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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by tempestn on Thursday November 07, 2024 @05:13AM (#42075334)
Literally the only people I have ever seen use the phrase "orange man bad" are Trump supporters attacking Democrats. The more crass among Trump's opponents certainly made fun of his orange makeup somethings, but claiming that's all that was talked about is quite a strawman; there are many substantive criticisms of Trump's behavior and platform.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by Sammi on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:38AM (#42075787)
They do say trump and republicans are racist all the time.

Meanwhile latino voters went towards trump.

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/politics/2020-2016-...

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by tivert on Thursday November 07, 2024 @09:57AM (#42077171)
> Literally the only people I have ever seen use the phrase "orange man bad" are Trump supporters attacking Democrats.

That's just you. I picked the phrase up from the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/search?dropmab=false&lang=en&query=%...

It's a really apt term to describe the kind of obsessive attacks on Trump's person, often as a substitute for any kind of positive policy message (as in, Harris will do X, Y, and Z), especially ones that would resonate outside the Democratic bubble. For a notable example, see this pithy message from the NY Times Editorial Board: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/02/opinion/vote-... (tl;dr: "You should vote for Harris because Trump is bad." What will Harris do? Who knows.).

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by tempestn on Thursday November 07, 2024 @07:13PM (#42082661)
Yes, plenty of people argue Trump is bad. But the phrase "orange man bad" suggests that criticisms of Trump's character are superficial, when in reality they are based on his behavior and statements.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by tivert on Friday November 08, 2024 @12:20AM (#42084387)
> But the phrase "orange man bad" suggests that criticisms of Trump's character are superficial, when in reality they are based on his behavior and statements.

No to me.

To me, "orange man bad" suggests obsession, myopia, and a failure to realize criticizing Trump does not make the case for any alternative.