Rushy pretty much covered the subject by now, but hey:
change 'germay' to any other country and the joke is exactly as funny. change 'drumpf' to 'muller' and the joke doesn't make any sense at all.
Look, this may make super perfect sense to you, but I'm not a xenophobe, so you may have to spell it out for me. The name "Drumpf" sounds like any other German name. The joke doesn't make any sense at all regardless of what name or country you pick
1 -- unless you accept the axiom that foreign names are somehow funny.
If I am to assume good faith, your argument is that if his ancestor's name
2 was a German name that's more commonly
3 known in America, the joke would no longer be funny. In other words,
if only his name was less foreign and more like our proper names, the joke would no longer be funny to you.
it's not about germany. it's about the name 'drumpf' sounding dumb.
Explain how it sounds dumb without invoking nationalities or native languages. In other words, explain it without invoking xenophobia.
he even uses the word onomatopoeia to describe why it's funny.
Damn, he must be so educated and smart. Too bad he's still a bigoted asshole.
Imagine the outrage "comedians" of Oliver's calibre would try to spin if it turned out that "Clinton" meant something funny in a foreign language, or if someone tried calling her "Glympton" to make it sound "funny" (I still don't get it - am I doing it right?). It would be
so xenophobic and sexist! But this is okay, because it's about Trump, and Trump is a big meanie.
You people are pathetic.
1 - Except for the "lol Trump is Hitler" bit, of course - his great great great [...] grandfather being German totally helps there.
2 -
Four hundred years ago.
3 -
Currently. I mean
, it's 2016!!!