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genxlib

(6,086 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 06:54 AM Jun 2025

I don't love the TACO nickname thing

Afterall, backing down from idiotic ideas is probably his best feature (grading on a curve obviously)

Don't get me wrong. I enjoy anything that causes him distress in any way and he certainly deserves it.

But he is just the kind of thin-skinned, sniveling idiot who would follow through with a terrible just because people have made fun of him too many times.

I am not sure I want to taunt him into following through with his worst impulses.

Greenland, here we come!

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I don't love the TACO nickname thing (Original Post) genxlib Jun 2025 OP
It's an insult to Mexican food! Intractable Jun 2025 #1
Wasn't he the Grinning Goya Goon Conjuay Jun 2025 #18
I tend to disagree to some extent MuchBetterThanThis Jun 2025 #2
Demeaning nicknames. Why is it that when Trump does it we consider it juvenile, elocs Jun 2025 #5
This is a part of why we lose Bettie Jun 2025 #8
Buy a star Captain Zero Jun 2025 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Jun 2025 #25
I'm not sure why you find that a point of pride, but whatever melts your butter. 11 Bravo Jun 2025 #39
I've been on DU for almost 23 Years & have had a STAR Cha Jun 2025 #60
really? 19 years? Shellback Squid Jun 2025 #62
Don't do that. Iggo Jun 2025 #34
Because we're not the fucking President... lame54 Jun 2025 #33
Post removed Post removed Jun 2025 #50
I'll side with Stewart, Colbert, Kimmel... lame54 Jun 2025 #54
I agree. We need to do better. Orrex Jun 2025 #56
I don't think of it in terms of being clever or amusing. 11 Bravo Jun 2025 #38
It's the difference between punching down, and punching up. 11 Bravo Jun 2025 #41
We will never hear him say anything against Putin Captain Zero Jun 2025 #13
yeah, I feel similarly, though it's still pretty funny LymphocyteLover Jun 2025 #3
I support...... AltairIV Jun 2025 #4
What would be ironically amusing is if he lives to be 100 and many of us are dead. elocs Jun 2025 #9
Is there some way he can live to be 100 Orrex Jun 2025 #57
If it got under Trump's skin, I'm all for it. Native Jun 2025 #6
Doubling down on bad ideas bankrupts fools Maeve Jun 2025 #7
How would you feel if you ever came to realize that taunting Trump with insults never hurt him, elocs Jun 2025 #10
Oh well then we should be nicer Captain Zero Jun 2025 #11
The extremes are name-calling, wishing he were dead and being nicer to him. elocs Jun 2025 #22
You're above sarcasm?... lame54 Jun 2025 #35
He will make innocents suffer no matter what Maeve Jun 2025 #20
It's hurting him politically- don't make the mistake of underestimating the power of ridicule Blues Heron Jun 2025 #27
I'd wonder again how SO MANY FUCKING IDIOTS could vote for him Skittles Jun 2025 #58
it is already DU-style cheugy, and will soon be cringe in its overuse Celerity Jun 2025 #14
It's kinda dumb pattyloutwo Jun 2025 #23
New word: cheugy IcyPeas Jun 2025 #53
And therein lies his "power"... Wounded Bear Jun 2025 #15
I agree. If people make fun of him being a chicken he is likely to lash out to doc03 Jun 2025 #16
Surrender in advance lame54 Jun 2025 #36
If you watch what you say ibegurpard Jun 2025 #17
As Gov. Tim Walz said before the South Carolina Democratic Party... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2025 #19
Being polite to fascists has gotten Democrats absolutely NOWHERE. Paladin Jun 2025 #21
TACO orangecrush Jun 2025 #24
Ridicule and humor are powerful tools C_U_L8R Jun 2025 #26
TACO checks multiple boxes of rules for radicals cadoman Jun 2025 #55
Where is the middle ground Keepthesoulalive Jun 2025 #28
You fight him on the actual real world effects or repercussions to the people or nation from his reckless actions. Uncle Joe Jun 2025 #37
That doesn't resonate Keepthesoulalive Jun 2025 #40
If you sell the people short they won't get it. Uncle Joe Jun 2025 #44
This is round 2 Keepthesoulalive Jun 2025 #45
Invading Greenland will never happen, nor will Canada become the 51st state. All that trump silliness is hardly heard... brush Jun 2025 #29
I'm all in favor of derision as one weapon, but not the only or most important one. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #30
Backing off of the TACO trolling because of 'what Trump might do' is the same . . . peggysue2 Jun 2025 #31
Neville Chamberlin appeased Hitler ... and some_of_us_are_sane Jun 2025 #61
Sure MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2025 #32
He does have access to nukes. So I wouldn't taunt him too much. bif Jun 2025 #42
So if we don't call him names Keepthesoulalive Jun 2025 #47
So if we keep calling him TACO bif Jun 2025 #48
You cannot stop him Keepthesoulalive Jun 2025 #49
It's not that serious. The main thing is it describes Trump as a loser JI7 Jun 2025 #43
Yet we must consider H2O Man Jun 2025 #46
TACO diverts attention from what is most likely the REAL reason Martin Eden Jun 2025 #51
I like it BigmanPigman Jun 2025 #52
Totally agree David__77 Jun 2025 #59
2. I tend to disagree to some extent
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:09 AM
Jun 2025

Yes, making fun of him as he does to many people on a daily basis may fuel his insane actions, but the alternative is to seem weak and allow him to do so without any type of defense.
Doing what he does to others is, I must say, “childish” or playing his game but it sure makes me feel better to see my fellow Justice warriors making him uncomfortable 👍🏽

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
5. Demeaning nicknames. Why is it that when Trump does it we consider it juvenile,
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:36 AM
Jun 2025

but when we do it to him we consider it to be clever and amusing?
It seems hypocritical to me and more than a little pathetically helpless.

Bettie

(19,287 posts)
8. This is a part of why we lose
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:00 AM
Jun 2025

we just hand the bully our lunch money every day and act like he's our friend.

He isn't our friend. He wants us dead. Literally dead and you're arguing about a mean nickname?

Bringing a casserole to a gun fight. It sure has worked out well in the past, eh?

Response to Captain Zero (Reply #12)

Cha

(316,821 posts)
60. I've been on DU for almost 23 Years & have had a STAR
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:40 PM
Jun 2025

since Day One.

It 's only natural for me to want to support this site that I'm grateful for.

lame54

(39,212 posts)
33. Because we're not the fucking President...
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:30 PM
Jun 2025

Not even close to the same playing field

Response to lame54 (Reply #33)

Orrex

(66,684 posts)
56. I agree. We need to do better.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:13 PM
Jun 2025

That's why I call him the "festering orange prolapse."

And the best part? When I use that phrase without actually naming him, his fuckhead kkkultists lose their shit because they know who I'm referring to.


Finger-wagging scolds who clutch their pearls over impolite language are naive, with seemingly little awareness of how political discourse has functioned for the past few millennia.

11 Bravo

(24,279 posts)
38. I don't think of it in terms of being clever or amusing.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:57 PM
Jun 2025

I only know that the flabby felon absolutely despises being made fun of, so I'm all in.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
9. What would be ironically amusing is if he lives to be 100 and many of us are dead.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:01 AM
Jun 2025

So what is the success rate of wishing somebody were dead?
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
~~Clarence Darrow

Orrex

(66,684 posts)
57. Is there some way he can live to be 100
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:14 PM
Jun 2025

but also die screaming in horrific agony every day from now until then?

Maeve

(43,337 posts)
7. Doubling down on bad ideas bankrupts fools
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:54 AM
Jun 2025

While I see your point and don't like the insult game in principle, pushing him to go too far (at long last, too far for his supporters!) might be worth it. Or pushing him to stroke out...heart explodes...several possible outcomes...

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
10. How would you feel if you ever came to realize that taunting Trump with insults never hurt him,
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:08 AM
Jun 2025

but did cause some innocent people to suffer or be hurt?

Captain Zero

(8,745 posts)
11. Oh well then we should be nicer
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:12 AM
Jun 2025

By all means. Maybe we should support a third term if he wants one because otherwise it might upset him and he would go for four terms?

Bullshit.

Fuck THE TACO.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
22. The extremes are name-calling, wishing he were dead and being nicer to him.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:26 AM
Jun 2025

Nothing in between that might actually accomplish something? Think harder, maybe there is something to do that might accomplish something other than being sarcastic, the lowest form of wit.

Maeve

(43,337 posts)
20. He will make innocents suffer no matter what
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:19 AM
Jun 2025

And I do believe the taunts cause him pain

Blues Heron

(8,393 posts)
27. It's hurting him politically- don't make the mistake of underestimating the power of ridicule
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:42 AM
Jun 2025

It’s like a landslide of laughter aimed at the corn-colored creep.

IcyPeas

(24,867 posts)
53. New word: cheugy
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 06:09 PM
Jun 2025
"Cheugy" is a slang term used to describe something or someone as unfashionable or out of touch with current trends. It's often used as a jokey way to critique millennial trends and aesthetics from the early 2010s. The term can be applied to various aspects of lifestyle, fashion, social media, and interior design.


https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/cheugy/

Thanks!

Wounded Bear

(63,851 posts)
15. And therein lies his "power"...
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:34 AM
Jun 2025

Fear of retribution is his greatest ally. He won't go away until he is driven away and his base dwindles to nothing because he is such an asshole that they can no longer justify it away.

doc03

(38,838 posts)
16. I agree. If people make fun of him being a chicken he is likely to lash out to
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:41 AM
Jun 2025

prove he is tough. Being the most powerful man on earth who knows what he may do.

ibegurpard

(17,075 posts)
17. If you watch what you say
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:48 AM
Jun 2025

Because you're afraid of what he'll do then you're complying in advance.
Ridicule is one of the best weapons against against fascists.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,626 posts)
19. As Gov. Tim Walz said before the South Carolina Democratic Party...
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:02 AM
Jun 2025

"As for responding to Donald Trump...it is time we(Democrats) bully the bully by standing up to him!"

Another reason why Tim remains a dear personal friend.

Paladin

(32,296 posts)
21. Being polite to fascists has gotten Democrats absolutely NOWHERE.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:29 AM
Jun 2025

Abundant, painful evidence of this obvious fact is available, every hour of every day.

C_U_L8R

(48,885 posts)
26. Ridicule and humor are powerful tools
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:41 AM
Jun 2025

that take away his power (in every regard). I'm all for it... and if he retaliates, well, we have an endless supply of barbs and satire.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
55. TACO checks multiple boxes of rules for radicals
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:07 PM
Jun 2025

"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon."

"A good tactic is one your people enjoy."

"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."

And unlike a lot of our strategies, it costs $0.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,120 posts)
28. Where is the middle ground
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:51 AM
Jun 2025

You want dems to fight back but is there a certain way we should do it. How do you want us to take on this monster? There are people being shipped to prisons, sick children being deported, our economy on life support and you worry about insulting a sick mean spirited bully who would shoot you on 5th avenue.

Uncle Joe

(64,239 posts)
37. You fight him on the actual real world effects or repercussions to the people or nation from his reckless actions.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:47 PM
Jun 2025

Personalizing public policy by calling him names over it only serves to give him a potential political out of doing something horrific.

If *rump's erratic behavior and not doing something stupid (even if he raises the issues in the first place) is being a labeled as "chicken" or "coward" the natural logical implication from doing the opposite becomes "courageous" or "resolute."

In which case too many in the corporate medial will make him out to be Winston Churchill.

We have to keep the American People front and center, not *rump.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,120 posts)
40. That doesn't resonate
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:59 PM
Jun 2025

On one hand you say we need to fight back with everything at our disposal.
Then we need to explain policy and what a lousy president he is, people don’t get it. They understand a coward and that is why it has gained traction around the world. Stop being afraid of a madman anyone who has been around a narcissist knows they are the most unpredictable animals on the planet and anything can set them off. Musk being an addict and trump being a punk they get it.

Uncle Joe

(64,239 posts)
44. If you sell the people short they won't get it.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:10 PM
Jun 2025

*rump is a coward first and foremost because he's afraid of democracy.

He's most definitely a narcissist and I have no doubt he's a coward as well, but we give him an advantage when we tie a perceived virtue or vice to a specific action that he probably wants to do anyway.

That gives him a certain amount of political control over messaging.

It's not that difficult to tear *rump down just by tying his erratic policies to real world outcomes, ie: the price of groceries loss of respect around the world and loss of health care etc. etc. and the people are waking up.



Keepthesoulalive

(2,120 posts)
45. This is round 2
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:19 PM
Jun 2025

They didn’t get it the first time. He was saying insane things during the campaign
And they didn’t get it. This they understand, I am on a lot of different alternate media sites and this is gold. He is wounded and that’s a good thing. He is also alienating the big money and the conservative think tanks, hopefully they tear each other to shreds. The financial boys started this , let’s see where it takes us.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
29. Invading Greenland will never happen, nor will Canada become the 51st state. All that trump silliness is hardly heard...
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:52 AM
Jun 2025

anymore as a Denmark/French concern have reached an agreement to mine in Greenland, and since both Denmark and France are NATO members it's highly doubtful trump or his clown car cabinet will be willing to take on NATO.

Ocelot II

(129,111 posts)
30. I'm all in favor of derision as one weapon, but not the only or most important one.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:57 AM
Jun 2025

"TACO" is clever for now but it will wear out soon as he commits more and different atrocities.

peggysue2

(12,389 posts)
31. Backing off of the TACO trolling because of 'what Trump might do' is the same . . .
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 11:03 AM
Jun 2025

Attitude as not pushing vigorously against Republicans because of what they may do. Remember the infighting over the filibuster? Oh, we can't do that because the Repugs will use it against us when they're in power.

Well, they're in power now.

In fact they have the Lion's share of power, albeit small majorities. While they slash and burn the foundations of our government, are we really going to debate over what we call Agent Orange? Or worry 'what he may do' in retribution?

Look around, the Maniac and his Flying Monkey Brigade are doing the vindictive Mafia tour as we type.

We need to fight with whatever we have.

If shouting out TACO makes the man-baby squirm? Good! Keep him off-balance, make him rage while he feels the heat of our own disgust and anger.

Trump's ego is his Achilles's heel. He wants to be loved and admired. He wants to feel superior in all things. He needs constant stroking and adulation.

Any time we can bruise or batter that flimsy armor he's wrapped in is a very good day.



some_of_us_are_sane

(2,775 posts)
61. Neville Chamberlin appeased Hitler ... and
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:17 PM
Jun 2025

Hitler eventually bombed the crap out of London.

Tiptoeing around maniacs does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING except give them a pass.

TACO THE CRAP out of that M*****F**ker!!!!

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,190 posts)
32. Sure
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:16 PM
Jun 2025

If everyone quits calling him Taco, I'm sure he'll magically become rational, law abiding and sane.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,120 posts)
47. So if we don't call him names
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:24 PM
Jun 2025

He will become rational. Stop being afraid , we have seen so much cowardice from the republicans, the media, the business elite and retail giants. He has slapped them around and hurt all of their businesses. Don’t give in to a bully, it only encourages them.

bif

(26,673 posts)
48. So if we keep calling him TACO
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:34 PM
Jun 2025

He'll actually follow through with high tariffs and screw up the economy even more? Great. I don't think my stocks can take much more abuse than they already have.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,120 posts)
49. You cannot stop him
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:46 PM
Jun 2025

The man is nuts. Everyone said that tariffs can cause a depression, he didn’t listen. I’m sorry your stocks are going to be affected but if we don’t find a legal way to stop him we’re all going to be in a world of hurt. You have high prices, people being laid off, safety nets in tatters. Spending by the federal government is always what helps when the economy is in trouble, not with these imbeciles. People have got to stop being afraid, the Canadians get it , The Chinese get it, Americans need to get it.

JI7

(93,223 posts)
43. It's not that serious. The main thing is it describes Trump as a loser
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:10 PM
Jun 2025

coward etc. The specifics don't matter.

Our side always argues about things like this instead of just going with it.

Most people aren't going to analyze things.

H2O Man

(78,643 posts)
46. Yet we must consider
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 02:23 PM
Jun 2025

what goes into a good taco. What if republicans use that very detail to divide Democrats in upcoming elections? I mean, we are talking cheese here. Surely that will be the most important yet dangerous issue we face.

Martin Eden

(15,363 posts)
51. TACO diverts attention from what is most likely the REAL reason
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 05:11 PM
Jun 2025

For The Felon constantly raising then lowering tariffs:

Stock prices!

Insiders who know in advance can make a killing buying & selling at the right time.

BigmanPigman

(54,574 posts)
52. I like it
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 05:32 PM
Jun 2025

In fact yesterday I made a 14" taco to attach to my NO KINGS protest sign. It sort of looks like his hair so I might make another sign for my sister to use and I'll put it on his head in place of a crown.

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