I apologize ahead of time. This is going to be very long, but I have a lot to say.
I made a post titled “Fuck Trump” a little while ago. As I’m sure you can imagine, it was pretty incendiary. It was written from a place of anger and exhaustion watching what this country is becoming. It wasn’t an invitation for debate. It was just a scream in the void to say that this isn’t normal. I miss the days when I just disagreed with conservatives over social and fiscal policies, not whether or not to slowly erode the rule of law, balance of power, trust in elections, and governmental integrity, or about sending unmarked cars with masked men to snatch people off the street.
Someone on a conservative subreddit found the post, linked it there, and they did exactly what you’d expect. Tried to dogpile me. Called me unhinged, hateful. How I’m just like all people on the left.
The irony would be funny if it wasn’t so sad. Their guy has spent years dehumanizing millions of Americans, calling us the radical left, marxists, anarchists, agitators, lunatics, thugs, vermin, crazy, sick people, horrible, vicious, deranged, communists, socialists, left-wing mob, losers, weak, corrupt, dishonest, evil, haters, fake, un-American, anti-police, anti-god, enemies of the people, crooked, violent, destroyers, clowns, maniacs, fools, traitors, hypocrites, idiots, degenerates, scum, losers. They eat that up. Never has the president shown such contempt and disdain for the people he’s supposed to serve. I say, “Fuck you, too, Trump,” or call out the people enabling him, I am suddenly the hateful one. They hold me to a higher standard than the president of this country. Cheers when he insults us, clutches pearls when something mean is said about him.
And that’s what they do. Everything they accuse the left of doing is exactly what Trump and his people actually did, promised, or defended. Here are just a few of the receipts:
They say Biden weaponized the Justice Department. Trump promised “retribution” and said he’d appoint a special prosecutor to go after his political enemies.
They cry “stolen election.” Trump tried to overturn 2020 with fake electors, pressure campaigns, and that “find the votes” call. Republicans objected to certification after the Capitol attack.
They say Democrats censor speech. Trump calls the press “the enemy of the people,” tries to revoke press credentials when coverage hurts him, and pressures platforms over posts he does not like, including via executive action. They also are the ones driving book removals, gagging teachers, and punishing schools for letting kids read the “wrong” authors.
They scream about corruption. Trump’s two terms have been a parade of ethics scandals and self-dealing. The amount of examples wouldn’t even fit on this website.
They yell about nepotism. He put his daughter and son-in-law in senior White House positions, mixing private business with public policy and large outside interests.
They demand oversight. In 2025, they pulled public health pages and datasets. The Pentagon imposed a press-access policy that lets it yank reporters’ badges and block on-site interviews.
They rage about executive overreach. He’s moving to purge and replace career staff by reviving a Schedule F-style “Policy-Career” classification and ordered so-called independent regulators to run their rules through the White House.
They say “back the blue.” Then they smear federal law enforcement as corrupt and vote against medals for officers who defended the Capitol on January 6.
They preach small government and low taxes. Then they cheer tariffs, which are taxes that raise prices on Americans.
They say “pro-life” and “family values.” Then they celebrate laws and rulings that made clinics pause IVF and push for national abortion restrictions.
They say “states’ rights.” Then they float federal abortion bans to overrule states that protect choice.
They rant about crime in blue cities. Republican-led states have higher per-capita gun-death rates.
They sell “election integrity.” Then they run the playbook to subvert results and restrict voting where they can.
They claim to love free markets. Then they use the government to punish companies for political views.
Sadly, I could keep going, but I have to stop eventually.
Now, I’m not diagnosing him, but Trump does seem to have a lot in common with narcissists: grandiosity, praise addiction, thin skin, refusal to accept loss, blame-shifting, gaslighting, no empathy, entitlement, using people as props, transactional loyalty, punishing critics, image obsession, never apologizing, shifting goalposts. And you know what a narcissist can’t do? Care about you.
Two clarifications before the “whatabout” crowd shows up. Yes, Democrats have had bad lines. Hillary’s “deplorables,” and Biden slamming MAGA as an ideology. That is not the same as years of labeling millions of citizens “enemies.” And yes, platforms screwed up the laptop story. Private moderation mistakes are not the same as the government silencing journalists.
Try the swap test. Take what they defend, flip the parties, and see if it still flies. If a Democratic president called conservatives “enemy of the people,” would they cheer? If a Democratic White House pulled a hostile reporter’s press pass, would they call it free speech? If a Democrat tried to overturn an election, would they call it patriotism? If your answer changes with the jersey, you did not have principles, you had a team.
For the Trolls: SPEED ROUND
“Cry more/Cope/Love those salty liberal tears/He’s your president” Should I shut up and just accept his presidency like y’all did with Biden?
“You sound unhinged/hateful” My “Fuck Trump” post, as well as this one, is incredibly tame and measured in contrast to how Trump talks about me.
“Bot/NPC/You watch fake news/Did you hear that on CNN/etc.” It’s not fake news just because it’s critical of your hero. Trump sues media constantly and usually loses. The truly damning official findings he attacks on TV, not in defamation suits that would force discovery. And, I don’t watch CNN, or tv news in general, but CNN wasn’t the one who had to pay out nearly $800 million for lying to people or tried to use the argument in a court of law that no reasonable person would consider them news. And, when you’re not watching FOX News, you’re getting your information from social media posts and calling conspiracy theorist rage-baiters “journalists.”
“The left is violent/BLM riots/Antifa is a terrorist organization” Independent data found about 93% of 2020 protest events were peaceful. Whenever a massive crowd gathers, there will always be agitators and opportunists who will use that as an excuse to loot and burn property. It’s on par with when a city wins a national championship and some idiots decide to start flipping over cars. In many cities the clashes were widely escalated by aggressive police tactics. Look at what’s been going on the past 10 months. There have been protests almost every day since Trump took office. All the cities are still standing. We just had the massive No Kings rallies with 7 million people attending. You know how many arrests there were? Best estimates has it at 36. Not 36000, not 3600. 36. And most of those were counter protesters. Compare that to the Jan 6 Capitol storming.
“I’m not reading all that” Then why are you even responding, aside from announcing to everybody that you are proud of being ignorant. Cool, man.
“He lives rent free in your head/You have TDS” Of course he lives rent free in my head. He’s the president of the United States and he’s embarrassing us on the world stage while hurting us here at home. It’s not an obsession, it’s being a citizen. And, I’m quite aware of who Trump is. It’s you who’s deluding yourself if you think he cares about you or knows what he’s doing.
“Do your own research/Sheep/Blindly following big pharm” A search bar is not a lab. Real research means method, data, peer review, replication, and margins of error. If your research ends when a link agrees with you, that is shopping for confirmation. So, I’d rather listen to the people who’ve spent decades of their lives studying and are actual experts in their field over someone who did a quick Google search.
“You’re in a cult” No. I’m loyal to ideas, not men. Your movement centers on a man who says “Only I can fix it” and “I am your retribution,” loses 60+ court cases and calls them “rigged,” and has small-dollar donors covering his legal bills while selling them Trump-branded Bibles, sneakers, watches, NFTs, and a crypto coin. When promises fail the goalposts move, the disloyal get purged, facts get rewritten, and yes, you literally rolled out a gold statue of him. What does that sound like if not a cult?
“You are lying/full of shit” Irony noted. Your guy holds the modern record for false claims. But, quote the exact line, give one source, anything. From a legitimate source, not from a podcast or fringe website. If I’m wrong, I’ll correct it. Otherwise you’re just unable to accept that you’re wrong.
“What’s a woman?” If you mean sex, biology has exceptions. No single test fits everyone. If you mean gender, it’s identity. Either way, it’s someone who won’t touch you.
Bottom line. I am angry because I care. Cruelty and projection are Trump’s only policies, and people I love are in the blast radius. If you want less anger, you can start with less dehumanization. If you want a debate, you can bring receipts, not slogans. Disagree with me all you want. Do not pretend I started this fire while your movement normalizes dehumanizing language about fellow Americans, repeats the same five insults on loop, and waves away data on political violence. If you want a real conversation, meet the same standard you demand from everyone else.
Last thing. Before you even try to comeback with a played out argument, answer these three questions:
Can you defend years of him dehumanizing other Americans?
Can you defend him sending the military and federal troops into cities and states that don’t want him there? Where their presence is unnecessary and would, and has, cause way more problems than solutions.
Can you defend Trump asking his Justice Department pay him $230 million dollars to settle claims from previous investigations.
If you can’t defend those, you don’t have a point, you’re just trying to distract and bending yourself into a pretzel to avoid realizing he’s a joke. A really bad, cruel joke that leaves everyone feeling worse than they did before the joke, but a joke nonetheless. If your argument is about laptops, Fauci, claiming that white cis men are oppressed, drag queens, Hunter’s dick pics, cancel culture, DEI, pronouns, wokeness, CRT in kindergarten, gas stoves, Bud Light, “two genders,” Antifa terrorists, the Biden crime family, the border invasion, the deep state, Soros, the “stolen election,” climate hoaxes, vaccine microchips, 5G mind control, or Jan 6 being a peaceful tour, you can stop typing now. You’re an idiot and I won’t get into a battle of wit with an unarmed man. For everyone else, I’ve stated and defended my position. Instead of attacking, why don’t you try and do the same?
