Robert Ariail for January 12, 2021

It would be closer to the truth for the ’toon to show Trump flying over the "blue-bird and taking a dump.

He was using Twitter as a manure spreader.

I can’t decide which I find more annoying, Twitter or the president.

Bunch of ‘toons with this idea today. Both sides of the aisle. I kinda think it’s such low flying poop that it’s just too easy.

That’s not exactly why I call that app “Sh*tter”. They’ve been enabling the Mad King for four years now to dump his Orange fecal matter through the whole world.

There’ll be Blue Twitter Birds over, the White Hair of Dumbass, just you wait and see . . .

HA HA !!!

Unfortunately he splashed some on the whole country.

Fair is fair, it’s only what Donnie did to the entire country for four years.

Three years late. Is that a Mocking bird?

ROTFLMAO! So well deserved. You cannot sh*t on the American people/democracy and not to expect to be shat back on. Well, he does.

When a child is using something in a dangerous manner, you take it away from them. Common sense.

Direct hit!

WOMP..WOMP!!

Too little, too late.

This bird has flown.

Trump was more upset that Capitol mob looked ‘low class’ than about violent attacks, reports say

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/11/2008418/-Trump-was-more-upset-that-Capitol-mob-looked-low-class-than-about-violent-attacks-reports-say?utm_campaign=recent

ALSO, Agolf Twitler Was MUCH MORE UPSET that the PGA has pulled ALL events from his Golf Courses WORLDWIDE then he was that HIS FOLLOWERS were destroying the U.S. Capitol Building, ATTEMPTING A COUP, and THREATENING ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES WITH DEATH!

Seriously, he REALLY DOESN’T GIVE A S#!T ABOUT ANYONE OR ANYTHING OTHER THEN HIMSELF!!!!

No president has ever been treated this badly by twitter than he has, no even Lincoln! This is really sad.

Nice birdy, now call in your friends for a fly over!

Trump always wants a ‘flyover’. This will be the final one before leaving office as Fox and Friends hosts complain that they’ve lost many thousands of their personal followers. Pathetic Losers. What did you think might happen ?

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I have encountered an interesting development over the last few days. While i eschew reactionaries and radicals, my friends and members of my family range from liberals through conservatives (REAL conservatives, not the reactionaries who abused the conservatives and moderates of the Republican Party by pretending to just be a different flavor of conservative like the Nazis did to German conservatives in the 1930s before they turned on them, too).

Recently, conservative friends are asking me what I suggest that they can do. They are seeing big problems but feeling lost because they can not correct big problems.

So, to others who have not yet asked anyone each of these questions but are wondering about them:

Rediscover the main stream media and follow more than one station or one paper. It has to fact check; retractions indicate responsibility. If you don’t encounter fact checking then try others instead. Undermining trust in the media is one of the major tools of dictators.

Not ready yet? Then begin with non-partisan fact checkers. The two very best are probably Politifact and Fact Check:

https://www.politifact.com/

https://www.factcheck.org/

The other really important thing you can do is something that good parents do all the time. In fact, one of the people who asked me is among the best parents I know.

You set limits, realize when those lines are being dragged too far, express displeasure about and to those who try to manipulate your limits and you decry the public figures who do so. It seems small, but it really adds up when a lot of people do it consistently. It was the major tool set when liberals set limits on radicals in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although it takes time and vigilance, it works.

When you talk with friends and with family typically the problem is the message rather than the messenger, so judge the situation and phrase your wording accordingly.

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You can turn off the radio or tv stations when they put on reactionary talking heads, and let their advertisers know that you will purchase from their competitors because they finance reactionaries.

Be aware that it is easy to just flow along with things you are hearing instead of thinking about them. The written word gives you a better chance to pause and realize when an argument is illogical or manipulative. You owe such critical examination to yourself and to our nation.

When a friend or family member expresses support for a reactionary you can express displeasure about the reactionary being supported. It does not have to be a long statement or an angry one. It needs to be firm.

You can refuse to vote for politicians who are reactionary or to enable reactionary candidates. If you want, you can vote outside your party based on what you learn about candidates and their voting history (rather than promises which are often self-contradictory hot air). Otherwise, you can simply withhold your vote from the bad candidates and vote only for others. You do not need to vote on every row of a ballot.

When enough people tackle the small problems then usually the large problems can be avoided; that is not always true, but usually it is.

“The silence of good people is more dangerous than the brutality of bad people.” Martin Luther King

We’ve known for a long time that Trump would explode if he couldn’t abuse social media like Twitter… the pressure is building up… watch out for shrapnel…

Wish it was a bigger bird.

Finally, sheesh!