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gab13by13

(21,405 posts)
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 06:43 AM Feb 2020

Trump's border "wall."

This is a good example of how Trump and Republicans control the MSM narrative.
I just read the article about how the ACLU is going after Trump's diversion of money that is being used for his border wall.

Why the fuck is everyone calling it a wall? It is a fence. I would think that at least Democrats can call what Trump's hateful barrier really is, a fence. It doesn't sound so appealing when billions of taxpayer dollars are being spent for a fence.

Just something that has been annoying me and I had to get off my chest.

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Trump's border "wall." (Original Post) gab13by13 Feb 2020 OP
"a great big beautiful wall" rampartc Feb 2020 #1
Given how the 'wall' has fared ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #2
Well yeah, I agree, well said, gab13by13 Feb 2020 #3
I like to bring up the free border wall from time to time with my Republican buddies Shermann Feb 2020 #4
Every time I am reminded of that stupid, ridiculous, money-pit, joke of a "wall", smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #5
And it's an ugly, environmental disaster eyesore. sinkingfeeling Feb 2020 #7
Everyone suspects that gab13by13 Feb 2020 #6
We need to call it what it is: a monument to hate The Genealogist Feb 2020 #8

rampartc

(5,435 posts)
1. "a great big beautiful wall"
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 06:55 AM
Feb 2020

I may not have imagined the ice wall of westeros or even the great wall of china, but this is just a very expensive fence.

trump cultists are not even disappointed, and most believe the damn thing has already been built.

NanceGreggs

(27,818 posts)
2. Given how the 'wall' has fared ...
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 06:57 AM
Feb 2020

... against wind, climbers, and electric saws, it should really be known as Trump's Collapsible, Scalable, Easily-Removable, Mexico-Didn't-Pay-For-It Fence*

*Patent pending

gab13by13

(21,405 posts)
3. Well yeah, I agree, well said,
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 07:07 AM
Feb 2020

but fence is a little bit easier to say.

I mean if my 4 year old grandson told me that mommy got a new truck and it was really a car, I wouldn't pretend that he was right, I would correct him. We are grown ups who should know the difference between a wall and a fence.

Shermann

(7,433 posts)
4. I like to bring up the free border wall from time to time with my Republican buddies
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 08:29 AM
Feb 2020

...just for the tap-dancing that ensues. The shuffles, the waltzing, the flourishes...it's beautiful to watch!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Every time I am reminded of that stupid, ridiculous, money-pit, joke of a "wall",
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 08:34 AM
Feb 2020

I just want to scream. It is nothing more than a vanity project for him that will do NOTHING to solve any problem we have with immigration in this country and it is just siphoning off funds from other areas of the budget where that money is desperately needed. It makes me furious!

gab13by13

(21,405 posts)
6. Everyone suspects that
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 08:52 AM
Feb 2020

Trump and some of his new found pals are most likely profiting handsomely from building this fence. That's the reason I think he wanted concrete in the beginning, it was more money and ergo, more profit.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
8. We need to call it what it is: a monument to hate
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 09:38 AM
Feb 2020

It is a physical symbol of racism and xenophobia, built by a sociopath to exploit the prejudices of his ignorant, bigoted deplorable cultists for his own gain.

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