Re: A lot to unpack with this one, but...

Catahoula® · 2025-05-05T15:20:07.795Z

One thing is for certain; any dude who still worships this man clearly has an attraction to him. Which part of this pic gets you the most hot and bothered, Keowee? The biceps? https://www.axios.com/2025/05/04/trump-white-house-star-wars-post

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Re: Meh, a slightly more tasteful troll than the pope pic. I've stopped "unpacking"

May 5, 2025, 2:00 PM

I am with you. The persona of President Trump, or just the antics in general are just there to flood the zone. I am more worried about what else is being done (Trash/ policies/ Orders) that are important that are being moved through the system that are not reported on because these purposeful distractive posts draws everyone’s attention to the circus. Just keep the 24 hour news machine reporting trash (ref. "Give them Games") so the public does not realize what changes are being made.

Just for fun I typed in the phrase "Give them Games" and the following came up from Wikipedia:
"Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.
In a political context, the phrase means to generate public approval, not by excellence in public service or public policy, but by diversion, distraction, or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace,[1] by offering a palliative: for example food (bread) or entertainment (circuses). Juvenal originally used it to decry the "selfishness" of common people and their neglect of wider concerns.[2][3][4] The phrase implies a population's erosion or ignorance of civic duty as a priority.

But in the spirit of May the 4th (Star Wars Day), I did watch the Phantom Meance this past weekend. In this movie, there is a scene where the Queen goes to the "Galactic Senate" to appeal for help because a crime has been committed against her people. In this scene you see the "System of Governance" bog down. And even a simple matter of another "Group" invading a planet, that can be affirmed by the most trusted enforcers (the Jedi) of the republic, results in a simple plea for help going unanswered. This Starts the process of changing a "Republic to a Empire". The Rise of the Strong Man Leader who eventually declares "states of emergency/ or war" and never gives up power.

So not much of a “fun” troll in my opinion. Especially since anyone who watches Star Wars knows that the Bad Guys have Red Swords....

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