You really need to go back and read what was said. He simply told him not to say if it he didn’t mean to insult, or to come up with a more creative insult if he did.
And there is no equivalence here. It is perfectly possible to be okay with attacking a psychopathic wannabe dictator while not being okay with attacking someone for being in the wrong political party.
Trump is not normal.
Zaphod was just a figurehead to hide who was actually running things. And he had no desire to be anything but. Heck, he intentionally hid his knowledge of this so that he could still be president.
Dude just ran on being fun. Trump is not fun.
Trump may have a Heart of Gold in common with Zaphod.
I don’t mean Trump is a kind person. I mean he may have had surgery to literally plate his heart with gold.
Reagan was called the Great Communicator by some Republicans. [farting noise], or maybe Bannon, could be the Hate Communicator.
How about Big NAC?
(Not A Clinton)
That’s a good one. And the main reason he is President Trump today.
I am mostly into not paying attention to the Oval Orifice and instead cultivating my garden.
The eggplant harvest is in full swing, and the Brugmansias promise well.
I use the name, but I don’t capitalize it. I think that would, if he knew about it, hurt his ego more than any insult. I figure we’ve seen it enough with all five letter capitalize, that I’m just doing my small part to restore some balance.
Beats the heck out hearing the other alternative…Shillary. We all have our opinions.
Gotta say, yes, “short-fingered vulgarian” just has that perfect ring to it. However, IIRC it was only a prefix, the usage on the page on first reference was “short-fingered vulgarian Donald Trump”. Because we DO want to make sure everyone associates the mn with the notion.
Meh, look, he is the president for the foreseeable future and any president’s name does get plastered all over the press and web. Pretty sure that the Combover In Chief cares little whether I’d tag him instead as Ivanka’s Loving Daddy or the Handshake Horror or as the Terror-Twittering Twit; but all those take way more typing than the brief, rhyming and descriptively New Yorkish Donald Schlump.
Someone in a previous thread suggested “That awful man,” and this is the construction I favor in face-to-face conversation.
In the SDMB, I can usually just say “he” in a context that is understood.
… Margaret Thatcher
Cite?
Suggestion: let’s not continue with the childish namecalling.
And to set the record straight for you, the President’s correct name is Donald Trump.
I’m sure “crooked Hillary” and “Little Rubio” and “Not a hero McCain” would agree.
The fact that he needs to repeatedly see his name in briefings in order to pay attention.
I’ll stop when he stops.
Childish. Trump’s middle name. Donald Childish Trump.
Fark seems to have settled on calling him “Donnie Two Scoops”, based on this story. Lately they’ve shortened that to just “D2S”.
My habit is just to imagine a couple typographical errors and read straight: PresidentRump.
It goes right past most listeners if I roll the Rs as if I have some kind of accent.
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Oh, did I forget some T[SIZE=1]ea?
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No, it’s Donald T. Rump. The T. stands for “The.” 