• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s always “just a joke” when it’s discovered to be too appalling for him to claim it’s serious.

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      Dude has zero clue what the word “joke” means. Since when has making completely fucked up statements with no comic structure or punchline ever been considered a joke?

      Although, to be fair, more often than not, Trump is completely serious and not claiming that he’s joking. It’s his handlers that lean the most on the “iTs OnLY a jOKe” bullshit

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        It’s common for conservatives - their humor is pretty much entirely based on mocking or laughing at a marginalized group they consider lower than themselves.

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    He’s made this “joke” before.

    Trump also proposed digging a water-filled moat and stocking it with snakes and alligators. If he was kidding, his aides didn’t think so, as they sought a cost estimate for the cartoonishly ludicrous proposal. Trump also wanted the wall to be electrified, and topped with spikes that could “pierce human flesh.”

    Source

  • carl_dungeon@lemmy.world
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    Man it’d be terrible and sad if he accidentally was fed to a wood chipper feet first, haha joke! Everyone loves a good joke!