Navalny vs. Trump
A brief tale of the tape
So weird. It’s been three days since Vladimir Putin had Alexei Navalny murdered. And as of this morning, Mr. Faux Free Speech (Elon Musk) and the Tangelo-Flavored Sneaker Salesman (Donald Trump) — neither of whom can usually shut up about anything, both of whom pretend to love freedom — hadn’t uttered a peep about one of the world's preeminent freedom fighters getting snuffed by their man crush. Does the cat have their tongues? Or are their tongues so far up Putin's tuchus, they can't speak? (No tongue-touching up there, boys. Your boss, Mr. Putin, hates The Gays.)
But hark! The Sneaker Salesman finally just broke his silence. Not to condemn Putin, but to ask the most important question, the only question he ever cares about: “How can I make this about me?” On his failing, ironically-named Truth Social network, Trump essentially just compared himself to Navalny. (Navalny’s in wonderful company, Trump’s compared himself to Jesus in the past, as have some of his disciples.)
I, too, see some similarities between Navalny and Trump, with key differences:
1. Navalny sacrificed himself for others, Trump sacrifices others for himself.
2. Navalny was a great man. Trump wears the word “great” on his dopey hat, while dancing to Village People songs in front of fellow Putin idolators.
3. Navalny was a lion-hearted badass. Trump’s a lyin’ ass.
4. Navalny died with dignity. Trump lives on without any.
If you want to know what real courage looks like, watch the 2022 documentary, Navalny, from which this clip comes.
Posted elsewhere this AM on this subject; appropriate for here, I think.
A response to Trump's Navalny post...
Donald:
You have the right to remain silent. Or to run your mouth like a sewer.
Anything you say can and will be used for or against you in the court of public opinion.
You have the right not to be persecuted for your political beliefs and speech, not to be imprisoned for them, not to be tortured, and not to be murdered like Alexei Navalny.
You have these rights because of the Constitution, which you failed to protect but which you now rely on for your own protection as a criminal defendant, and because of the men and women in uniform whom you once commanded and have often belittled, whose service, sacrifice and blood has protected it since long before your toxic, worthless presence in this world became a reality of American life.
You are one of the luckiest people in the world, completely undeserving of the benefits that the luck of your birth on American soil has afforded you. It is my fondest hope and wish that when the day comes that you draw your last breath that as you take it you realize your whole life has all been for...nothing.
A vote for trump is a vote for putin.