The battle in America is the battle of the decent against the deceitful.

[shockey80]

It's that simple.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. well said

[Cyrano]

2. Twas ever thus

It's a battle that been going on throughout human history.

And all too often, the deceitful have triumphed.

But if they win this time around, the struggle may be over. After all, fools with nuclear weapons really can bring about the end of our species. -- Or at best, a post-apocalyptic, "Mad Max" type of world.

[onecaliberal]

3. That truly is the bottom line.

[Boomerproud]

4. K&R!

No argument whatsoever. The right cannot defend what is happening.

[Glamrock]

5. And, might I add,

The engaged vs. the ignorant.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. +1. . . . nt

[Martin Eden]

6. Decent vs Deplorable works too. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

7. And the deceitful will win unless and until we start punishing lies

rather than treating them as protected speech.

[meow2u3]

8. You nailed it!

[vlyons]

9. Yes it is! THIS

It is about morality, ethics, integrity, honor, virtue -- not relentlessly money grubbing wealth by any means no matter what.

n Buddhist mythology there is a realm of the hungry ghosts, where extremely greedy people reincarnate. Beings there have huge bellies with insatiable appetites, but they also have very small mouths and long very skinny necks. So they can only eat a small morsel at a time, and it is extremely painful and burns as it goes down their throats. Beings in the hungry ghost realm suffer immensely and are there for eons. I would warn the greedy Trumpsters about the sin of greed, but alas they won't listen.

[Taraman]

12. Trump is the preta king

[vlyons]

13. Exactly!

A parade of all the kleshas

[Mr. Ected]

10. Except that many of the deceived don't know they've been deceived

That's how propaganda works.

Not to say that many of these people wouldn't naturally gravitate towards being deceitful. I have no doubt that they do.

But we have to come to grips with the fact that we are a nation divided, where even our sources of FACT come from two different planets....one indigenous to the deceitful, the other to the truthful.

Our side happens to have a social conscience, something the "what's best for me and me alone is what I demand" crowd despises. They are greedy and egotistical, even if they're dirt poor. It's their nature. It's not ours.

We're what you aptly called "decent". I can live with that.

[pansypoo53219]

14. many are the deceived. but many love to believe. faith based politics.