I can't be the only one who self-censors these days.

[11 Bravo]

If Siri, or Alexa, or any random MAGA hat wearing moron were to overhear my actual thoughts, I'd be visited by the Secret Service.

I've only now come to the realization that I never actually hated a US President before. I thought I had. But ...

Nixon? My own C-in-C? A lying asshole.

Reagan? Clark Clifford nailed it ... an amiable dunce whose willingness to ignore science and decency while ignoring the AIDS epidemic in pursuit of some electoral bounce, now has him rotting in Hell.

Bush I? Kind of a low rent corporate whore with a lot of inside connections..

Bush II? A fucking idiot, nudged into office by electoral chicanery, who somehow managed to spin the worst terrorist attack in American history into a second term.

But I don't believe that any of them were just born evil.

Stupid? Sure. Greedy? Fuck yeah. Venal and power hungry? Yup.

But for the first time in my life, I actively and aggressively HATE the President of the United States of America.

I want him gone. Out of office. ASAP.

GOTV.

[Afromania]

1. Truth be told that bastard is such scum he probably hates himself too.

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. Deep down he does. It shows.

[Poiuyt]

58. That's the root of his extremely low self-esteem.

He tries to mask it with his incessant bragging, but he really hates himself.

[LuvNewcastle]

60. He must know how inadequate he is at everything he does.

Hell, he cheats at golf, a fucking game. How can you enjoy a 'win' knowing that you cheated?

[justhanginon]

2. I find nothing to disagree with in your post.

[arthritisR_US]

3. You echo my thoughts exactly.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. You nailed it.

Nixon was a crook, Reagan was a phony, Bush I was a corporate tool, and Bush II was a neocon tool. But none of them were irredeemably evil, bad to the bone. Bad all the time. Trump, however, doesn't have a decent bone in his ugly orange body. He cheated on all of his wives, he cheated everybody he did business with, he lies even when he doesn't have to, he's never kind or generous, and the only people he seems to admire are dictators and despots. He has no real friends. He doesn't enjoy the arts or nature or literature. He doesn't even like dogs. I can't think of a single positive quality. He's just bad. If I were religious I'd have to conclude he's without redemption and damned to perdition. He's casting a spiritual blight on the whole country, and nothing will get better until he's been gone for long enough that we don't have to think about him anymore.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Great summary.

The man disgusts me and I have nothing but contempt for him.

[llmart]

35. Excellent summation!

I, for one, can't wait until we don't have to think of him anymore. Our country will be so much better off once the whole lot of them are gone. However, as we've seen with Dick Cheney, it's the evil ones that just live on and on.

Once he's gone, I do not want any more media coverage of him. Zero. I don't know what I'll do if they start talking about him day after day after he's been kicked to the curb. Probably do a complete media blackout at my house.

I want to get back to normalcy.

[blm]

5. I self-censor all day long.

Especially at work.

[alittlelark]

6. Hate is a toxic emotion - I know that in my heart.

That being said, the emotions I feel surrounding the Insidious Oranganus are as close as I have come to feeling 'HATE' for ANY person.

[DEbluedude]

7. In your examples, one could probably find at least one redeeming quality for each, but this guy,

HE HAS NONE. NADA. ZILCH. He is the epitome of evil.

[cornball 24]

9. He is the EPITOME of EVIL!! So absolutely true!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. All of those other presidents liked dogs.

Nixon created the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Energy Policy, supported the Clean Air Act and established the EPA. Reagan mostly did bad shit as president, but he did sign a bill granting amnesty for undocumented immigrants. Bush I signed the Americans with Disabilities Act and an improved Clean Air Act. Bush II sucked pretty seriously but he did provide a lot of foreign aid to combat AIDS in Africa. Trump wouldn't have even done those things. None of them grabbed women by the pussy (or if they did, they never bragged about it), made fun of disabled people or Gold Star families, called for the criminal prosecution of political rivals, or solicited the help of foreign adversaries to rig an election (Nixon kept that stuff within the US).

[CloudWatcher]

10. All of those other GOP presidents had some redeeming characteristics.

Nixon, Reagan, Bush 1 & 2 ... all had some redeeming characteristics. I still can't think of a single one for Trump. There is just nothing admirable about him ... at all. It's amazingly depressing that so many think he is ok.

[42bambi]

11. Growing up my parents warned me about hate and the ramifications of

being hateful. However, what other word could be more fitting for someone as evil as Trump. Just recently I have come to terms with my hate. Trump and other like minded immoral people have earned the hate we feel.

[Hekate]

12. Self-censorship is alive and well in my house

Also, hubby has been reading Buddhism for decades and he censors me too because, karma, right? No one is truly evil, just deeply ignorant, right?

Until one day toward the end of last year, he didn't. We both want them all gone, and prison is too good for them.

Past that -- well, howdy Agent Mike, and how do you like your new co-worker Agent Boris? Or, not?

[kimbutgar]

13. I hear you 1000% on the major dislike I have of mf45

I want to hate him. But hate takes up too much space so instead I dislike that vile evil cretin. And hope nothing but negative energies on him. Payback will be a bitch on him in the future. And history will not look well on him. We can all take comfort in that! And hopefully the rebuke party will be destroyed by him in the future going the way of the whigs.

[Kaleva]

17. I feel contempt towards Trump but that's about it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. It's all according to how you rate your hate...

Yes, the orange buffoon will be responsible for MORE evil than any other president in our lifetimes, BUT
jr caused almost ONE MILLION women, children and men to lose their lives for a "vanity" war or, if you want to be nice, a war for oil.
I hate them both equally.

[Kaleva]

15. I don't hate anyone. Never have and probably never will.

[BKDem]

16. Bravo, Bravo 11!

You’ve nailed it. Eloquently.

Trump is very special. Unique. Horrifying.

I want him dead. I want his family dead. I want Trump Tower burned to the ground. That’s all Al Capone wanted for Elliot Ness, and it’s all I want for Donald Trump

[PJMcK]

18. Trump is trash

He is the lowest scum to ever be in American politics, and that's really saying something.

I hate Trump in ways I cannot describe. He is a danger to life on Earth.

He's also an idiot.

[Mr.Bill]

19. Maybe I'm wired a little differently than others,

but I hated everyone of those presidents in the OP. Still do. And I feel good about it. It feels perfectly natural to hate people like this with a passion. Every one of these bastards should die in prison. They killed, harmed and ruined the lives of countless people. The day they die always has been and will continue to be a day of celebration for me. If hate is toxic or bad to you, that's fine. But when I hate people such as these, I thrive on it.

[warmfeet]

21. +∞, Plus one.

I self censor in nearly every message and reply. I would be long gone if I did not.

Out of office, by any means - okay by me.

[LiberalLovinLug]

22. My sister and brother in law listen to that cockroach Dennis Prager

His one and only reason he can think of as to why Democrats impeached Trump, and why they continue to criticize and go after him is simply because...

wait for it....

they HATE him. That was the excuse mirrored to me by them when the subject was brought up.


Uh.........yeah. Although hate is very strong word. Why would any decent person not dislike the man? He is vile. Immature, mean vindictive, and self cantered to the point of extreme narcissism.

But its amazing how they simply can overlook all the actual crimes that he has committed, bribing and obstruction, as well as just despicable behaviour before and after he was sworn in. All the abusive tweets, all the incompetence, and hollow bragging.

Its like saying Charlie Manson was only convicted because the jurors HATED him. Did some of them actually hate the man? Maybe, but that is besides the point. They had evidence against him, as they do against Trump.

[onecaliberal]

23. You're in good company.

[pansypoo53219]

24. i hated reagan + the bush's, but the moron is making my civics alarm going off constantly. he is soo

fucking unpresidential + unbecoming.

[Initech]

25. Fuckin' A!!!!!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

26. KR NT

[Joinfortmill]

27. Couldn't agree more.

[PatrickforO]

28. That's why we can't go back to business as usual because business as usual

is what got us Trump.

[Aussie105]

29. I self censor a lot.

Not angry thoughts, not hateful thoughts, but thoughts about short circuiting the current flustercluck and making things better. Quickly.

Unfortunately they are illegal. And messy. And violent.

So up-shutting, right there.

[McKim]

32. WELL DONE!

Well done that you are dialing it down. We can’t have illegals thoughts and ideas on DU. We are angry but maybe better to put that energy into impeachment action or our sterling candidates.
I take heart when I see Dems turning away from war and when I see the tidal wave of public opinion turning against Trump the warmonger! WE are the majority. Feel the power and use it!

[rurallib]

31. I want him in jail and all his money and properties sold

to pay his victims and to pay back the country what he has stolen from us.

[LuvNewcastle]

63. I like that. Imprison him, strip him of all that he owns, and

release him to make his way in the world like most people do.

[rurallib]

65. I wouldn't release him

he would attract a big following of crazies in no time.
There is a super max security prison in Colorado I think where he can rot, out of communication with the world.

[soldierant]

67. Hey, I live in Colorado.

Let him rot in Guantanamo.

[rurallib]

71. if had my way the Space Force could escort him to Mars

[soldierant]

72. That would work.

Somewhere he's far enough away I wouldn't have even a chance of breathing the same air.

[pangaia]

33. Don't waste you energy hating him. Get even !!!

[Heartstrings]

34. Yup!

[smirkymonkey]

36. +1000

[Stonepounder]

37. I couldn't agree with you more.

I have to do the self-censor thing as well. The only person I can allow to hear my real thoughts is the Mrs. and she pretty much agrees with me. I really don't want to meet any Secret Service folk coming to talk to me.

The Orange Shitgibbon is truly evil.

[Different Drummer]

38. The way I look at it is that karma will eventually do in Spanky and his gang.

Hopefully, it'll get the whole bunch of 'em.

[BarbD]

39. Self-censoring is imperative for me.

Talking to my 15 year old granddaughter is difficult because her Dad (my son-in-law) voted for Trump. I try to explain to her how important it is to vote and get involved in politics,

It is imperative I focus all my energy to remove all republicans from office, I can't afford to be weighed down by by the negative emotion of hate. As the old song goes "You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, and don't mess with Mr. Inbetween."

[MasonDreams]

40. Thank you 11Bravo

[Pepsidog]

41. I hate him as much as anyone, but, incredibly, hate McConnell even more. That's a whole lot of hate.

Now consider that Magats hate us as much, well that’s a whole lotta hate and spells doom for our country. Never thought I would envy Canadians.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

42. Hate is poisonous but recognizing evil is essential.

[Duppers]

43. If my Google Mini reported me

The FBI would've already been at my door. I say radical things out loud.

But I must censor myself with most of my neighbors who are idiot gop voters.

[world wide wally]

44. I will venture to say that he is the most hated man in America and the world.

[SergeStorms]

45. In the world, certainly.

In the U.S. there's some stiff competition, but if he's not the most hated, he's number two for sure.

[greyl]

46. "intentionally & voluntarily withholding information from others in the absence of formal obstacles"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12391

[MFM008]

47. 11 Bravo

Your rant x 1000.

[malaise]

48. Great post

And yet evil is mild for this monster

[Farmer-Rick]

49. And that's why despite the Magat and all the filthy rich support of him

He wil never be our dick-tater.

Too many people really really hate his guts.

Hitler was loved by the German people. Most major dicks where loved, at least at first, when they took over more liberal loving countries, like Napolean.

Even Machiavelli knew it was better to be loved than feared.

[jimlup]

50. yes he is a horrible person

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

51. I'm doing it right now! nt

[58Sunliner]

52. Self-censure? That's why I'm not in the street with a sign that says **** the MFer.

As for the others, I hated everyone of them. They used American lives like kindling. They aren't idiots, they could care less. They had little that rose above the threshold of self-interest. The orange taint embodies all that is really horrific about about the pukes. Was he actually elected? Same with Bush 2. Two elections were stolen for certain. What kind of a person does that? These are not normal people.

[underpants]

53. Vote Quimby

[vlyons]

54. My fantasy of justice for Trump

would no doubt have the SS knocking on my front door. I tone it down considerbly by simply saying that I want to see a picture of him after he has had his first prison haircut with the electric clippers. Or something equally humiliating.

And yet, I really don't have hatred for him. Hatred is poison. Hatred is what Donnie Dimwit does. The desire for justice is not hatred. Justice is a virtue.

[CrispyQ]

55. I pitied Reagan. I hated W. I hate this one even more. And I hate all the Rs in Congress.

And I hate everyone that still supports the Con and this vile party. There are no decent republicans anymore. You can't support a party that does what the Republican Party does and be a decent person. You just can't. They are the party that separates children from their parents at our southern border. They are the party that disenfranchises voters who disagree with them. They are the party that wants to take affordable health coverage away from millions of Americans. They are the party that believes only straight, white, Christians are true Americans. They are the party that denies and obstructs any action on climate change as our world burns. What is decent about any of that?

I love Joe Biden, but if he thinks today's republicans are going to work with him because he has some history with some of them, he is sadly mistaken. They will obstruct with him just like they did with Obama, and just like they will do with any dem prez.

[J_William_Ryan]

56. You'll

note how Republican presidents since LBJ have become increasingly more incompetent, more dishonest, more corrupt and reprehensible.

As for Trump, I don’t hate him – I hate what he represents, I hate his politics and failed, wrongheaded agenda, and I hate what he’s done to this country.

[Jamastiene]

57. I keep debating whether or not to make $80 million jokes, because

there are some people don't have a sense of humor about it. If it was a Democrat, people would openly put mockups of that Democrat's head on their target practice props and have a field day of it, with no questions asked. With Trump, everything is taken so literally and so seriously, even obvious jokes.

You want to know what I cannot get out of my head? Before Trump, if you had asked about 99% of the right wingers in the south if they would happily vote for someone from up north, they would have went off on a profanity laced tirade using "damn" and "yankee" as one word. Now? They want to kill people for Trump. At least one has, when you think back to Charlottesville.

I feel like I can't even joke, which usually how I cope with absurdities like a Trump presidency. Yes, I self censor a lot.

[Perseus]

59. The bigger question to me is...Why allow Alexa, Siri, or anything like it to come into our homes?

Why are we willing to give up our privacy so easy, so eagerly so that we can command an electronic devise that we know is constantly listening to everything we say just to play some music? Is it that hard to put an album, and when side "A" is finished turn it and play side "B"? Or just put five CDs in the 5-CD player?, or that radio on a nice Jazz or classical station, or whatever music we like? We instead allow google, and Amazon, two companies that we know are not on the level to protect people from spies, or anything else, and the day Facebook comes up with its version of Alexa many will run to Best Buy to buy their Facebook version, knowing that facebook is working for the enemy, we should all cancel our subscriptions to facebook now, your real friends will take the time to call you on your cell phone, those who don't really care won't and you will be better off without them. Why are we so eager to tell the world everything we do on facebook? It doesn't make sense.

We, as citizens, should be boycotting Facebook (in my book Facebook is a traitor company), Siri, Alexa, and whatever other spying gadget they are trying to sell us. I can only compare this craziness to buying shirts and t-shirts to advertise for the company that is selling us the shirt. What a bargain, we pay to be spied on, we pay to give companies free advertising...Lets wake up people, our best chance to fight this corruption, to change our World is by not supporting them, they are playing us, it is that simple.

[WhiskeyWulf]

62. This!! nt

[drmeow]

61. Every minute of every day nt

[Blecht]

64. GOTV

K and R

That's how we get rid of the motherfucking moronic sociopath.

No need to say anything else on the topic.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

66. If your method of getting rid of Trump involves "GOTV", ...

... I'd guess much of the Secret Service would agree with you. Secretly. They're closer to his idiocy than most.

[kentuck]

68. There are times...

when I ask myself, how much free speech is enough?

But, at the same time, we do not want to let negative forces destroy our peaceful co-existence.

There is a struggle between two life forces. One side has empathy and respect for others. The other side is slightly more base and is greedy to a fault and sometimes unkind and unthoughtful. Both sides believe they are right.

Even more, they know they are right.

[Dukkha]

69. It is not hyperbole or alarmist rhetoric or extremism of any kind.

You can try as hard as anyone could, but it is simply not possible to find one single positive trait about him at all. No redeeming social value whatsoever.

As horrible as Pence is, at least he likes animals and has a nice pet bunny. So yeah, there's one positive trait.
Whereas the deplorable monster was reportedly “embarrassed” they decided to bring their pets to Washington and deems the Pence family to be “yokels”. No surprise "Dog" is his favorite insult to demean women.

That's why just losing re-election will never be enough. He must be completely removed from the pubic forum once and for all to stop the toxic frothing sewage that spews from his rotten mouth.

[CanonRay]

70. Sometimes I write a post and delete without sending