Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Monday, June 16, 2025

MAGA bits: Toxic, noxious, pestilential and just plain insane

djt now shows clear evidence of being full-blown insane (crazy-go-nuts) in addition to being a childish narcissist, chronic liar, kleptocrat, anti-vaxx crackpot, sex weirdo and predator, convicted felon, etc. 

TNR reports that djt is proposing far more aggressive anti-immigrant bigotry and racism. He now endorses "remigration." That is far-right, racist authoritarian crackpottery that advocates mass deportation of immigrants, including naturalized citizens! That amounts to a dramatic escalation of fascist anti-immigrant bigotry and racism. He also intensified his attacks on Harvard University, threatening to reallocate $3 billion in federal grants to trade schools while falsely claiming foreign students displace American applicants. Although legal experts argue this is unlawful and courts temporarily blocked it, we all know that djt could not care less about breaking laws. He has immunity, thanks to his MAGA USSC. 

In other MAGA pestilence, The Guardian reports about new and improved MAGA policies for the VA (Veterans Administration). The new rules allow doctors, psychologists, dentists and other VA health care providers to refuse to treat Democrats and unmarried veterans. The new and improved rules were imposed after djt signed an EO (Executive Order). These rules allow discrimination on the basis of anything that is not legally protected.

After the failure of djt's poorly attended military parade and the success of the nationwide No Kings anti-djt protests, the AP reports that djt has ordered ICE to be more aggressive about deporting people in cities that Democrats control. He said that ICE “must expand efforts to detain and deport illegal aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where millions upon millions of illegal aliens reside. .... If we didn’t have the National Guard on call and ready, they would rip Los Angeles apart.” What a noxious child he is. 

The Daily Beast reports that djt has clarified that "America First" means whatever he says it means. He said that in response to criticism from some MAGA supporters over U.S. support for Israel’s military actions against Iran. It is good to get that squared away.

The Independent reports that Latinas for Trump, apparently a fine group of apparently low information voters, now say that djt's deportations is not what they voted for. Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia said in X blither on Saturday: “This is not what we voted for. I have always supported Trump, through thick and thin. However, this is unacceptable and inhumane.” She said her Cuban-refugee parents “are now just as American, if not more so, than Stephen Miller. This undermines the sense of fairness and justice that the American people value.” Seriously? Bwahahahahahaha!!

Obviously, Ms. Garcia is seriously disinformed. She doesn't get it.