Mobile disaster](https://www.ms.now/news/trump-mobile-backlash-gold-smartphone-grift-meme-coin)** > > One year after Trump Mobile’s launch, MAGA supporters are growing angry with the president after failing to receive their gold smartphones. What? A Trump-branded project has failed to deliver? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3757 "2026-05-13T10:30:59Z")
“gold smartphones” is funny. Metallic yellow at best, and neither the phone nor the buyer are even remotely smart. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3758 "2026-05-13T12:58:21Z")
It’s Rioplatense Spanish, spoken in Argentina and Uruguay and understood by neighboring countries but hard for anybody north of the Tropic of Capricorn. “Pelotudo” does not mean “Rascal”, and “Reverenda” is used as an intensifier. “Pelotudo” means “Imbecile” but most specifically the harmful variety of idiot (a harmless idiot is a “Boludo”, though “Boludo” can also be used to affectionately refer to a friend) ETA: This is a very good translation, if not exact (there being no exact word-for-word translation of “Pelotudo” I think) > [@robby](#): > > Google Translate gave me “A whole damn bunch of morons” when I looked it up earlier, which made sense. It seems like it’s translating an idiom, though. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3759 "2026-05-13T15:19:51Z")
I’m sure it’s Obama’s fault somehow… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3760 "2026-05-13T15:40:14Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > George W. Bush managed to attract Hispanic voters which led to a lot of talk about how that would lead to a long term re-alignment of Hispanics with the GOP. The Republicans responded by doubling down on racism and driving them away, because they don’t _want_ Hispanic voters. It took some years, but those conservative Hispanic voters got over their moment Latino “conservatives” are VERY socioculturally traditionalist (and classist, IMO) and many of those who went for Trump reveal they don’t really grasp how the American framework of “Whiteness” works. They became convinced they were on the very edge of following the Irish, Italians, etc. in being “promoted” to the In-Group. They became easy targets for planting the fear of the Other Minorities—Black, LGBTs, low-class new immigrant—and of how Liberal policies are communism. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3761 "2026-05-13T15:45:54Z")
Yes, it’s basically the myth of the model minority. More than a few Asian immigrant groups fall into this trap as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175.md?page=187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175.md?page=189)