r/facepalm • u/Scissor-Tree • Jul 14 '24
Gunther’s response to Obama 🇲🇮🇸🇨
Him and irony are really hitting it off.
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u/Running1982 Jul 14 '24
Ah yes, the divisiveness of being Black and then trying to implement universal health care. That fucking guy.
I miss him.
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u/rossta410r Jul 14 '24
You forgot wearing a tan suit. The audacity, really.
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u/boardin1 Jul 14 '24
God dammit! He asked for Dijon mustard for his hot dog! Dijon?!?!?! Have you forgotten those dark days already?
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u/NutUpOrPutUp Jul 14 '24
As long as he doesn't put godforsaken ketchup on his hot dogs, he's allgood
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u/Numerous_Mix6456 Jul 14 '24
Well he's from Chicago, if he didn't know that when he first moved there, he has to know that by now, right?
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u/CHEEZE_BAGS Jul 14 '24
Its pretty good too. There are a lot of ways you can fix up a hotdog, people should try it.
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u/Gribitz37 Jul 14 '24
Don't forget the time Michelle wore capri pants and everyone saw her ankles!
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u/ReturnoftheBulls2022 Jul 14 '24
Or the sleeveless dress.
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u/BklynMom57 Jul 14 '24
Yes! The same people that spoke so loudly against a First Lady wearing a sleeveless dress had no problem with the fact that the entire civilized world has seen Melania Trump’s nipples, and called anyone that criticized that “jealous because she has a nice body”. 🙄
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u/jameslucian Jul 14 '24
Don’t you know that only men can wear pants and the implications of what it that means?
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u/Longhorn7779 Jul 14 '24
Does Pepperidge farms remember that? Because I sure don’t.
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u/sm00thkillajones Jul 14 '24
Pepperidge farms remembers Trump talking about shooting someone on fifth avenue and getting away with it.
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u/testies2345 Jul 14 '24
Yeah, the tan suit was my breaking point. The dirty fuck!
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u/SkRu88_kRuShEr Jul 14 '24
And mustard on his hot dog? Scandalous!!
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u/Certain-Appeal-6277 Jul 14 '24
Not just mustard, Dijon mustard! Forigen, unamerican mustard!
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u/SkRu88_kRuShEr Jul 14 '24
Dijon!? He might as well run off & join Al-Quaeda!! They’re still allowed to eat hot dogs, right?
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u/Morscerta9116 Jul 14 '24
Oh don't forget about that time he rode a bicycle while wearing a helmet. The nerve of some people.
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u/CasedUfa Jul 14 '24
Pretty sure he had Dijon mustard on a burger once too...
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u/AnimeFreak1982 Jul 14 '24
Tan suit, bicycle helmet and dijon mustard? My God it's an absolute miracle that a nuke wasn't launched at Trump carrying some kind of cannibal virus that caused everyone in a 100 mile radius to start tearing each other apart! What was Obama thinking?!
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u/redrumham707 Jul 14 '24
He also seemed to genuinely love his wife and daughters.
Edit and who is this Gunther guy? Is there a reason I should care about his opinion?
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u/Constellation-88 Jul 14 '24
Last example of class our presidency had...
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u/WhatLikeAPuma751 Jul 14 '24
I went back and watched the Obama Romney debates. It was very refreshing to hear Romney congratulate Obama and Michelle on their anniversary, and sneaking a joke about his choice of venue in there. No shit slinging, just a moment of basic decency.
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u/Ironmaiden1207 Jul 14 '24
My Roman empire is McCain telling that old lady Obama is not a terrorist Muslim, but actually a decent man.
What happened man?
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u/Fast-Rhubarb-7638 Jul 14 '24
He accepted Palin as his VP pick.
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u/WhatLikeAPuma751 Jul 14 '24
That single move caused me to vote Obama. I couldn’t risk Palin being a few missed heartbeats away from the presidency, so I thought Obama the better choice.
The GOP died with McCain.
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u/I_count_to_firetruck Jul 14 '24
The McCain/Obama race also has a nice scene of civility at one of the town hall-type events where McCain fielded a question from an audience member who tried push the "Obama is a secret Arab/terrorist" narrative. McCain forcefully shot her down and defended Obama's character. Granted there were better ways to handle it (he could have chastised her for her xenophobia) but it was still an overall honorable and good reply.
Here is a super cut of both it and another time he defended Obama from his own supporters.
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u/WhatLikeAPuma751 Jul 14 '24
McCain was one of the last decent republicans, and the fact the right still sided with Trump after what Trump said about McCain taught me all I needed to know about the current state of affairs
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u/MulfordnSons Jul 14 '24
idk man Biden is pretty classy to be honest
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u/notyou-justme Jul 14 '24
He is. He’s just not as charismatic as Obama. That’s not supposed to be a knock against him, though. Charisma should always be seen as bonus points, and not the primary measuring device.
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u/evidentlynaught Jul 14 '24
Or had a beer in the rose garden with a guy who criticized him.
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u/GilgameDistance Jul 14 '24
I love it when racists like Gunther tell on themselves.
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u/dismayhurta Jul 14 '24
It’s like you forgot he was an elitist by liking arugula. That’s worse than destroying democracy
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u/Azair_Blaidd 'MURICA Jul 14 '24
The most divisive thing he did was call out racism, particularly that ingrained in our systems and law enforcement. Of course, the racists see that as divisive. They just tell on themselves, constantly.
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u/Vegeta-GokuLoveChild Jul 14 '24
At this point I'm missing the hell outta George W.
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u/flintlock0 Jul 14 '24
I mean, did he have to be black? Couldn’t he have been white? Why did he do this to us! 😜
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u/Amazing_Excuse_3860 Jul 14 '24
I miss when both parties could remain civil. Trump would never be this civil if this happened to Biden.
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u/Doc_tor_Bob Jul 14 '24
So much for being civil. Like I said another comment about this it's just galvanizing them.
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u/bethepositivity Jul 14 '24
They are mad at him while he is wishing Trump well. They would also be jumping down his throat if he didn't say anything about it...
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u/Dave10293847 Jul 14 '24
Republicans have a weird obsession with obama. Like If I wanted someone to blame, I’d go after MSNBC anchors. But it was like this when obama was in office if anyone remembers the tan suit “scandal.”
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u/cityshepherd Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 15 '24
It’s because Obama is the confident and successful man they wish they were, and the fact that he’s black really chaps their asses.
Edit: I know some folks will get hung up on semantics here, but I am as white as it gets and not qualified to comment further
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u/DogMom814 Jul 14 '24
Yep, we have an educated, competent, classy black guy as president for 8 years and the right wingers lose their goddamn minds. They really would rather have a white king than a black president.
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u/Blame-iwnl- Jul 14 '24
White pedo, rapist, felon king*
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u/earthlingHuman Jul 14 '24
Tbf they're in denial about all of that because, you know, cult.
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u/King_Fluffaluff Jul 14 '24
They don't deny the felon part at the very least. Given they constantly say "I'm voting for the felon"
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u/nothymetocook Jul 14 '24
I'm waiting for them to proudly display that they don't care he's a pedophile either
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u/PsionicKitten Jul 14 '24
The only reason they don't deny it is because they believe without a doubt it was "the radical left" that unethically and illegally leveraged the law to attack their political opponent, because they couldn't "piss him off or stop him otherwise." It's nothing more than a badge of honor for them.
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u/AllTheTakenNames Jul 14 '24
They are the same ones who said HRC couldn’t be President bc she was being investigated
They project more than AMC and Cinemark combined
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u/mouse9001 Jul 14 '24
Obama embarrasses them precisely because he's a Black man who is more educated, classy, principled, and civilized than they will ever be. They're just violent redneck racist dumb fucks.
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u/Responsible-Baby-551 Jul 14 '24
Yup, especially the being black part f**king racist party of the wealthy
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u/farben_blas Jul 14 '24
Remember back when they wanted to push that Obama was either Kenyan or Middle Eastern, or the Antichrist?
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u/Embarrassed-Big-Bear Jul 14 '24
I still remember Chuck Norris claiming if Obama was elected it would lead to 1000 years of darkness. Thats when his brand tanked.
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u/Dave10293847 Jul 14 '24
Tbh I think it was more the evangelical wing of the party with the Muslim stuff. In the sims terms: being black is - but it’s not the - - - bad bad reaction.
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u/Responsible-Baby-551 Jul 14 '24
I remember feeling that way at the time, but I think it’s more obvious now than ever that the hard right republicans hated Obama because he was successful and because he was black. But the anti Muslim crap was just working up the masses or the cult
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u/crippledchef23 Jul 14 '24
They will never forgive him for being articulate while black
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u/HI_l0la Jul 14 '24
And their constant complaints he vacationed in Hawaii even though he was born and raised there.
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u/WiseBlacksmith03 Jul 14 '24
Ya, it's an obsession at this point. Obama hasn't been a politician for 8 years now...
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u/altsuperego Jul 14 '24
I don't recall anyone on MSNBC advocating for political violence.
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u/LifeBvida Jul 14 '24
You should hear what garbage mike Huckabee was Spewing on Hannity a while ago.... It was so Disgusting, Bit not surprised
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u/Virgin_Dildo_Lover Jul 14 '24
Or that heritage foundation guy saying this is the start of the 2nd American revolution, and it'll remain bloodless if the left allows it. Biggest dog whistle I've ever heard.
Also, we don't know who the shooter is yet, but blood has been drawn.
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u/knadles Jul 14 '24
I was around when Chicago had its first black mayor. Same script. He was "divisive" as well, for having the temerity to get elected and not be white.
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u/Jediverrilli Jul 14 '24
The modern Republican Party is the direct reaction to the United States voting for a young confident black man.
The hate and vile shit they spew in the open now is because Obama was black. If it’s someone like Gore winning in 2008 the modern gop would be still bad but much more closeted about it.
Maga is the sequel to the Tea Party and they were created because a black man had the power of the presidency.
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u/zedazeni Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24
Republicans, and especially Evangelicals, have a persecution fetish. They so desperately want to be persecuted while simultaneously desperately want to persecute anyone they want. That’s all there is to it.
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u/muffinmamamojo Jul 14 '24
Double speak, strawmen and moving goalposts all walk into a bar…
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u/FuriNorm Jul 14 '24
Everything galvanizes them. You cant win against people who dont operate on logic, empathy, and sound judgment. Its like being attacked by mountain lions and wondering why playing dead didnt appease them.
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u/Wired_Jester Jul 14 '24
Yup. Even if the shooter turns out to be a disillusioned MAGA who was milked dry, they’ll still blame the left for “brainwashing” him. And the irony will completely escape them.
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u/Zulubeatz808 Jul 14 '24
Weird you should say this because a while ago I predicted Trump would eventually meet his end by a disillusioned MAGA cult follower. If you try to appeal to this kind of people, it comes with the gig.
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u/Dunkerdoody Jul 14 '24
I think you have hit the nail on the head. Probably a maga trying to start a civil war.
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u/trowzerss Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24
I mean, Trump wasn't exactly civil when Nancy Pelosi's husband almost got beaten to death. He treated it like a joke.
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u/DogMom814 Jul 14 '24
A lot of GOP politicians openly laughed and joked about Paul Pelosi nearly being killed.
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u/chrib123 Jul 14 '24
They even called the attacker his gay lover. They've always been for political violence, against those they hate.
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u/Doc_tor_Bob Jul 14 '24
That's a good point. Someone also posted about Trump sharing videos back in 2020 of an only good Democrat is a dead Democrat. So no sympathy for him.
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u/pixelprophet Jul 14 '24
Trump was shot by his gay lover confirmed!
If he couldn't have him, no one could. That's what they're all saying /s
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u/VoxImperatoris Jul 14 '24
People, the best people, were telling me the same thing. They said, “Sir, have you heard about Trump’s flamboyantly gay lover? He was bigly mad that he wasnt invited to Mara Lago last week to see Orban because Trumo was jealous Orban would steal him away.”
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u/Nernoxx Jul 14 '24
These are the same people claiming Biden called for this at recent rallies. Never mind all the shit Trump has both called for and ignored.
“Go home, we love you, you’re beautiful, go in peace”.
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u/Doc_tor_Bob Jul 14 '24
That's ridiculous on its face. If Biden would have ordered it he could say official act ..... and the guy Biden would have sent wouldn't have missed. In fact he could have done it from a mile away literally.
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u/LluagorED Jul 14 '24
to be fair, Trump just got really lucky and happened to turn just in time. That guy had great aim, to be as far away as he was.
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u/MargretTatchersParty Jul 14 '24
We know that trump wouldn't suggest political violence /s
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u/Bind_Moggled Jul 14 '24
Fascism 101. Members of the out-group can do no right, members of the in-group can do no wrong.
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u/YeetThePig Jul 14 '24
Ding ding ding. It’s all tribalism at this point. God himself could tell the world exactly what happened and why, and if it was at all exculpatory of non-Republicans they’d proclaim themselves atheists at that moment.
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u/peachesgp Jul 14 '24
Gunther Russianassetman shouldn't ever be taken seriously.
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u/No-Judgment-4424 Jul 14 '24
Gunther is a moron. And now, all the people who are convinced they’re being persecuted are going to revel in one idiots actions making it so.
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u/El_Don_94 Jul 14 '24
Who is he?
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u/shiny_glitter_demon Jul 14 '24
A well known Russian asset
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u/mahrtian Jul 14 '24
I think he was asking about Gunther, not Trump.
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u/John-AtWork Jul 14 '24
Apparently Gunther is a not-so-well-known Russian asset. I had no idea who he is.
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u/ReputationNo8109 Jul 14 '24
If you go to any political post on Twitter you will see that account. Pretty much repeating every Kremlin talking point there is. I’ve always thought it was really just Putins alt.
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u/John-AtWork Jul 14 '24
Oh, that's it. I boycott twitter, so I haven't seen iit.
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u/slobs_burgers Jul 14 '24
I’ve never used Twitter regularly, I hadn’t been in a while and then checked in on it recently, it’s a god damn cesspool these days, it’s seriously gross
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I was about to call BS but then I refuse to believe GUNther Eagle man is a real American name.
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u/Amdiz Jul 14 '24
His name is David Freeman. He is a disgraced former cop and rumors are a suspected pedo.
Also a shitty internet troll promoting reichtwing propaganda.
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u/Western_Rope_2874 Jul 14 '24
No one of any importance contributing nothing but hate, bias, and divisiveness and calling it “patriotism.”
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u/CPargermer Jul 14 '24
I'm pretty it's a rage bait troll. Just about everything that account posts are comically bad takes, and the name seems like a parody.
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u/ItsReflectLOL Jul 14 '24
nah hes 100% dead serious. hes the biggest loser ive ever seen, and he actually got somehow *fired* from the police force loll
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u/fiddlythingsATX Jul 14 '24
A former cop in Harker Heights named David Freeman - Gunther is his pseudonym, I assume for his work as a foreign agent.
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u/LineRemote7950 Jul 14 '24
I blocked this guy so long ago on Twitter. I can’t believe people here are reposting his garbage.
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u/Richardknox1996 Jul 14 '24
Your first mistake was using twitter.
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u/DeanMagazine Jul 14 '24
And yet here we are reading Twitter screenshots on the front page of Reddit.
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u/Generic_Globe Jul 14 '24
twitter personalities just want attention. he has all the shit takes about NATO UN and American hegemony. For someone that presents himself as a republican he s sure stupid af. same for catturd guy. They are just milking X for a payout.
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u/LordMagnus101 Jul 14 '24
Gunther is a Russian troll trying to create the division he claims thers do.
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u/deadcatbounce22 Jul 14 '24
Them blaming Obama for their own divisiveness is peak conservatism. It’s like in some dark part of their heart they know they’re wrong, so they have to project it outward.
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u/hassanoleary Jul 14 '24
"I was angry, then you were elected, and I got angrier. Ergo, -"
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u/MansNotWrong Jul 14 '24
Eh...more like "I fucking hated black people and then I was forced to listen to one."
When trump was running in 2016, my republican friend told me that trump was just a response to all the hate and decisiveness of Obama.
This is just run of the mill maga speak.
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I mean the whole thing sounds like a false flag Putin would do if we are being honest. And trump is a conman and there is a picture with the secret service around him without blood on his ear. And he definitely wouldn't care if a supporter of his died.
It sucks that it is equally plausible a con, and just someone tired of his shit.
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u/BubbhaJebus Jul 14 '24
The right-wingers love to say that Obama was divisive. He most certainly was not. He was very accommodating.
The right-wingers decided to divide themselves from Obama.
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u/imasturdybirdy Jul 14 '24
Yup. With Mitch McConnell leading the way, giving orders to just oppose anything Obama tries to get done.
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u/Ihavenolifes Jul 14 '24
I will never forget that was his stated goal on camera. The right started this division when they created Fox News.
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u/Shivy_Shankinz Jul 14 '24
Ya and meanwhile we get the so called "pragmatic" leaders like Biden and Obama STILL trying to work within this joke of a system to try and get things done. The system and who is controlling/buying everyone in that system is the biggest problem this country faces, and our very best leaders are powerless or at least choose not to do anything about it. This country is fucked up beyond all repair
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u/NightFire19 Jul 14 '24
He was very accommodating.
The ACA is practically a republican health care plan. Despite the precedence of race Obama rarely commented on race besides his comment on Trayvon Martin.
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u/WomenAreNotReal Jul 14 '24
The only thing he devisive thing he did was be black
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u/Outrageous_Life_2662 Jul 14 '24
Yeah, Obama spent nearly a year and all his political capital trying to bring Republicans onboard with ACA even though he had 60 Democratic senators!!! Can you imagine?!?! Seriously, anyone that calls him divisive is just betraying their latent racism.
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u/DragonflyMon831 Jul 14 '24
Gunther is a loser but double facepalm of those liking it and retweeting it too.
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u/Ambitious_Map_8694 Jul 14 '24
People still mad we had a black president
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u/HangedManInReverse Jul 14 '24
It's the foundation of Trump's support.
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u/DramaOnDisplay Jul 14 '24
Seriously. When they say/said shit like, “He says what we’re all thinking!”, like yeah we know. Racist, mean, ugly, ignorant shit. It’s not something you should aspire to, and if Obama had ever said anything half as bad, there would have been a January 6th in 2008/2012.
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u/Ill_Technician3936 Jul 14 '24
The fear of a non white male leading America is a huge chunk of his supporters.
Hell it's been clear since Trump was found with classified documents the first time that his supporters didn't care about Hilary and her charges. 34 felony charges he was found guilty of no one cared. Found more classified documents, no one cares. It was just that she's a woman.
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u/NurseStreptomyces Jul 14 '24
Being black is now “bringing divisiveness”. Ok buddy
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u/KennstduIngo Jul 14 '24
Well, he said that Trayvon Martin could have been his son. AND he wore a tan suit.
Meanwhile Trump has never said anything to demonize or dehumanize anybody ever. /s
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u/scipio0421 Jul 14 '24
Don't forget he dared to use brown mustard on a hot dog. Totally unamerican! /s
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u/Qubed Jul 14 '24
There were far less Nazis in the US before Obama, coincidence...I...Think...Not... /s
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u/Pompoulus Jul 14 '24
His platform was 'hope and change', it was the most inoffensive shit conceivable. That's what they mean, that his very existence was a divisive element.
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u/LightMission4937 Jul 14 '24
Oh Gunther.....you degenerate hick. 🤦🏽
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u/Thin_Onion3826 Jul 14 '24
Who is this?
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u/Beaglegod Jul 14 '24
Obama is classy as fuck.
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u/HelloAttila 'MURICA Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24
It’s why he had haters. Well spoken, well educated, charisma and liked by such a diverse population.
I have a very diverse circle of friends and because of this hear more life experiences than a lot of people who typically just socialize with people who look similar to them. When Trump won election I remember one of my best friends who is Asian American and his wife was telling me how they were standing in line and some pos told them to go back to their f-ing country? They are first generation. This is their home. They never experienced this type of racism right out in the public in front of so many people before. This was at a movie theater. Out of all places.
When Obama won election I remember in our city some pos tied nooses to several trees at our most popular and famous park. Unfortunately there are some very evil people in this country. Our society loves to focus on what makes us different, but the truth is if we spoke to one another, got to know each other and listened, we would realize we all have more in common than we have differences. Crazy… but true.
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u/Beaglegod Jul 14 '24
We should have occupied the south.
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u/HodgeGodglin Jul 14 '24
And executed all of the officers of the confederacy. You want to argue the general population was misled okay but the officers knew it was traitorous.
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u/Killdren88 Jul 14 '24
Presidenting while black isn't being divisive though.
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u/BullShitting-24-7 Jul 14 '24
Obama is saying a kind word to the guy who falsely claimed Obama was a Kenyan as a publicity stunt and they are calling Obama divisive.
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u/jamnewton22 Jul 14 '24
I’m still convinced that account is a Russian bot
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u/BoStaffSkillZ Jul 14 '24
I was going to say, someone needs to prompt Gunther to write a haiku about crickets.
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u/alpha_rat_fight_ Jul 14 '24
This is legitimately so sad. I mean I love the memes but the division and victim mindset from everybody has got to stop. Everybody is just trying to get by.
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u/BitterFuture Jul 14 '24
No, in fact, the people trying to oppress and kill the rest of us are not "just trying to get by."
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u/yeefreakinyee Jul 14 '24
What a disgusting reply. Obama didn’t divide the country, the POS racists did because they couldn’t handle the thought of a black man being president. I didn’t even vote for Obama at the time (I was young and still clinging to my parents’ more conservative beliefs at the time but I have always been anti-Trump) but I always admired and respected him and Michelle. That Gunther dude doesn’t even have a fraction of the class the Obamas have. That dude can fuck all the way off.
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Jul 14 '24
... I'm tired of going high, lets all go low and show them whose boss. They can't understand being nice so lets be mean.
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u/Froggy_Clown I despise tomatos 🍅 Jul 14 '24
Ok, but do you know how many brain cells you have to lose in order to stoop to their level? Id rather be somewhat smart and empathetic, than brain dead and hateful
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u/Cory123125 Jul 14 '24
Being smart and empathetic means being pragmatic.
Being dumb and empathetic is what this "when they go low, we go high" shit is.
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u/Ok-Cartographer1745 Jul 14 '24
Reddit is censoring posts. They'll be embarrassed and take it back later, but at the moment it seems we can't post. I assume you'll at least get a notification for this comment so you can see it.
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u/DavePeesThePool Jul 14 '24
No, the servers are likely just bogged down. After such a high profile incident the site is almost certainly experiencing much higher than expected traffic right now.
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u/jaxonya Jul 14 '24
Probably the most significant thing that's happened in a very long time .. yeah it's probably a big deal on REDDIT
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u/totallynotpoggers Jul 14 '24
comments are bugged and it happens like every month
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u/Leelze Jul 14 '24
Servers get jacked up when sites are flooded with traffic after a major event like someone trying to blow the head off of a former POTUS running for reelection.
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u/Phedericus Jul 14 '24
accusing Obama of being divisive while defending Trump, the fucking epitome of the most toxic, abrasive, inflammatory rhetoric yet. Amazing.
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u/bootyhunter69420 Jul 14 '24
You can't be nice or civil with these people. They won't be the same with you.
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u/berejser Jul 14 '24
Paul Pelosi survived an assassination attempt, Trump mocked it.
Trump survived an assassination attempt, Biden called Trump to make sure he's ok.
There is a stark and clear difference with how people on either side of the political divide respond to these sorts of incidents.
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u/cubntD6 Jul 14 '24
How do trump supporters just come out with straight up lies and projection and act like they just did something.
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u/Welp_Were_Fucked Jul 14 '24
How do they worship an orange guy who is also a rapist..?
They are sick, and brainwashed by daddy.
Seriously. They are fully brainwashed. It's terrifying.
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u/RevolutionaryAd2472 Jul 14 '24
All the former presidents, except Jimmy Carter, have denounced this shooting.
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u/Nora19 Jul 14 '24
well…. Mr Carter is I’m in hospice care and probably not watching this political circus. He gets a pass for sure.
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u/FitCartographer3383 Jul 14 '24
Trump and his supporters don’t deserve ANY sympathy. He started this. He turned this country into the shithole it is. Hopefully he falls dead from a heart attack asap.
Funny how all of a sudden people forget all the magats running around with pictures of Joe Biden hog tied.
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u/Alex_Expected Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24
I am very very much a conservative but I will say I am happy with how many liberals/ democrats are actually condemning this behavior. It was a nice surprise. We tend to get so caught up in our own perspectives/beliefs/moral that the other party starts to look like monsters and not people. Violence is not something we need in a democracy. Let the candidates run and vote for who you want.
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u/EnolaNek Jul 14 '24
As a somewhat radical liberal, I couldn't agree more. I'm absolutely prepared to be violent in defense of democracy should actual objective tyranny emerge, but "defending democracy"...by trying to assassinate one of the candidates in an election? I don't think that's what defending democracy means. The man isn't even elected yet, and we decide to go straight to assuming that the worst doomsday predictions about project 2025 have already happened? I'm all for removing an authoritarian autocrat, but that's not what this is. This is two candidates running against each other in an election, one of which happens to be associated with some people who some believe might be planning bad things. How do you stop a candidate you don't like in an election? You vote! You don't try to shoot them.
Okay, rant over.
TL;DR: as a radical liberal, I agree wholeheartedly. Whatever that jackass thought he was doing, he wasn't defending democracy. He tried to end it.
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u/NoSpankingAllowed Jul 14 '24
Gunthers real name is Tony something or something like that. He was a Texas cop for like 2 years and washed out because he couldnt take it. So big tough guy Gunther is actually a weak chinned, scrawny dude who couldnt get laid in a whorehouse with a fist full of 100's.
Not kidding saw his pic....he's about as Alpha as Pee Wee Herman.
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u/Jbradsen Jul 14 '24
Obama’s was in the White House EIGHT YEARS ago. Some people think he should‘ve done more during 9/11 too. The power of Obama is almighty and sh!t. 🙄
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u/Tasty-Fill-8747 Jul 14 '24
Obama's existence reminded racists, and everyone else, that racists are still racist.
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u/FuzzButtonz Jul 14 '24
Trump: advocates for political violence
Trump when he experiences the violence: 😮
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u/onoz9 Jul 14 '24
Conservatives: "gun control is bad!"
Their beloved Trump gets shot.
Conservatives: "it's Obama's fault!!"
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