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Hypothetical alternate reality: Bernie Sanders has won the presidency but hasn't taken office yet, George W. Bush has just died and there's just been a massive fire in Texas.
Sanders refuses to fly the flag at half mast for his inauguration, someone from his not-yet-in-power cabinet has told Texas it can fuck off for aid unless it becomes socialist, there's a publicly published plan for an ultra-left-wing takeover of the country that he swore he'd never heard of until the day after he won the election when he suddenly went "Oh yeah we are doing that lol" and also Bill Gates is living in his house, has a cabinet position and is openly provoking friendly countries with overthrowing their governments.
How chill do we think the MAGA crowd would be in this scenario?
If I'm still alive when Trump finally meets the scales of justice, I'm going to attach a helium balloon to my (currently flagless) flagpole, and put the flag on the balloon. That way it can be more than full mast.
I haven't decided how I'm going to celebrate, but a celebration will be had. I'm hoping to hear fireworks for a week after it happens.
I will shit on his grave at some point in my life.
Maybe that'll be my retirement plan.