George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽When the birthday parade list reads like a cautionary guide to history.
Stephen Dioxide 
@georgetakei You can count on Trump to place below Turkmenistan.
Flaming Cheeto@Steve @georgetakei That guy is our best case scenario. Just a lot of renaming things after himself
Rhonda D'Vine 🏳️🌈@georgetakei Not even Putin did it? That's both surprising and tells a lot at the same time.
@rhonda Absolutely.
C++ Wage Slave#Putin, I think, is too shrewd for such public self-indulgence.
Andreas K@georgetakei @rhonda Well, the list is "selective". The British Monarch does get a parade too?
Although they get their Birthday parade not on their Birthday, it's complicated.
TheNovemberFella ✊🏳️🌈 🇺🇦☸️🛰️🚀
Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑And Trump's birthday parade was the most low-energy...
@rgulick You can say that again.
Grinning Cat 
❌👑See also https://tech.lgbt/@grinningcat/114695149764513567 (graphic meme contrasting the turnouts in Washington DC and Philadelphia)
Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: (@grinningcat@tech.lgbt)
Attached: 1 image @georgetakei@universeodon.com (comparing and contrasting Kim-Jong Trump's sparsely attended parade with the No Kings protest in Philadelphia, estimated attendance 100,000) (h/t Joe Jervis of JoeMyGod.com for the president's epithet)
Rupert Reynolds@rgulick @georgetakei Bigliest flop ever :-)
guenther@georgetakei Well, Germany at least also got a national holiday out of it.
Kid Mania@georgetakei
Kinda says it all don't it...?
Kinda says it all don't it...?
Rycochet@georgetakei He's going to rename Palm beach, Florida to Trumpengrad next.
Ed Davies@georgetakei But the UK's Monarchs also do that. Oh, right, as you were.
Bill Fenstermaker@georgetakei This, in Trump's "brain," means that he's "winning."
He's one up on Orbán.
Cryptomon@georgetakei what about the Queen?
@georgetakei Senator Padilla for President! Clearly he is an American that has walked in our shoes. Felt out struggle and has compassion. A person of great judgement and knowledge.
Simon 🌞@georgetakei he spelled dictators wrong!
Mr. Bruno 
@georgetakei Shameful.
CockneyLaurie@georgetakei Reminds me of those other lists like countries that haven't signed many international agreements and those countries that still have the death penalty.
noplasticshower@georgetakei all dead but one
�@noplasticshower @georgetakei kim is dead!?
@utf_7 @georgetakei replaced by a disney animatronic
Social post from AlexCole @acnewsitics:
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World Leaders Who Held Military Parades for Their Birthday
1. Joseph Stalin - Soviet Union
2. Kim Il-sung - North Korea
3. Kim Jong-il - North Korea
4. Kim Jong-un - North Korea
5. Saddam Hussein - Iraq
6. Adolf Hitler - Germany
7. Ferdinand Marcos - Philippines
8. Saparmurat Niyazov - Turkmenistan
9. Donald Trump - United States
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#USpol #Trump #TrumpParade #TrumpBirthday #dictator #dictators #authoritarianism #Republicans #RepublicanParty
Kierkegaanks regretfully@grinningcat @georgetakei i think stalin held nazi victory parades on may ninth, a tradition they’ve kept up with until now
Vassil Nikolov> i think stalin held nazi victory parades on may ninth
If I recall correctly, May 9th parades in the Soviet Union started after Stalin.
He did hold a parade in 1945, in June, I think.
Evil tongues say he didn't quite count it as a victory, because he only conquered Eastern Europe...
François @PragueTHis is the list of the most insecure men that ever walked t he Earth.
Robin Barton@georgetakei King a l'orange does keep strange company
Tofu Golem@georgetakei
Sure, Trump held a military parade to celebrate his birthday, but that doesn't make it fair to compare him to dictators because OMG OBAMA WORE A TAN SUIT! WHY AREN'T YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT INSTEAD? YOU'RE JUST BRINGING UP THE DICTATOR THING TO DISTRACT US ALL FROM THE TAN SUIT!
Sure, Trump held a military parade to celebrate his birthday, but that doesn't make it fair to compare him to dictators because OMG OBAMA WORE A TAN SUIT! WHY AREN'T YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT INSTEAD? YOU'RE JUST BRINGING UP THE DICTATOR THING TO DISTRACT US ALL FROM THE TAN SUIT!
None Hitwonder@tofugolem @georgetakei I remember visiting my mom years ago, and CNN was on the TV, and they were talking about the suit, comparing it to suits worn by warlords as if the President was wearing a smoking gun, and the host finished his bizarre puff piece with a remark about 44's name rhyming with "Osama," which I didn't realize was an actual crime until that moment in 2014.
crazyeddie@georgetakei Gad. I tried to research if this is actually a complete list or if it's selected to show just dictators. Could not find a definitive answer and got tricked into an LLM pit looking for one.
I assume it's probably complete. The LLM's bullshit is pretty much as I assume the facts are. Site is called "factually". Must be true.
What I know IS true is that Trump wants to be like these guys, not some democratic leader that's celebrated who may or may not have ever existed.
Old Joe Stalin@georgetakei Kudos for listing me first, comrade. I’m not the first to have a cult of personality, but they refer to me most when talking about a cult.
Danny Boling ☮️Hey @georgetakei, please speak with your social media people! We had them trained on Alt-Text but apparently you've hired some new staff that hasn't gotten the message yet!
Factor X@georgetakei Vladimir Lenin (and all russian Presidents) ?
Benito Mussolini (The Duce) ?
Erich Honecker (GDR/DDR) ?
Marcos Regime ( Spain) ?
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Beelbeebub@georgetakei Technically the Queen/King of England also has a parade for their birthday
Joost Rekveld@Beelbeebub @georgetakei so that is entirely consistent.
Urban CameraDidn't the Queen of England, on her official birthday - since she had two each year - also have a military parade?
corrado937IMHO, Trump is doing more damage to democracy and capitalism than Stalin did to socialism and communism
DoomsdaysCW
a fish named dog 🎗️✡️♾️@georgetakei to be fair that's AI. It may very well be wrong on those things. Maybe a guy named Ferdinand Marcos, entirely unrelated to *the* Marcos, threw a birthday party culminating in a parade.
also, this argument isn't very good. 'world leaders who had moustaches' gets you stalin, hitler, pinochet, hussein, mussolini, Leopold II of Belgium [Congo Free State atrocities] and many more. So does Brazil's leader Lula. Should we be skeptical of him?
It's a similar argument structurally.
also, this argument isn't very good. 'world leaders who had moustaches' gets you stalin, hitler, pinochet, hussein, mussolini, Leopold II of Belgium [Congo Free State atrocities] and many more. So does Brazil's leader Lula. Should we be skeptical of him?
It's a similar argument structurally.
Harry J. Bodifée@georgetakei didn‘t the British have a parade for the queen and likely continue having one for the king? 😉
@georgetakei You can tell the character of a man by the company he aspires to keep. Republicans are pack animals. They NEED an alpha to follow. Ignoring that this alpha has never fended off a single direct challenge, he instead throws his followers in front of himself, and declares victory. May he learn the lesson of Zapp Brannigan.
Wyvernsridge 🌻
Tiny Gamer AlecI mean he practically worships all of those men, so is anyone surprised?
FossThought@georgetakei He doesn't respect the troops. How can he? He made fun of John McCain for being a POW.