Raser’s Edge:
Trumpadoodle Dandies!
A couple years ago, during the Trump presidential campaign,
I coined the term “Trumpadoodle” to define Trump supporters who believed,
without question, anything and everything he said. I was specifically referring to those
grinning, Midwestern white people at his rallies who would scream “lock her up”
and “build that wall” on cue. You know, the “base” that foisted upon us a
totally unqualified and inept President. But then I extended it to all Trump
supporters when I realized people I had previously considered reasonable and
intelligent had suddenly been transformed into blithering Trump sycophants.
As a reaction, one of my right wing Facebook friends went
absolutely ballistic over the term, ranting how dare I call Trump supporters
such a thing? So, being a nice guy, I
stopped using it. Since then, he and his
right winger-dinger pals have consistently referred to me as a “libtard,” “libturd,”
“Demorat,” “D-rat,” and other less than complimentary epithets like “such an ass”. So I am reviving my term “Trumpadoodle.”
Actually, compared to the sometimes vulgar terms he and his right winger pals
have dumped on me, I consider “Trumpadoodles” a rather cute, funny and benign
way of referring to Trump’s not very intellectual supporters.
You might think there is some connection with Yankee Doodle,
a song which most Americans think is patriotic.
For those of you with an intellectual bent (not Trumpadoodles, of
course) you might be interested in something about that song. Google it and you will find this fact. The word “doodle” may be derived from the Low
German “dodel” which meant “fool” or “simpleton.” So, it may have an appropriate application
when applied to Trump supporters.
I predict my Trumpadoodle friends will react by saying I am
spreading “hatred.” Their definition of
hatred is when it is directed at Trump. Mia
colpa. I do express hatred towards Trump
whom I consider a despicable human being and an incompetent president. However, I do not “hate” anybody, much less
my fellow Americans. I would just like
to point out, that these Trumpadoodle friends crank out dozens of hate memes
each week vilifying Muslims, immigrants, Mexicans, welfare recipients and
Democrats.
Full disclosure and honesty:
Last minute! Just before posting
this I thought I would do a google check.
And much to my chagrin, I learned I was not alone in coining this
phrase. I found this in an online
dictionary: Trumpadoodle Someone whom blindly follows Donald Trump, often with inappropriate enthusiasm.
Oh well, I still think it is a nice, fuzzy way to refer to Trump
sycophants.
