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We're Gonna Need Smaller Handcuffs (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (19 children)

I think the idea is that making fun of the way people look isn't ok because it makes negative associations for anyone who has similar traits. It hurts more than just the intended recipient. There are plenty of ways to make fun of Trump without making fun of his body.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago (15 children)

I agree with you in general, with the following caveats:

Fuck that guy. He's a rapist and a fraud. He makes fun of disabled reporters. He calls dead veterans losers. He has lost the privilege of my sympathy.
Nobody else actually cares about the size of his hands. In fact, they're probably a normal size. It's Trump who has this weird narcissistic, dysmorphic obsession with his hands. So we're not laughing at the way he looks, just his psychological problems. Maybe that's worse, but I don't care because (1).

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, 2 is the main point. We're not mocking him for the size of his hands, we're mocking his insecurity about them. Nobody besides him actually cares how big his hands are, nor does anyone really care how big anyone else's hands are.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like something someone with Trump hands would say

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why are you being down voted, obvious funny sarcasm

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I omitted the "/s" because this isn't Reddit and being downvoted is my fetish

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