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Well said!

Nothing unlocks ancient, primordial wrath quite like pushing quiet, mild mannered people past their boiling point.

That’s especially true in Minneapolis. Renee Good and Alex Pretti changed everything. The level of sheer unadulterated quiet rage those murders unleashed is not something you’d see overtly, but it is there and if is not going to go away any time soon.

i'm not ready to claim normal, pleasant, gentle, or older yet leave it at that

I can't think of a single person I know (aside from maga family members) who doesn't want to see everyone in this regime pay for what they've done. From a very devout catholic cousin to my progressive athiest friends, they all agree that there needs to be retribution.

The usually provocative shit I say has become practically the moderate position among people I talk to. Mild mannered, normal democrats.

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Old here. Can confirm. I've said the word "guillotine" more in the last 2 years than in my whole life before that. And that's the tame part.

I'll need someone to push my chair for me so I can swing arms.

My 96 year old mother has said unspeakable things about this administration including things that could’ve resulted in a visit from the Secret Service.

I've never wished anyone dead before. One of the things I hate most about the past 10 years is the slow erosion of my own compassion.

He who must not be named

Maybe try "can you tell me who the president *should* be?"

My spouse was in the hospital for a few weeks for cancer tx. That question was part of the test they did several times a day. We figured out which nurses were sympatico pretty quick, they were the ones who laughed sincerely when he answered, “I can but I won’t.”

I think I would reply “Brother Trucker.” Or something like that!

When I was a kid an ER doctor asked me "who is in charge at the White House?" - I gave a humorous reply. You might try that variation. (I'm also ex EMS)

We really need better cognitive test questions than "hey, do you remember that we live in the Hell Times?" Ask me what year it is, ask me if I remember the fall of YouTube Atheism to the shitlords of 4Chan, but don't ever make me remember that the worst pile of shit has returned to power.

"I am hiiiiigh. Don't mess it up!"

I'll be having a procedure soon, and if asked that question post-anesthesia, I've been rehearsing - "orange skinned fuck-face?"

I'd like to think that I'd quote Alf. "The president of what?" (wait for answer) "All fifty of them!?" But I know that I probably wouldn't.

drumpf is the Beetlejuice of pedophiles everywhere.

If I’m doing okay, you’ll get “Jabba” from me.

I'd probably reflexively answer, "that motherfucker Von Shitzenpantz."

my answer to that question was "an orange asshole"

about a week ago i took my mom to the emergency room (she'll be okay). she was in a *lot* of pain and struggling to speak. when they asked her the president question she gathered herself enough to say, "that fuckin' asshole." i told the nurse that, fwiw, by that she did mean trump.

My brother used to be an EMT while Obama was president. You can imagine the answers he got…

ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION

Remember the movie "Longtime Companion"? An AIDS patient is getting a mini-mental-status exam with the question, "Who is the president?" "Ronald Reagan," he replies. "And who is the vice-president?" "Nancy Reagan."

I honestly stopped asking it.

Was in an ER during Bush Jr's presidency. They asked me "the question" and I answered "Dubya, unfortunately." They said yeah, she's ok.

I generally use a variety of workarounds to avoid saying his name.

I had a seizure while visiting my parents back in 2018 (never before, so far never again) and while my memory is quite fuzzy I tthink member my answer to that question starting with “Unfortunately…”

I had abdominal surgery during the first term, and while I was coming out of it I told them "Don't ask me who the president is, I don't want to think about that."

When family was in the emergency room a month ago, the nurse told us they now ask different questions because people kept getting too agitated about answering that one. (This in a red turning purple county.)

William Gerberding was president of the Univ of Washington for quite a few years. One day, a co-worker of my husband had a heart attack and was found unconscious. They took him to the UW Hospital and got him revived enough to ask who the prez was. He answered Gerberding and got a big laugh.

I couldn't read at the time. But I knew who the fuck Spiro Agnew was and exactly why I wanted to punch him in the fucking dick.

A friend of mine had a heart attack. When they revived him and asked that question he just yelled “FUCK!”

Yup. As one of them, I’m ready.

The Minutemen spirit still lives.

Tell your folks I love them

I think we're 3 weeks from her getting a set of ACAB knuckle tats

I feel like people have been watching leaders being passive and have assumed it’s part of some strategy. But now we’re realizing this just means they aren’t leaders.