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H2O Man

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2. Maybe.

Reply to Wanderlust988 (Original post)

Sat May 24, 2025, 11:31 PM

May 24

I'm not sure everytone knows what communism is or isn't, but it still has value for a target audience. And I'm really not sure if it makes a big difference. I like to identify him as the "convicted sex offender/felon."

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Why don't people on our side call Trump a "Communist" instead? [View all] Wanderlust988 May 24 OP

Well, he certainly does seem to want to control the means of production and distribution. Ocelot II May 24 #1

Maybe. H2O Man May 24 #2

Perhaps because he is not a communist. David__77 May 24 #3

Incompetent Jackass would be more accurate RainCaster May 25 #10

What David__77 said. PoindexterOglethorpe May 24 #4

Fascist for now... Christian255 May 25 #5

This is what's wrong with Democrats...we need to be 'technically' correct. Fuck that! Wanderlust988 May 25 #11

Rec malaise May 25 #19

I'm with you on this. They stretch definitions like taffy, so why don't we take over the trigger word? JHB May 25 #6

Fascist is the more accurate descriptor. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 25 #7

Who cares what's accurate? lol We're talking about TRUMP here!! Wanderlust988 May 25 #13

My preference for the whole lot of them is "Bolshevik" with a prefix on it JHB May 25 #8

"Dictator" is more on point for him. GoodRaisin May 25 #9

Err...the problem with Dictator is that Republicans love it Wanderlust988 May 25 #12

It won't work. no_hypocrisy May 25 #14

Their propaganda and brainwashing moondust May 25 #15

Won't stick Patton French May 25 #16

To be honest, I doubt too many people know what 'communist' means either. OldBaldy1701E May 25 #17

Because a White supremacist fascist malaise May 25 #18