Following the Watergate scandal, ‘-gate’ became the suffix to name subsequent scandals.
I propose stories associated with Trump, and other stupid scandals, be encrusted with the suffix ‘-a-Lago’.
I think there’s scope for dedicating an entire community to them, like c/MAG_a_Lago.
As for Elongate, Musk explicitly requested it be used, which should be reason enough to not.
The next scandal involving musk should be that he wasn’t assassinated sooner.
This is a terrible take. Introducing violence into politics always, always, leads to dark places nobody wanted to go. Besides being wrong, it’s completely counter-productive.
PS. Yeah, downvoting doesn’t make you right to advocate cold-blooded murder that would probably trigger civil war. Jesus.
politics is violent, inherently. taxation is violent, inherently. policing is violent, inherently. control of another is violent, inherently.
the state is, by definition, a monopoly on violence. dont pretend you are above inflicting pain on others.
You just said it yourself. In a civilized order it’s the state that monopolizes violence. You don’t get to invent the laws and prosecute them yourself. Personally I don’t want to live in a society of vigilantism or civil war. Bluster aside, I suspect that you don’t either.
considering i am a victim of state violence, i already live there.
Unfortunately those in charge only listen to violence.
I think twatgate would be more appropriate
there have been some twats i’ve had the privilege of getting to know that were downright life afirming
Calling everything even mildly controversial ‘-gate’ was super played out decades ago IMHO.
“Elongate” is too flattering towards him.
didn’t he write a tweet literally saying this? maybe 4 years ago?
Yeah, after he sexually harassed a flight attendant and laughed about it on Twitter.
I made this joke in a dadjoke subereddit and got banned as it was too adult
I hate that I like this. The gate thing is super overused. But this one works.
Touché
Ewww, no, not even with a 10-foot rapier.
