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malthaussen

(18,135 posts) Sat Jun 14, 2025, 09:36 PM Jun 14

In Lord of the Rings, there is a passage where Gandalf calls Isengard a "slave's flattery" of Mordor.

That's what DJT's pathetic parade is: a slave's flattery of the dictators he so admires.

-- Mal

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In Lord of the Rings, there is a passage where Gandalf calls Isengard a "slave's flattery" of Mordor. (Original Post) malthaussen Jun 14 OP

Excellent comparison. niyad Jun 14 #1

Exactly so. Easterncedar Jun 14 #2

Given his sensitivity about his hands, and his apparent favorite adjective "big" I suspect RockRaven Jun 14 #3

Absolutely. It's a great put-down. n/t malthaussen Jun 15 #5

Wow -- and so true Hekate Jun 14 #4

Indeed proud patriot Jun 15 #6

niyad

(124,585 posts)

1. Excellent comparison.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 09:39 PM

Jun 14

Easterncedar

(4,563 posts)

2. Exactly so.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 09:40 PM

Jun 14

RockRaven

(17,473 posts)

3. Given his sensitivity about his hands, and his apparent favorite adjective "big" I suspect

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 09:45 PM

Jun 14

The Dotard would be even more offended by the second prior phrase "only a little copy"

"... and which fondly he imagined were his own, came but from Mordor; so that what he made was naught, only a little copy, a child's model or a slave's flattery, of that..."