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SFFH writer working on my 10th serialized novel at Dad of 3. SFWA, NEHW. He/him.
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@Execute44 @Gianl1974 The Goog tells me toff means "wealthy, upper class, or privileged person." Whilst trumpy has negative class, he's certainly all of those in spades. Your argument devours itself.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP*
Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.
I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.
There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are.
• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

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@BlueSailor_198 @iamAtheistGirl Right? Where do they get this stuff?

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@TMTinkerer @CliffW08950229 1- it's absolutely "Rich vs Poor." Who do you think "The State" is controlled by and works for? 2- what do you imagine you're losing/ how are you being oppressed by society fulfilling its obligation to everyone's safety and survival? 3- Ayn Rand???? LOL!

[Atheist Girl @iamAtheistGirl]

it’s not gay and trans people grooming your children

it’s the christian church forcing bibles into classrooms and indoctrinating children in churches and homes

gay and trans people exist and have always existed

people are ALWAYS more important than beliefs

a belief is only important to the believer and is irrelevant to everyone else

beliefs should never come before actual people

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@TeaRoseKent Always glad to have a use for random tidbits I pick up.

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@AmericaRus2024 @michaelevknight That's the dumbest possible take on the subject. I award you one Dumbass™ and a block...

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@jflWrites I started writing separate files for each chapter back in the day when my computer would start bogging down after a few chapters in one file. Aside from Scrivener when I tried that, I've stuck to 1 chapter per file until I combine it for edits.

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@Eddiefelson2019 @patriach2051 Those problems are all related.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

The most successful brainwashing I’ve ever witnessed is the idea that anyone can become a billionaire. Some of you genuinely believe you'll get there one day, so you defend the ultra rich and oppose taxing them.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, we’ll have some of the letters I read — and responded to — every night. I still get emotional reading them, and it’s one of my favorite exhibits.

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@David_Raffin @Gabino_Iglesias Thirded! I'm 6ft, relatively beefy, black belt in karate, broken all kinds of stuff with my hands and feet, but I've also worn fairy wings I've sewn myself to support my LGBT Q+ sisters, brothers and others.
Men don't need advocating for as a group.

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@Gabino_Iglesias Yikes. The skulls of your enemies never pull that stuff. They just sit on their shelf, staring into unknowable abysses.

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@paladinofluce @iamAtheistGirl don't belong there or shouldn't have the job they have or what have you. Are you going to tell me that's not harassment? I think you're being disingenuous to try to be clever on the internet, but if you think about others and how we should all be able to get through the day...

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@paladinofluce @iamAtheistGirl A- no one's claiming that first part but you, B- yes, in fact, someone telling you every day that you're wrong and evil and don't have the right to live how you live /is/ harassment. Think about someone following a Black person around telling them how much Black people/

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@megaphire @theliamnissan @tmorello Incorrect