Retweeting Benito Mussolini

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_ludwigm
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Retweeting Benito Mussolini

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How We Fooled Donald Trump Into Retweeting Benito Mussolini
- http://gawker.com/how-we-fooled-donald- ... 1761795039 -

Is Donald Trump a fascist? Experts, historians, and pundits have debated the question for months. One thing has been certain for a while now: He tweets like one. That’s why, last year, Gawker’s Ashley Feinberg created a Twitter bot that would post quotes from the writings and speeches of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, but with all of them attributed to businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. This morning, he retweeted that account.



by the way Duce, not duche...
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Re: Retweeting Benito Mussolini

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Hi Ludwigm!

In English, calling someone a douche is short for calling them a douche-bag. A particularly nasty insult, so maybe it's apropos in both cases.
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.

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Re: Retweeting Benito Mussolini

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Quasimodo wrote:
ludwigm wrote:by the way Duce, not duche...
Hi Ludwigm!

In English, calling someone a douche is short for calling them a douche-bag. A particularly nasty insult, so maybe it's apropos in both cases.

I know... there are a lot of slang I've learned. This is a good site to learn THE language!
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
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