I'll defend anyone wrongly accused of something (from my perspective) from Lucifer to Mother Theresa, though defending trump makes me feel about the same as possibly voting for Hillary in the GE.
I'll hold my nose and curse the sky, but I'll do it anyway if I think the accusations false.

Tommy2Tone

(1,307 posts)

11. I have no idea what you are into?

Reply to JackInGreen (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 01:00 PM

Dec 2015

Comparing Trump to voting for Hillary is sick.

Skittles

(153,202 posts)

23. the Hysterical Hillary Haters

Reply to Tommy2Tone (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 08:57 PM

Dec 2015

they are all over DU

Tommy2Tone

(1,307 posts)

28. Imagine Democrats being all over DU?

Reply to Skittles (Reply #23)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 09:31 PM

Dec 2015

Only a non-Democrat would find this hysterical.

Skittles

(153,202 posts)

36. OMG you got me

Reply to Tommy2Tone (Reply #28)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:06 PM

Dec 2015

I AM A NON-DEMOCRAT!

muriel_volestrangler

(101,381 posts)

12. OK, I'll bite - what was he 'wrongly accused' of?

Reply to JackInGreen (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 01:27 PM

Dec 2015

I'll leave this here first - this is a comment which I guess you think he needs defending from:

They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists

From before the debate:

The Republican presidential candidate's controversial proposal for barring all Muslims from entering the United States is being used by the head-chopping fanatics and other terrorist groups like al Qaeda to attract recruits by painting the land of the free as opposed to Islam, experts told NBC News on Tuesday.

"They love him from the sense that he is supporting their rhetoric," said Rita Katz with the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the social media activities of Islamic terrorist groups.

"They follow everything Donald Trump says," she noted. "When he says, 'No Muslims should be allowed in America,' they tell people, 'We told you America hates Muslims and here is proof.'"

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/donald-trumps-muslim-bashing-aids-cause-terror-networks-say-experts-n476221

It's not disputed that Trump did say (possibly paraphrased) "no Muslims should be allowed in America". And a monitoring group says ISIS are using that. There are some true idiots who are saying "but the monitoring group didn't use the word 'videos'". So what? We know Trump said it; if they are pointing to an online article with it in words, rather than a video, it doesn't alter Trump's responsibility in any way.

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)

15. Wrongly accused my hind parts.

Reply to JackInGreen (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 03:27 PM

Dec 2015

If you don't think his inflammatory language is being highlighted by ISIS and similar organizations, you're not paying close attention.

Seriously... I don;lt get this line of argument from Democrats AT ALL, other than it's a line of attack on Hillary.

pampango

(24,692 posts)

8. I've seem some use the 'broken clock' analogy to agree with him on an issue but never

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 12:56 PM

Dec 2015

to side with him against a Democrat.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

9. They have defended some pols who are only one notch up on the evolutionary scale...

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 12:56 PM

Dec 2015

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

10. I do have to defend Donald Trump

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 12:59 PM

Dec 2015

I know he's taken a lot of flack for his crummy hair, but the truth is, he's carefully woven it into a follicle based thought protection system that will keep his thoughts from being influenced by the Reticulons. If you knew the threat the reticulons pose to our economy and our way of life, you'd agree that more presidential candidates should take such protections.

Bryant

kath

(10,565 posts)

13. Ah, but some DUers HAVE defended Trump, saying that he is more honest than Bernie, or can be trusted

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 03:00 PM

Dec 2015

More than Bernie, etc.
See this post http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251851667#post258
plus multiple other ones by that person in that thread ( some of which she deleted, but their content can be inferred by other people's responses to them)

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

18. Post #254 in that thread really takes the cake, imo. That poster should be

Reply to kath (Reply #13)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 03:45 PM

Dec 2015

banned permanently from DU just on principle alone.

MH1

(17,608 posts)

25. Interestingly, I can't find a post 254 in that thread.

Reply to KingCharlemagne (Reply #18)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 09:27 PM

Dec 2015

It occurs to me that I probably have that poster on ignore. (my ignore list is pretty short, especially if I delete the posters who have been banned.)

MH1

(17,608 posts)

30. Aaaand, I took my 50% chance and nailed it.

Reply to MH1 (Reply #25)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 09:33 PM

Dec 2015

Yep, not a surprise from that one.

stage left

(2,966 posts)

32. Wow!

Reply to KingCharlemagne (Reply #18)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 09:50 PM

Dec 2015

Post 254. Surely that poster can't be serious.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

16. Trump is a disgusting, misogynist pig.

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 03:40 PM

Dec 2015

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

17. I was just in a thread being told that Hillary and her supporters want Trump to win the nomination:

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 03:40 PM

Dec 2015

" What you don't get is that Clinton and I want nothing more than for Trump to win their primary."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251936615#post7

Hillary supporters just relishing all that Trump excess. It's not wise and I find it to be disgusting. Tell your friends.

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

19. Unfortunately, some have defended him as superior to Sanders. SMH - nt

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 03:46 PM

Dec 2015

aikoaiko

(34,184 posts)

21. You're getting betta at the disruptive meta

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 04:15 PM

Dec 2015

Whiskeytide

(4,463 posts)

22. I think it is predominantly a republican trait to despise...

Reply to leftofcool (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 04:22 PM

Dec 2015

... everything a person says based on your dislike of that person rather than the content of the statement itself.

I don't like Trump at all. But at the last debate, he said something to the effect of "we wasted trillion$ on BS wars when we could have spent that money here at home on infrastructure" (paraphrasing).

I will defend that statement - or that idea/perception - until the day I die. I don't disagree with it just because some misogynistic, racist asshole also happened to say it. And noting that I agree with Trump on something is worth commenting on because it almost never happens, and it makes me feel icky. Kind of like eating at Taco Bell.

But please keep in mind that pointing out that he said something I agree with doesn't mean I think he's fit for office. It doesn't mean I think maybe he's not such a bad guy. It doesn't mean I would prefer him over clowns 2 through 11.

But, .... it also doesn't mean I'm defending HIM.

I have no explanation for the poster who said they'd prefer him over Sanders, however. That is really messed up.