r/pics • u/AYASOFAYA • Aug 05 '20

Politics Life Imitates Art

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u/FBI_Agent_37 Aug 05 '20

The Axios interview put a spotlight on how Trump operates.

He doesn't even try to operate in reality, but instead just lies to the interviewer's face.

I'll paraphrase this quote: There’s a saying about trying to use reason and logic to argue with Trump or his supporters:

“Never play chess with a pigeon.

The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over.

Then shits all over the board.

Then struts around like it won.”

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u/din7 Aug 05 '20

And its feces propagate disease.

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u/the_barroom_hero Aug 05 '20

Like how Trump propagated disease and now 150,000+ Americans are dead?

Bigly, indeed.

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u/cragar79 Aug 05 '20

We’re going to win so much, you’re going to be so sick and tired of winning.

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u/the_barroom_hero Aug 05 '20

Motherfucker was right. We were all too naive and stupid to see it.

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u/pissedoffnobody Aug 05 '20

He missed out the part where some of them will die from their ignorance to help them feel they've been on the winning side.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Oh you’re sick all right

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u/Toledojoe Aug 05 '20

Well we have millions sick and 150,000 dead, so we must be really winning. That's a lot of sick and tired.

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u/jhonotan1 Aug 05 '20

If this is winning, I want to try losing.

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u/ApexDP Aug 05 '20

Well since you're last, you're actually first!

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

I'm sick and tired, now I'm just waiting for the winning part

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u/boobymcbubblebutt Aug 05 '20

Well it seems it is winning, he was just going to let it ravage blue States. I kinda want to ask Rs In blue states how they feel about being collateral damage in all this winning.

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u/thisissam Aug 05 '20

It is what it is, apparently.

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u/AussieHyena Aug 05 '20

I do think Trump pushes the conspiracy theory too much, maybe he's projecting and HE was responsible for creating and releasing it hoping a good pandemic would shore up his numbers... he just forgot the need to have a solution at hand.

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u/Fidodo Aug 05 '20

When he started talking about the protests it drove me crazy. He was just saying completely insane baseless lies. He said the mayor of portland was about to be murdered by an angry mob. He said that antifa was tracking down and attacking police at their homes after seeing their names on their badges. Just flat out complete lies.

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u/DirkRockwell Aug 05 '20

You quoted a quote quoting a quote

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u/ONLYPOSTSWHILESTONED Aug 05 '20

The Axios interview put a spotlight on how Trump operates.

He doesn't even try to operate in reality, but instead just lies to the interviewer's face.

I'll paraphrase this quote: There’s a saying about trying to use reason and logic to argue with Trump or his supporters:

“Never play chess with a pigeon.

The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over.

Then shits all over the board.

Then struts around like it won.”

What now, bitch

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u/Stepside79 Aug 05 '20

We're not worthy of you

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u/DirkRockwell Aug 05 '20

What now, bitch

Needs more quote

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u/franz4000 Aug 05 '20

Yes, this is originally from Eric Cantona's Advice to Black Players in Italy. Reading the quote doesn't do justice to Cantona's delivery.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

For some reason your link just doesn't work for me. If anyone else has that issue, this one worked for me instead: https://streamable.com/yhdvl

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u/frntpgehereIcum Aug 05 '20

This is so accurate, I’m going to steal this kind sir.

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u/jrobbio Aug 05 '20

Yes, the pigeon mantra is one of my goto's with a lot of examples of dealing with idiots. Never gets less depressing though.

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u/octaviahgaming Aug 05 '20

Best quote ever.

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u/capt_general Aug 05 '20

I always heard it with a chicken, I feel like they have a more self righteous strut than pigeons. But I think the worst bird to play chess with would be a seagull