I’ve been working 16 hour days the past few days fixing some stuff that needed fixing ASAP. Not going to talk more about that, other than to mention that Amazon has killed the performance of their platform with fixes intended to improve security, and move on.
So anyhow, we learned this week that Cheeto Mussolini doesn’t know the definition of the word “treason”. In case you’re wondering, it’s the one and only crime defined in the Constitution:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
So basically: If you’re giving aid and comfort to our nation’s enemies in some overt act, then it’s treason. So, let’s see what Cheeto Mussolini thinks is treason:
Not clapping along with the Republicans during the State of the Union address.
Err…. looking for that in the Constitution… not finding it….
But hey, the Constitution is just a piece of paper anyhow, right? Right?!
– Badtux the Snarky Penguin
Badtux the Snarky Penguin 
Ah, but every soi-disant conservative (looking at *you* Il Dunce) comes equipped with an infallible psychic original-intentafier that allows them to channel the Founding Fathers and *know* what they would/should have written. And remember that the Tree of LIberty must be watered with the suffering pain of bone spurs.
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Starting to look like every move he makes is either intended to create a dictatorship for himself, or as though he is already the dictator.
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Is it treason if you don’t wave swastika flags during the military parade?
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Military parade… yeah. Does Shitler just think the military will spontaneously charge the FBI building and force them to be nice to him? Or does he have a Reichstag fire planned?
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Yeah, that whole military parade thing is just crazy. The French have a reason to have a Bastille Day parade. A 4th of July parade would be pretty much the equivalent here, I guess, but that’s not how we traditionally celebrate the 4th of July. Only 3rd world countries, Russia, and North Korea do that kinda thing nowadays. And France. But since when was France someone that Republicans wanted to emulate?
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Tux, your thinking is shaped by that old-fashioned notion that “words have meanings.” In the mind of Shitler — good one, Nan. I hadn’t seen that before — it’s like the Humpty Dumpty (Trumpty Dumpty?) quote from “Alice in Wonderland” — “a word means whatever I say it does.”
In this case, “treason” means “insufficient licking of the Leader’s boots.” It’s not as though President* Shithole is going to get any federal law enforcement agency to bring court charges of aiding and abetting the enemy against Dems who weren’t deferential enough to his orange arse. “Treason” is merely a scary-sounding word to be tossed around for emotional effect. A pointless insult. I don’t even think the booger-eaters who slaver over the kkkult of (antisocial) personality will put LITERAL stock in the “treason” thingy. They realise the leader spouts bollocks that he won’t back up. Name-calling, not results, is what they care about.
It’s silly and sad that a person in an important position is nothing more than a word-vomiting windbag. Bit by bit, even his own klavern is going to regard everything he says as garbage. “Treason,” “terrorist” and other words are being defined down to become synonyms for “something I don’t like.” Not just with Trumplusconi (and have you been following how the real Berlusconi has a decent shot at becoming the power behind the throne in the next Italian national election?) but with all sorts of people. Words are losing definition. It’s like some twisted linguistic theory that Orwell might have explored in “1984” where IngSoc lingo was intentionally truncated in order to limit thought.
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Bukko, when dealing with fascists, it’s always wise to take them on their word. Everybody said of Hitler, “oh, he’s just spewing that garbage about Jews for political gain, he doesn’t really believe any of it.” Well, we should have taken him at his word. Same with Twitler. If Twitler starts spewing about how the appropriate treatment for legislators who don’t hand him everything he wants is treason charges, we should take him at his word, not try to explain it away like people did about Hitler’s hatred of Jews.
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Cheeto Mussolini: They didn’t clap for me! Treason!
Reminds of the Uncle Joe Stalin. Giving a speech, before a group large or small, and the applause rained down on him. And the applause would go on and on and on, because everyone had learned to be afraid to BE THE FIRST ONE TO STOP CLAPPING. Joe just might notice and you didn’t want that.
Stalin probably called it treason too.
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He doesn’t have an original thought in his head. Remember “you’re the puppet”? I’m 90% certain that someone has said “treason” in his discussions with his defense lawyers.
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Yeah, well, I notice a LOT OF Trump haters use exactly the same rhetoric. In the absence of war it is not treason. I haven’t figured out what the right word is. Acting against your country’s best interests? I think that’s called capitalism. Admiring a foreign adversary of your country? Disloyal, unpatriotic, yeah, but not treason. I may be mispercieved as defending the Orange-utan, but I voted (reluctantly) for Hillary. I am just thoroughly turned off by the hysterical overblown screaming. Calling him third grade playground names is not doing anything to solve the problems. One third of the people of Puerto Rico are still without electricity, FEMA gave out dozens, possibly hundreds, of huge no-bid contracts to one-person one-employee companies. Calling Trump minions “fascists” may be satisfying but it’s not helping the people of Puerto Rico. Maybe there’s nothing we can do that will help, but calling Trump voters economically insecure, uneducated, rural rednecks when half of them make more than $70,000 a year (national median is $64,000) is looking at the wrong problem.
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