If Trump wins the presidency and is suddenly in command of, like, fucking nuclear launch codes and shit, that means that the world’s greatest need is TRULY at hand, right?
So what are the odds we’re going to see King Arthur and the court of Camelot return sometime in the next year?
So from an augury perspective, it is fair to say that Bernie has the approval of the sparrow, and Donald lacks the qualities necessary to please the eagle.
BUT BEYOND THAT! Even if you don’t buy into augury, let’s look at bird behavior.
Bernie, with all his hand waving and the volume of his voice attracted the interest of a sparrow, a small, non-predatory animal. This means that despite his motion and volume, it saw him and went “this man is not a threat to me”.
Donald Douche, on the other hand, sat still next to a trained predatory bird, and the bird was so uncomfortable with him that it attacked him. Straight attacked him. He wasn’t waving his arms or being loud, just existing next to the bird it felt threatened and attacked him.
So there’s that.
This is an awesome post.
To be fair, the eagle had a good reason to attack Drumpf. During the shoot, Drumpf was told to hold the bird closer to him because it would be a more steady perch. But instead, he held him as far away from him as possible which made the perch unsteady and nearly dropped him. The second photo, the one of him being attacked at the desk is when he was reaching for the eagle’s tether. The eagle recognized him as ‘that guy that dropped him’ and attacked him.
So to read this into augury- Drumpf was attacked not simply because because he lacks the necessary qualities associated with the eagle, but because the eagle remembers that he mishandles those qualities (protection, opportunity, freedom, etc) in a way that harms them.
If Trump becomes president I’m switching my major to music so when our country inevitably becomes a nuclear wasteland, I can be the guying playing the flamethrower guitar while the War Boys attack unsuspecting wanderers.
I appreciate that Americans who are anti-Trump threaten to leave the country and set their eyes north to Canada, like the world is their oyster and they can move wherever they want. But when another group of people are actually escaping real turmoil and want to move to the U.S. then it becomes a sensitive issue. Such entitlement even in jest.
this cuts deep
I am willing to bet the overlap between those wanting to leave the US if Trump becomes president and those who want to keep refuges out of the US is rather small.
^^^^ uh yes, that^^^^ like idk if you realize this but the people not letting other people into our country ARE the Trump supporters and the people who are desperately afraid and/or wanting to leave are the anti-trump people, often Democrats who WANT to take in refugees and immigrants in need. Also, people escaping “real turmoil” sure is a bit of a backhand to the immigrants and immigrants-children in this country facing the very REAL threat of an insane hitler-esque racist running this country who is already threatening to have us all deported immediately.
<p>tl;dr: wow stay in your lane there buddy
YES FUCKING THANK YOU That attitude annoys the shit out of me.
The ‘world is your oyster’ point is a somewhat fair criticism and ties into other issues like the persistent idea that americans are cultured only if they travel the world which is hella privileged in so many ways but to use it for this is glossing over other aspects of the whole ‘I’m moving to Canada’ thing.
In addition to the fact that the people in the US who are scared of what could happen and those who would refuse to take in refugees are pretty disparate groups of people, most people aren’t going to move. The number of people who could realistically move is spectacularly small
compared to the number of people who may talk about it or would
want/need to get the fuck away from this goddamned mess. NOT because they’re not ~serious~ like it’s a fucking joke but because they don’t have the resources it takes to move fucking anywhere much less internationally, no matter how unsafe or terrible conditions become. That shit is expensive, takes a lot of time and energy, requires specialized skills or exceptional work to land a visa, etc.
Also people need to realize that talking about moving to Canada or wherever if shit hits the fan is often a form of escapism for a lot of people as a way to temper their growing anxiety and panic because the thought of living for 4 years with these people in charge and the amount of damage and harm it’s going to do is overwhelming and they’re just trying to get through the fucking day.
remember when we all thought that mitt romney would be the worst possible thing to happen to politics ohohoho boy were we naive
I guess you could say He Got Trumped
Remember when we thought John McCain of all people would be a conservative nightmare? It’s like each Republican candidate to emerge is part of the same supervillain who after each defeat keeps saying “You fools! This isn’t even my final form!”
