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raccoon

(31,118 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 08:40 AM Mar 2019

All the Trump voters, including but not limited to, evangelists

Who voted for Trump because their pastors told them to, bear some responsibility for putting him in power.

Of course there was plenty of racism before Trump, but him being in a position of power helps to embolden some people To perform such atrocious acts.

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All the Trump voters, including but not limited to, evangelists (Original Post) raccoon Mar 2019 OP
Apparently, the one about not lying has been repealed from the 10 Commandments. world wide wally Mar 2019 #1
I am 50ish and the entirety of christianity has changed in this country dramatically Cosmocat Mar 2019 #5
Same here, at 71. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #8
Have you actually read the Bible? Mariana Mar 2019 #9
That was a pun. I was raised neck-deep in Biblical teachings. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #11
They are proud Johnny2X2X Mar 2019 #2
Never trust a preacher who tells you how to vote FakeNoose Mar 2019 #3
Politics and religion use each other to gain power and wealth. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #12
The rich corporate, trust funders are building a monster to deflect the masses from their theft. Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #4
YEP Cosmocat Mar 2019 #6
Yep not fooled Mar 2019 #7
And, they cleverly stay invisible. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #10
Trump "emboldened" the Nazis keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #13

Cosmocat

(14,568 posts)
5. I am 50ish and the entirety of christianity has changed in this country dramatically
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:07 AM
Mar 2019

In my childhood, it was personal responsibility, being kind to others and living a good life.

Today, it is liberal bad/conservative good, and victimhood.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
8. Same here, at 71.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:37 AM
Mar 2019

The key elements I recall are humility, tolerance, charity and doing no harm to others.

Although no longer a church-goer, I keep wondering when the all new Bible was published.

I must have missed that announcement......

Mariana

(14,860 posts)
9. Have you actually read the Bible?
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:54 AM
Mar 2019

They didn't have to publish any "new and improved" edition. The bad stuff was always in there.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
11. That was a pun. I was raised neck-deep in Biblical teachings.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 12:14 PM
Mar 2019

Even had to memorize the names of all the books as a kid.......

Johnny2X2X

(19,108 posts)
2. They are proud
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:31 AM
Mar 2019

You underestimate the depravity of the average trump supporter. Today, they are happy and proud because yesterday their President threatened violence and today on the other side of the world his devotees carried out on that threat.

This is a great and proud day for Trump supporters. I'll be surprised if they can contain their gloating.

Farmer-Rick

(10,202 posts)
4. The rich corporate, trust funders are building a monster to deflect the masses from their theft.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:54 AM
Mar 2019

Trump is building a following all over the world. He is nothing short of a monster. He is a very dangerous man. Even if removed from office, his hate, racism and deadly demands for white supremacy can morph into even more atrocities.

The uber rich 1% created him specifically to do this. Now, everyone is fighting off mass racism and deadly hate instead of getting rid of capitalism, corruption and oligarchs. It is all due to the fact that we allow the uber rich to get and keep the wealth equivalent of a small country. Without that wealth, they couldn't do this. Without the wealth Trump's father was able to pass on to his crazy son, we wouldn't be fighting the hate of WWII all over again.

The uber rich capitalist kings created Hitler AND now they created Trump.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
10. And, they cleverly stay invisible.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:55 AM
Mar 2019

They don't care how they divide and distract us so long as we're not focusing on their evil.

Trump, much of the GOP and Faux News yappers are just puppets.......

Well paid puppets, I might add......

keithbvadu2

(36,887 posts)
13. Trump "emboldened" the Nazis
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:57 PM
Mar 2019

Trump "emboldened" the Nazis

America fought a war against the Nazis and supposedly won.

Yet here they are marching to "take back America".

When did the Nazis have America?

" Michael Von Kotch, a Pennsylvania resident who called himself a Nazi, said the rally made him "proud to be white."

He said that he's long held white supremacist views and that Trump's election has "emboldened" him and the members of his own Nazi group. "

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fights-in-advance-of-saturday-protest-in-charlottesville/2017/08/12/155fb636-7f13-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html?utm_term=.b54a0162fe07

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