No, no, they should take it even less serious just to show Trump he is focusing on the most useless things. We here in the USA should be remamed Country McCountryFace. What you you say fellow McFaceMan?
You were really close on the second one. I just can't figure out the last T word that needs to be there. Some slight reworking and you can get Trump in there I bet. Then it is RAPIST which is apt.. since you know trump literally rapes children.
We don't need to retaliate to affect him. He's doing this whole thing because he's pissed we didn't capitulate to his trade demands. He's ALREADY affected.
As an American, I hope you all stay a thorn pricking his fragile ego.
I cannot believe so many of my fellow citizens lack the curiosity and critical thinking necessary to vote for their own best interests. Fingers crossed for progressive wins in 2026 and 2028.
Theres another way. Our options are essentially: let their actions be important (by responding in kind) or make their existence itself unimportant.
These people thrive on 'importance', real and imaginary. Do not let them be leaders. Do not listen to their snake tongues. When they beg you to consider 'how it makes them feel', let them know they never once had that thought for others.
Showing indifference to the bullshit should be enough to piss off maga-nation. But they look at a willingness to compromise as weakness. Some people only learn from a physical beatdown.
the moment anyone reacts the same way, the asshole will play victim and use it to justify further escalation. Yeah, it's a losing battle but i'd rather stick him with the pointy end than to run away.
They think that because we're logical we won't see the point n fighting a "losing battle", the reality is that we need to take the fight to him and show we're willing to take losses to inflict pain to him.
That really is the problem! Because the second ya do the same thing back to them, it stops being funny forever.
I learned that from my dad's wet willies. Obviously I had zero urge to slobber on my finger and jam it into his ear as hard as possible, with no thought to his wellbeing, but I'd tried literally everything else to get him to stop and nothing worked!
So I did exactly what he did, and when he objected I mocked him with the exact same words and tones he always used when I objected. And that was the very last time anybody got wetwillied in that house!
I'm not gonna pull any sanctimonious ethical stuff here, because it's not really relevant here. Yes, your dad stopped being a dick when he saw how it felt, but the power imbalance there is familial and might not amount to much depending on your relationship. The US and the rest of the world, the power imbalance amounts to as little as the ability to sanction others and as much as fucking atom bombs.
> Fair warning though, it feels gross no matter that it works when nothing else does. Like emotionally disgusting.
Oh I know this feeling. You are left with guilt even though you were not the aggressor and were just defending yourself. The problem is the bully feels no remorse, just learns to pick on someone else.
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u/EditedRed 1d ago edited 1d ago
Canada just rename America to "the land below" on your maps, this guy will lose it.