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[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Kim Jong Un is batshit crazy, but he does know the extent of his power. His power doesn't reach much further than North Korea itself, and if he tries anything that might piss off China, he backs off. Trump has no such restrictions, he can do whatever the hell he wants, and does.

The general principle in international relations for the past 100 years is that if you kill your own people, nobody really gives a shit. If you start killing other people, well then that's when other countries start taking notice.

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Mouarfff@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Delete it

It's cringe

Hitler mass deport and killed a lot of crash people in 2WW

You are the same

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago

daaaaamn.... that's true his crazy is actually kinda measured and controlled in a way, unlike trump, who's just an off the rails maniac

[–] Mouarfff@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In 2WW, Hitler make mass deport and murder of crazy people

Are you eugenist as him ?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

germany's laws on mental acuity were based very directly on the code of Virginia. Auschwitz planning docs included references to St Albans boarding school turned sanitarium in Radford, Virginia.

the roots of nazi eugenics are here in america. the fascists demanding a return to an imagined past who make up somewhere between 18-30% of our population absolutely want to get back to all that.

one third of this country wants to kill another third of our country. a remaining third of our country thinks the third of our country getting killed is overstating how killed they're getting

[–] Vikthor@piefed.world 68 points 1 week ago

He hasn't been the craziest one for almost four years now.

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago

N. Korea has 3 years to make a comedy about 2 journalist traveling to the USA to interview the President

[–] Nebraska_Huskers@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In a way he's sort of like westboro baptist church in the states. Once universally despised now outdone by more crazy and sort of forgotten about

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I’m from Topeka, home of Westboro. One year, the protested my high school band concert

You are so right. Even in my home town, they are a small nuisance compared Trump. Part of that has to do with the patriarch of the cult dying in 2014, but part of it is absolutely because Trump is crazier and more nonsensical than they are. And that’s saying something.

[–] Nebraska_Huskers@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Hello, neighbor to the south. I remember Kevin Smith managed to get one of Shirley's daughters out of the cult and I think the other daughter left as well

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

(°▽°)/ Howdy!

Megan and Grace Phelps-Roper did leave in 2012. Megan I has taken on a more prominent role in activism since leaving.

I don’t know if Kevin Smith is the reason she left, but they did frequently debate on Twitter while she was still with the church. He made a movie, Red State (2011) which upset the church so they got into it a lot online and when he toured the area.

After she left the church, he was very supportive of it. I know he interviewed on a podcast a few times, but I haven’t heard those.

[–] Nebraska_Huskers@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Didn't Fred try to admit that he was wrong in doing all the shit that he did on his deathbed trying to get right with God ? whatever fuck that pussy. Caused untold suffering to how many fucking people and then he wants to fucking apologize on his dead bed what a fucking coward.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have never heard rumors of him repenting in anyway. I think it’s safe to say, he’s burning in hell if you believe in that.

[–] Nebraska_Huskers@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Memories hazy but if memory serves the family clan sort of split in half because of him doing that. Shirley is still doing it. But I know Kevin for sure got one her kids out and I think even helped her financially with a safe place to stay. Yea red state is a good flick.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Ya Shirley is a fucking psychopath. She has been the most vocal one of them all for a long time.

There’s a lot of stuff they do that most people don’t even know about.

Back when schools still used fax machines, they would send real heinous stuff pretty much every day. They were harassing children.

They were always protesting somewhere in Topeka. As a kid, my parents always told us not to look at them.

I don’t hear much about them now, I don’t live there anymore but I have a lot of family there. I don’t even see WBC out protesting when I visit.

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I really hope someone in thigh-high striped socks takes one for the team and makes out with someone in front of the Westboro protesters in Kansas. I also really hope someone builds a Unitarian Universalist church near the site of the Westboro church.

[–] Nebraska_Huskers@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Anything that could have been legally done to troll and harass them has already been done through the years. There used to be a sub dedicated to trolling them on reddit way back in the day. Back when reddit was used for good and not supporting fascists

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters troll them every time that band plays Kansas City.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

The wbc has seen every funny, clever, disgusting, and even abhorrent trolling attempt you could possibly imagine. Someone literally bought the house across the street from them years ago and painted it in the colors of the pride flag. Ultimately the church/family is run by lawyers so they would also catalog the more troubling stuff like death threats too. Before the modern era culture wars they were a group that essentially everyone hated. They’re a hardcore Baptist denomination preaching hate so that alienates your leftists and libs, generally, and they took the attitude of “dead soldiers are gods punishment for America allowing lgbt stuff, 9/11 was a gift from god, etc” which alienated the overwhelming majority of the conservative crowd too so they got hate from every angle.

The proper thing to do is continue to let them fade into obscurity. The best thing that ever happened to them was the lawsuits about freedom of speech and the continued media coverage related to their ridiculous messaging. They weren’t stupid either; they recognized 99.99% of the people watching them on cnn or whatever would write them off as extremist kooks. But if 10 million people watch that interview? That 0.01% leave 1,000 potential new members to the flock, with those numbers. And this is where the growth was seen: peak membership was in the era preceding Phelps death, and its waned since. The brainwashed family members are primarily what you see in the time preceding and after (though not exclusively, some people who joined stayed and some family have broken free).

As always, the best way to deal with a troll is ignoring and certainly not giving said troll media exposure to an audience of millions to help them recruit.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 28 points 1 week ago

They are awfully close, though. Both in scale of insanity and in affection for each other.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Genuinely can’t tell if that’s real or an edit lmao

[–] TheBenCommandments 5 points 1 week ago

Gods damn I’d pay good money to see him give it a go

[–] slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can’t tell if Trump is dropping in on a bowl in the DMZ on the Korean border? Lmao I love that.

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

More like I wouldn’t put it past him to have posed for this pic. I don’t think he’s actually skateboarding lol

[–] slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Honestly? He’s such a weirdo that I could see it! It would be rad to see a skate park at the DMZ instead of military huts.

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Best buds🤗

[–] bryophile@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago

Seriously though, the way everyone is now telling Trump what a great leader he is and praising his every action is very much like such a charicature of a leader of a totalitarian regime. The charicature we used to make fun of leaders like Kim.

It's ominous to see this happen with "the leader of the free world".

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Too true to be funny ;)

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago

Trump is jealous that he still has to poop, unlike Glorious Leader Kim Jong.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Give him the same wealth and military power as Trump has, then he will end the world...

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

No need. Trump's got it covered.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

he was never as crazy as putin, or trump. Kim held on a leash by CHINA, XI.

[–] Bloodyhog@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Putin was and is not crazy, do not make this mistake. Vile, murderous, clinging to power, corrupt, immoral - all yes. Bit he is very rational in his own way. So is Kim, I think, but I do lack info here.

Trump, on the other hand, does look properly crazy now. And that is my last hope for this world, that he finally shows it in a clinical way and americans wake up before this is all over for us.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Vile, murderous, clinging to power, corrupt, immoral - all yes. Bit he is very rational in his own way.

There's a word to describe all this, it's evil.

[–] Bloodyhog@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yes. But not crazy.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I wouldn’t call trump crazy. Senile? Yes. Dumb? Yes. Overly prideful? Yes. Bigoted? Yes. Crazy? No. He’s just beholden to nothing and no one relevant to our perspectives.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Senile and has dementia could loosely be called crazy.

He is old af, in diapers and talking to the yard about his ballroom while in meetings. He's lost it occasionally and sundowns occasionally. He is not up for the job.

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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Didn't he want to nuke a hurricane, back in like 2017? After someone told him that just changing the expected course with an expo market on a map doesn't actually do anything?

That's like first-grader logic and problem solving right there. I don't even know if it is true but the fact that it could be tells you everything you need to know about his mental capacity...

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m not a psychiatrist but I can take a look.

From what I know of some people around me, I think Trump really is mentally ill. Those people usually can’t see what is reality to other people and they live in a reality what others can’t understand. We can make a jokes about his behavior and comments, but we have to understand that what he says and does is not a joke to him, it’s reality where he lives.

I agree that he is dumb and senile and all that, but he definitely is a mentally unstable and ill too. And this makes him and his cult very dangerous to not only the people of US, but also to all the world.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Title goes to: Little rocket hands.

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