# Trump supporters, a personal plea to please get off the pot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 10, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230 "2017-08-10T05:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/1 "2017-08-10T05:40:45Z")
My very first Pit Rant, by Club 33 Dearest Trump Supporters, would it be too much to ask you the smallest of favors. Would you mind giving the “lock her up” mentality a much-needed rest regarding Hillary Clinton. We get it. You won. We get it. You don’t like her. I’m sure it is cathartic in a maniacal sort of way, and it must help to distract from the reality of legitimate investigations and such. But, here’s the thing. This incessant bitching and moaning on a daily basis about Benghazi and emails and charging “Hitlery” with crimes and child porn pizza parlors and all of it - just has to stop at some point. It is an obsession that you need to come to grips with. Let me see if I can spell it out (sans crayons) in a way even a Trump supporter can understand. You have control of ALL THREE branches of Government at the moment, with a majority in both the House and Senate. That means there is nothing standing in your way, nothing stopping you. With that in mind, please, for the love of God, shut up and charge her already. Put her on trial. Put her in shackles. Indict her ever which way to Tuesday. Do whatever you have to do to feel better about your election choice, whatever it takes to stop this whiny nonsense. I would give anything to get through a day without seeing a comment somewhere about everything illegal that Hillary has purportedly done, despite 12 Republican investigations that found zero evidence of a crime having been committed. So, if I haven’t been clear, put up or shut up. Please. There is only one logical thing keeping Hillary from being charged with a crime. A total lack of credible evidence that would support charges being filed. If you had anything, anything at all, she would be in a worse looking jumpsuit than normal. But the harsh dose of reality here is (say it with me) YOU HAVE NOTHING. NADA. In summary, shit or get off the fucking pot. Enough already. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/2 "2017-08-10T05:42:28Z")
Get off the pot and stop shitting on everyone, you mean. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/3 "2017-08-10T05:54:51Z")
Is this even something that’s been coming back into the limelight a lot recently? I mean I read the news everyday and I haven’t been seeing a lot of editorials or right-wing marchers or protesters in the street bringing up the old “Lock Her Up!” stuff. That seemed like it mostly died on the cross immediately after Trump won the election, other than maybe a jab here or there by someone to deflect away from the Russia investigation or Whitehouse leakers. I think North Korea is the more distressing thing going on right now. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/4 "2017-08-10T05:59:36Z")
I’d kinda rather Trump tried this as a distraction than most of the other things suggested in fear. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/5 "2017-08-10T06:08:30Z")
Think about what your asking: imagine the kind of person who puts on a red MAGA hat and goes to a Trump rally in West Virginia; not in autumn of last year, but just a couple of weeks ago. Imagine a person who has so little going on in his life that this is how he chooses to spend his free time. After all that has happened, after failure upon failure by Trump, after a string of bizarre and counterproductive outbursts by Trump, this person still is motivated enough to go down to the rally, wait through security and chant “lock her up!” Do you honestly think you’re going to reason with that person? Do you honestly think there is anything to reason with? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/6 "2017-08-10T06:14:24Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Is this even something that’s been coming back into the limelight a lot recently? I mean I read the news everyday and I haven’t been seeing a lot of editorials or right-wing marchers or protesters in the street bringing up the old “Lock Her Up!” stuff. Yes, because the only thing Trump really knows how to do is put on a dog and pony show for the dupes who support him, and even though Clinton is barely relevant now, he’s always going to try to milk that for whatever he can get–especially when it becomes more clear that he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing: he can always run out to a rally and do the song and dance with the standard repertoire. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/7 "2017-08-10T08:57:59Z")
> [@Club\_33](#): > > This incessant bitching and moaning on a daily basis about Benghazi and emails and charging “Hitlery” with crimes and child porn pizza parlors and all of it - just has to stop at some point. It is an obsession that you need to come to grips with. Hey, he’s been trying to throw a few change-ups lately, but Richard Blumenthal just isn’t as well known. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/8 "2017-08-10T10:45:59Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Is this even something that’s been coming back into the limelight a lot recently? I mean I read the news everyday and I haven’t been seeing a lot of editorials or right-wing marchers or protesters in the street bringing up the old “Lock Her Up!” stuff. That seemed like it mostly died on the cross immediately after Trump won the election, other than maybe a jab here or there by someone to deflect away from the Russia investigation or Whitehouse leakers. I think North Korea is the more distressing thing going on right now. In the last Kellyanne Conway newsclip I watched, when asked about alleged Trump criminality she brought up Benghazi and refused to discuss anything else. Is that what you mean by “maybe a jab here or there” ? 😕 Yes, of course hers is simply infantile prattle, but Conway isn’t just the local drunk or a talk radio host: she’s “Counselor to the President” for heaven’s sake! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/9 "2017-08-10T11:06:20Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Is this even something that’s been coming back into the limelight a lot recently? I mean I read the news everyday and I haven’t been seeing a lot of editorials or right-wing marchers or protesters in the street bringing up the old “Lock Her Up!” stuff. That seemed like it mostly died on the cross immediately after Trump won the election, other than maybe a jab here or there by someone to deflect away from the Russia investigation or Whitehouse leakers… Not sure what news sites your reading every day, but perhaps you should expand your reading? Last week in West Virginia: > [@](#): > > He said that instead of looking at his campaign, prosecutors should be looking into his Democratic opponent from last year, Hillary Clinton, and her deletion of emails from a private server she maintained while secretary of state. > > The crowd chanted “lock her up!” in return. > **[At West Virginia rally, Trump rejects allegations of collusion with Russia as...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/08/03/at-west-virginia-rally-trump-rejects-allegations-of-collusion-with-russia-as-total-fabrication/?utm_term=.628aa618fb57)** > > Prosecutors should look into Hillary Clinton's emails instead, Trump said, and the crowd responded with 'Lock her up!' ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/10 "2017-08-10T12:09:04Z")
If only there were someone in authority, some EXECUTIVE BRANCH person, who could initiate an investigation into Hillary’s obvious crimes. If only there were someone in authority who could LOCK HER UP. Until that person arises, Trump is going to keep up the pressure. Hey, no one knew that presidenting was going to be so hard!! #sad. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/11 "2017-08-10T12:14:25Z")
How many fucking investigations into Benghazi were there? What specific wrongs were laid at Hillary’s feet? I believe the answers are many and none, respectively. Yet if you have any right wing Facebook friends, you will see a meme about once a week crucifying Hillary for one thing or another. She will never be president, shut the fuck up about her. I think in 50 years when her flesh has long rotted from her bones, right wingers will still be pissing and moaning about Benghazi and something something emails. It’s long past time to lock Kelly Anne Boner Killer Conway into the White House basement. Let the next president call in pest control and have her removed. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/12 "2017-08-10T12:20:13Z")
Well, among the various “health” theories floating around concerning the Prez, one analyst\* proposes that Trump suffers from [“thought constipation syndrome”](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/4/1597136/-Trump-s-Pre-Existing-Condition-Thought-Constipation-Syndrome), so naturally he (and by extension his supporters) need a cathartic. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Hey, he’s been trying to throw a few change-ups lately, but Richard Blumenthal just isn’t as well known. I’ll always remember Dick Blumenthal for [threatening the Infectious Diseases Society of America with antitrust litigation](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489928/) (because he didn’t like their guidelines for treating Lyme disease). \*great name by the way. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/13 "2017-08-10T12:22:45Z")
It’s a \*nom de merde. \* ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/14 "2017-08-10T12:51:05Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Is this even something that’s been coming back into the limelight a lot recently? Fox News is still all about Hillary, amazingly enough. Hannity especially. When everyone else was covering the attempts to repeal Obamacare, Fox was avoiding it almost entirely. What did they cover instead? More Hillary ‘scandal’ stuff. [Here’s a Newsweek story from just a few weeks ago about Hannity’s continuing Hillary obsession.](http://www.newsweek.com/trump-hannity-obama-clinton-fox-news-638018) ETA: [More of Fox News’ Hillary coverage over the past month.](http://insider.foxnews.com/tag/hillary-clinton) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/15 "2017-08-10T12:56:18Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’ll always remember Dick Blumenthal for [threatening the Infectious Diseases Society of America with antitrust litigation](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489928/) (because he didn’t like their guidelines for treating Lyme disease). Heh, given Trump’s scientific illiteracy, I wouldn’t be surprised if either he doesn’t know about this or he actually agrees with Blumenthal on this point. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/16 "2017-08-10T12:59:33Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If only there were someone in authority, some EXECUTIVE BRANCH person, who could initiate an investigation into Hillary’s obvious crimes. If only there were someone in authority who could LOCK HER UP. Yeah, this is the part that amuses me. If wingnuts are demanding to know why Hillary isn’t being prosecuted, then why don’t they just ask Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III? Surely he could give them some answers if he chose to. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/17 "2017-08-10T13:16:09Z")
> [@Club\_33](#): > > My very first Pit Rant, by Club 33 > > Dearest Trump Supporters, would it be too much to ask you the smallest of favors. Would you mind giving the “lock her up” mentality a much-needed rest regarding Hillary Clinton. We get it. You won. We get it. You don’t like her. I’m sure it is cathartic in a maniacal sort of way, and it must help to distract from the reality of legitimate investigations and such. > > …snip… > In summary, shit or get off the fucking pot. Enough already. Dearest Liberals, would it be too much to ask you the smallest of favors. Would you mind giving the incessant whining about Donald Trump a much-needed rest? He won the election. He is the President. We get it - you don’t like him. I’m sure it is cathartic in a maniacal sort of way, and it must help to distract from the reality that he is the President. But stop with the bullshit, time- and money-wasting bogus investigations and the screams of impeachment. In summary, shit or get off the fucking pot. Enough already. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/18 "2017-08-10T13:20:37Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dearest Liberals, would it be too much to ask you the smallest of favors. Would you mind giving the incessant whining about Donald Trump a much-needed rest? He won the election. He is the President. We get it - you don’t like him. I’m sure it is cathartic in a maniacal sort of way, and it must help to distract from the reality that he is the President. But stop with the bullshit, time- and money-wasting bogus investigations and the screams of impeachment. > > In summary, shit or get off the fucking pot. Enough already. Does that mean that we will not hear claims of Hillary’s felon-hood from you anymore? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/19 "2017-08-10T13:33:12Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dearest Liberals, would it be too much to ask you the smallest of favors. Would you mind giving the incessant whining about Donald Trump a much-needed rest? He won the election. He is the President. We get it - you don’t like him. I’m sure it is cathartic in a maniacal sort of way, and it must help to distract from the reality that he is the President. But stop with the bullshit, time- and money-wasting bogus investigations and the screams of impeachment. > > In summary, shit or get off the fucking pot. Enough already. Would it be too much trouble to ask your Dear Leader to do something besides watch Fox, tweet, golf, run his money laundering, and eat two scoops of ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/20 "2017-08-10T13:36:54Z")
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