Donald Trump is absolutely not worried about people dressed in chicken suits handing out tacos. This is "Let's Go Brandon"-level feckless facebook-boomer euphemism, it's embarrassing, and I'm fucking sick of it.

You know what Donald Trump is actually worried about? Protests, strikes, civil unrest, molotov cocktails, actual substantive action. Stop pretending this taco chicken bullshit is that.

[–] painteddoggie@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Right, I thought this was posted to lemmyshitposts its so fucking embarrassing

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Whenever we see video of these military parades in Russia, NK, etc, they are always really clean and controlled. HitlerPig wants a parade where the world watches with respect and reverence at his mighty power. What he's worried about is people seeing his massive parade, and not quaking in fear in response.

We should be doing anything and everything that discredits his big parade, and demonstrates to the world that we do not fear his foolish blustering. Massive protests along the parade route are called for. Making fun of him with chicken suits and rubber chickens would humiliate and infuriate him, but so would interrupting the parade, forcing it to stop. Make sure there isn't one foot of that parade, or one second of video footage that doesn't include protesters

Ruin his big beautiful birthday parade in every way possible, including chicken suits, inflatable HitlerPig babies, signs, live streams, sit-ins, blockages, etc.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Exactly, showing up in chicken costumes is fun for the parade goers. Showing up to protest makes it less fun.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I have to disagree. He doesn't give a shit about protests. But he has such thin skin, that making fun of him hurts him the most.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

What about do a bit of both?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nothing wounds him more than disrespecting him.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 4 points 2 days ago

I think he’d be more wounded with violence that directly affected him, but yeah, maybe memes will work better.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Keep telling yourself that

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It takes time for most people to build up to that level. Also, any civil unrest generally needs a smoke screen of legitimate, law abiding protestors.

Just getting people into the habit of going out to actually protest would be a big step. The more people do it, the more socially acceptable it becomes. The more socially acceptable it is, the more people will turn up. Eventually, it starts hitting critical mass, which scares those in power. Until then, a few broken windows, or burnt cars, are good propaganda optics to drive your support back into their living rooms.

[–] mlfh@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

That makes sense, thanks for the new perspective.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Man exactly. This stupid fucking meme will change absolutely nothing, and these do nothing ass cowards are costing lives on a global scale with this useless bullshit.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think the choice in front of most people is chicken suit and tacos vs more substantive action, it's chicken suit and tacos vs nothing at all. Most people aren't engaged in any form. Getting them to go on strike is probably out of the question. Getting them to do something they think is funny so they can post it on Instagram is much more realistic. That's the world we live in.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“That’s the world we live in” is the passive attitude that allows atrocities to happen. I will absolutely not be a part of enabling that rhetoric.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

You can be annoyed with it all you want but that doesn't make it any less true.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But you have to admit, it would be hilarious if that actually happened.

[–] GeriatricGambino@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Depends on whom you ask. Personally I stopped being able to laugh at US politics within the first 6 months of his first term. All I could feel was anger, nowadays when the dissociation stops it has evolved to pure rage. And I don't even live there, there's an entire ocean between our two countries, can't imagine what it would be like living in it.

The idea of adults putting on a chicken costume to try to "own the Maga" or get Trump riled up instead of doing anything useful seems really pathetic and sad. It's not like democracy is burning on every floor or anything right now. "You know what we really need ? People in chicken costumes in the streets!" Yeah, no. Just no.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

You don't even need to dress in a chicken costume. Just wear bright yellow clothes, and add a bright orange scarf/hanky around your neck or on your head. Just the appearance of it will be enough to trigger the shallow idiot. Signs with tacos drawn colorfully on them helps as well, or chickens, or both, maybe chickens eating tacos (lol). Signs that just have the word TACO will trigger him as well. Don't waste a lot of time writing out wordy signs, he can't fuckin' read. Annoying pictures get the point across. Think, simple and visual, that's what shallow people see.