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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 73 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

The best way to deal with bluster and narcissism is the grey rock method.

That won't work here because of FOX and the influencers will then be the only source for communication with the Trump administration.

The only thing that will work would be a general strike and Emperor's New Clothes moment of huge protests in multiple cities with millions taking part.

That is the only non-violent road forward. And the USA might be too big and too trapped in a digital maroon-ing to be able to coordinate that type of civil action.

Laugh all we can. I agree. But there needs to be a nation-wide coordination of civil disobedience on a scale unseen in the USA ever before. It is going to require getting over differences that the Trump administration will leverage to divide and conquer.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago (5 children)

No. The best way is with humor (assuming you don’t have a gun handy). Fascists hate being laughed at. They want to believe they’re the baddest motherfuckers in the room, and cry like little toddlers the second they think they’re not. (Mel Brooks proved this time and again in WWII)

That’s why the ‘stop being weird’ thing worked so well. That’s why Commander Failure had a breakdown to rival a tired four-year-old in his office after the US generals didn’t leap up out of their seats applauding him.

Mock them. Belittle them. Laugh at them. Tell them they’re weird. It will get under their skin like nothing else.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 9 months ago

if only we can convince the railroad workers to strike again, that definitely got both Houses scared asf.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So... Wait.

It's the exact way we deal with misbehaving children?

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 55 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I remember watching these ads on latenight TV in the 90s and wondering, what kind of losers buy this?

oh, that kind of loser.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago

Who thinks that's an improvement? But I recall those commercials as well as everyone making fun of them. Now one of the biggest fascists in North America went on tv with that crap at one point.

And the President of the United States allows him to run so many things. Crazy. I'm not sure Mad magazine could have wrote something so bizarre.

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Body shaming still isn't cool. For every short Nazi, there is a short comrade.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yup. People always come out of the woodwork defending body shaming bad people. Body shaming anybody perpetuates the ridiculous stigmas, and even if it makes bad people feel bad, it doesn't result in them changing their behavior.

I'm pretty sure it's just people that want to be assholes but have the wherewithal to understand they shouldn't looking for acceptable targets.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Is this case he’s a healthy and very normal looking dude. He’s just min-maxed his personality and how he carries himself for immense goblin vibes.

I’m not defending the goblin, or the people noticing that adult goblins are 4 feet 10 inches tall, on average.

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm a short overweight guy and don't don't take offense at all when people use that to mock bad people lmao

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Like much of the Republican administration, he is a small man, referring to his personality, not his physical form.

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

“Stephen Miller is a clown! I’ve never seen that guy in real life, but he looks like he’s, like, 4 feet 10 inches. And he looks like he is angry about the fact that he’s 4 feet 10 inches. And he looks like he is so mad that he is 4 feet 10 inches, that he has taken that anger out on any other population possible,” the New York Rep. said.

Ah yes, definitely referring solely to his personality.

Just stop lying. Disingenuous.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I was, not AOC. You and I can take the high road all we like as outsiders, but AOC shouldn't since it hasn't worked for the Democrats for 15+ years.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've said it often that the best way to deal with them all is laugh when they speak. It affects them on a level that few can sense. They feed off your anger but laughter hurts them.

Edit: best not beat. A little Freudian slip.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 23 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Get groups of teen girls to roast him mercilessly. Being considered laughably unfuckable by the most "desirable" females is one of their triggers.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 18 points 9 months ago

I can't wait for the day that that vein explodes and strokes this fucker out.

[–] RaoulDuke@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] RustyShackleford@lemmy.zip 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Stephen Miller looks like the bastard son of Vladimir Putin.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

great grandson of that EyeTalian feller....

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sure. These fucks are gearing up to declared all Democrats terrorists ... but laughter at their height I guess.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Don't underestimate the power of ridicule. This isn't about laughing, but about changing the public eye's perception, and that is powerful.

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People need to start making fun of this tiny bald bitch more

[–] MangioneDontMiss@feddit.nl 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hey fuck steven miller, but anyone who mocks someone over something as superficial as their height is a prick.

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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I'm sure it's because of his upbringing, and a direct result of his parents inflicting trauma on him, but this man is a monster. He needs to be punched in the face.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Fuck Stephen Miller but as a short dude her comments pissed me off to be honest. That dude's taller than I am. Stick to his politics. Maybe short dudes wouldn't feel the need to compensate if we weren't getting shit on from all sides constantly. If we don't compensate we're ignored or ridiculed.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nobody cares about his politics. Project 2025 has been out there for like 3 decades now, nobody gives a shit.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago (16 children)

So denigrating short men is going to help? She's gonna win a lot of people over with that?

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[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Unless the information is incorrect, Google measures him at 5'9.. Now, I'm no fan of fuck-face Miller, but why are we pretending like the exact median human height in North America is laughably short? AOC herself is 5'4. This entire height dunking situation is a bit confusing.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Now, I’m no fan of fuck-face Miller, but why are we pretending like the exact median human height in North America is laughably short?

We know he's insecure about it.

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[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Its not really about what is or isnt tall, its about what annoys him. If he believes that being 5ft9 is short, than calling him Smurfette will likely make his piss boil. Doesnt make it true, just makes it true that hes an insecure nazi dweeb.

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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I'm not saying modern Conservatives have small dicks, but they sure do give off little dick energy.

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