# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/21 "2017-08-10T13:44:50Z")
> [@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. You criticized Obama a lot while he was in office – are you saying now that those of us who disapprove of Trump’s actions and words shouldn’t criticize him? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/22 "2017-08-10T13:47:25Z")
> [@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. Until the investigation is complete, how are you so certain it’s all bogus? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/23 "2017-08-10T13:52:06Z")
> [@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. Yeah, complaining about the elected leader of the free world is just like constantly ragging on a private citizen who lost an election. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/24 "2017-08-10T14:04:49Z")
> [@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. > [@What factors contributed to turning Trump into Cuntus Maximus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-factors-contributed-to-turning-trump-into-cuntus-maximus/781410/150): > > Ya done been played by an incompetent pussy-grabbin’ fool with all the wit and charm of a schoolyard bully during recess. Suck it up, buttercup. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/25 "2017-08-10T14:08:50Z")
> [@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. Aw, you seem stressed. Maybe you should take this guy’s advice. > [@I release a thousand Bumpus hounds on TBS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-release-a-thousand-bumpus-hounds-on-tbs/281604/30): > > Deal with it. > [@What exactly don't the birthers like about Obama's birth certificate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-dont-the-birthers-like-about-obamas-birth-certificate/499410/69): > > Deal with it. > [@can a former President who has served two terms run for Vice President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-former-president-who-has-served-two-terms-run-for-vice-president/565924/36): > > Deal with it. > [@Clothahump, and others...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothahump-and-others/770465/379): > > Deal with it. > [@I'm gonna have to pit all you butt-hurt snowflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/1): > > grow up and deal with it > [@Texas again proves it is the asshole of the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/103): > > Deal with it. > [@Positive Gun News of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1208): > > Deal with it. > [@Why cops and their unions don't care about the public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cops-and-their-unions-dont-care-about-the-public/792876/167): > > Deal with it. > [@Stephen Miller and cosmopolitan bias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-miller-and-cosmopolitan-bias/793040/135): > > Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/26 "2017-08-10T14:13:53Z")
You could have just sent him a PM. I don’t think you are talking to too many Trump supporters here. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/27 "2017-08-10T14:26:47Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > But stop with the bullshit, time- and money-wasting bogus investigations You mean like Benghazi or emails, right? Of course, the results didn’t matter to you–she’s still a felon in your eyes, regardless of the law. If the current investigation turns up nothing on Trump, I’ll absolutely accept it. I trust the people in charge to do the job they’re supposed to do. (And, honestly, I don’t necessarily expect anything to come of it, but I respect the process, no matter the conclusion.) ---
**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, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/28 "2017-08-10T14:28:13Z")
> [@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? We’re not whining, we’re opposing. And fairly successfully so far, too. There were some things we couldn’t stop, like Gorsuch taking Merrick Garland’s SCOTUS seat, or the jackbooted thugs of ICE. But we fought ACA repeal to a standstill, and have greatly limited the damage the GOP could do in other areas. > [@](#): > > 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 You bet it is! Minimizing the damage he might’ve done to this country is _extremely_ cathartic. And even better, useful and productive. 🙂 > [@](#): > > 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. Tell ya what: you dig up a post of yours from 2016 or earlier saying that the Congressional investigations of Hillary had gone on too long, and it was time to give it up. And we’ll count the number of days the investigations had gone on up to that point. When the investigations of Trump have gone on that long without any indictments, I will join you in saying it’s time to throw in the towel. Fair deal? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/29 "2017-08-10T14:29:32Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > You mean like **Benghazi** or emails, right? Of course, the results didn’t matter to you–she’s still a felon in your eyes, regardless of the law. If the current investigation turns up nothing on Trump, I’ll absolutely accept it. I trust the people in charge to do the job they’re supposed to do. (And, honestly, I don’t necessarily expect anything to come of it, but I respect the process, no matter the conclusion.) What’s amazing is that after 8 or 9 investigations, when she’s been cleared _by his own side_, he still can’t deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/30 "2017-08-10T14:41:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What’s amazing is that after 8 or 9 investigations, when she’s been cleared _by his own side_, he still can’t deal with it. There’s no way for him to deal with it. His posts are involuntary reactions to external stimuli. There’s no _thought_ behind them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/31 "2017-08-10T15:55:53Z")
> [@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. Until that person arises, Trump is going to keep up the pressure. [Yay, a knight has arrived to save us!](http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi-emails-federal-judge/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/32 "2017-08-10T16:51:24Z")
> [@Club\_33](#): > > child porn pizza parlors Lowest funded Kickstarter ever. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/33 "2017-08-10T18:30:43Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > [Yay, a knight has arrived to save us!](http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi-emails-federal-judge/index.html) I was going to post this story. From yesterday: Benghazi! emails! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/34 "2017-08-10T18:46:56Z")
When right-wing garbage says “Get over it” or words along those lines, they mean they know that you’re right and that Trump is a failure, but they support him anyway because he promised to make the scary brown people go away. The worthless jackass practicing it here isn’t the only one doing it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/35 "2017-08-10T18:51:53Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > You criticized Obama a lot while he was in office – are you saying now that those of us who disapprove of Trump’s actions and words shouldn’t criticize him? You’re expecting him to actually answer that? :dubious:😉 ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/36 "2017-08-10T19:18:08Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Does that mean that we will not hear claims of Hillary’s felon-hood from you anymore? It’s a moot point these days. She committed the felonies, she got a pass on them and I doubt anything further will ever be done. If I thought there was a chance she would be prosecuted, I’d still be talking about it, but the miraculous Clinton Teflon-aura has worked its magic once again. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/37 "2017-08-10T19:24:43Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > It’s a moot point these days. She committed the felonies, she got a pass on them and I doubt anything further will ever be done. If I thought there was a chance she would be prosecuted, I’d still be talking about it, but the miraculous Clinton Teflon-aura has worked its magic once again. Since we don’t need actual charges, indictments or convictions, would you agree that Trump committed a felony when he raped Ivana? ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/38 "2017-08-10T19:25:16Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > You criticized Obama a lot while he was in office – are you saying now that those of us who disapprove of Trump’s actions and words shouldn’t criticize him? We had grounds for criticizing Obama. He was an incompetent fuck-up and he showed that every day he was in office. The only grounds the libs have for crying about Trump is because…well, I guess it’s because he’s not Clinton and he had the audacity to win the election. Oh, and he doesn’t have the best haircut in the world. I’ll give you that one. If Trump screws up like Obama did (ie, he comes up with crap like Cash For Clunkers, Fast And Furious, Obamacare, etc.), I’ll be happy to join in and criticize him. Until he does, I suggest that you guys quit whining simply because he’s Trump. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/39 "2017-08-10T19:36:15Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > We had grounds for criticizing Obama. He was an incompetent fuck-up and he showed that every day he was in office. > > The only grounds the libs have for crying about Trump is because…well, I guess it’s because he’s not Clinton and he had the audacity to win the election. Oh, and he doesn’t have the best haircut in the world. I’ll give you that one. > > If Trump screws up like Obama did (ie, he comes up with crap like Cash For Clunkers, Fast And Furious, Obamacare, etc.), I’ll be happy to join in and criticize him. Until he does, I suggest that you guys quit whining simply because he’s Trump. Thank you for answering, by the way. This is not a reasonable assertion about politics. There were things that Obama said and did that can be reasonably criticized. The same is true of Trump. It’s not reasonable for you to say that there are no grounds for criticism of Trump. That doesn’t mean every criticism is accurate, but there are reasonable criticisms of Trump, just as there are for pretty much every politician in history. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230/40 "2017-08-10T19:51:31Z")
> [@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. Yes, this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-a-personal-plea-to-please-get-off-the-pot/793230.md?page=3)