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In a single illustration, the utter repulsiveness of these two individuals is stark (Original Post) Soph0571 May 2020 OP
Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Benedict Arnold The Blue Flower May 2020 #1
+ mussolini empedocles May 2020 #2
+ Idi Amin (president for life) hangaleft May 2020 #15
Think I'm gonna start using... N_E_1 for Tennis May 2020 #3
I already do. And Republican. If I call you Republican I have nothing for you... airmid May 2020 #6
And I tell them... Duppers May 2020 #17
+1000 airmid May 2020 #23
Yeah JPPaverage May 2020 #9
Make a great ad. Billboard. Short kacekwl May 2020 #4
Let it be said. Let it be done! Grammy23 May 2020 #5
+1 2naSalit May 2020 #7
Be a fantastic Billboard, could get people to vote blue KS Toronado May 2020 #20
The worst mass murderer in American history. dalton99a May 2020 #8
+1, 100,000 and counting uponit7771 May 2020 #10
Indeed, though depending on which site you're using, not quite there yet. GoneOffShore May 2020 #14
murderer ... Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #11
Exactly! mountain grammy May 2020 #16
Scratch the surface of these two bronxiteforever May 2020 #12
I decided long ago not to hate Trump vlyons May 2020 #13
I applaud you. I'm nowhere near the level of enlightment and tolerance that you have reached. GoneOffShore May 2020 #19
I love it luv2fly May 2020 #21
I can only hope that God has mercy on us. Have we not suffered enough indignities? olegramps May 2020 #22
You my love are a much better person than me Soph0571 May 2020 #24
No he cannot grow, because he is stuck in a swamp of self-delusion. vlyons May 2020 #25
They forgot the spiked heels for Melania mrsadm May 2020 #18
 

hangaleft

(649 posts)
15. + Idi Amin (president for life)
Mon May 25, 2020, 09:48 AM
May 2020

The same position to which the squatter at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue aspires.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,715 posts)
3. Think I'm gonna start using...
Mon May 25, 2020, 07:55 AM
May 2020

trump as a cuss word...but mostly after all this trumping trump is over and I can get a better grasp of all the trump going on. I’m so trumping mad at that piece of trump I could trump.

airmid

(500 posts)
6. I already do. And Republican. If I call you Republican I have nothing for you...
Mon May 25, 2020, 09:17 AM
May 2020

no empathy, no respect, no tolerance.

JPPaverage

(508 posts)
9. Yeah
Mon May 25, 2020, 09:32 AM
May 2020

I woke up this morning and took my daily trump in the toilet. Then I let the dog out so she could trump in the back yard.

GoneOffShore

(17,339 posts)
14. Indeed, though depending on which site you're using, not quite there yet.
Mon May 25, 2020, 09:47 AM
May 2020

99,348 on World of Meters at 15:46 CEST.

97,724 on Johns Hopkins

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
13. I decided long ago not to hate Trump
Mon May 25, 2020, 09:44 AM
May 2020

As a Buddhist, I try to NOT cultivate anger and hatred, both of which are poison and bring no peace, joy, and love to anyone. I decided that the best way for me to view Trump is as a master's class in ethical morality. His actions, words, and thoughts are the exact opposite of the body, speech, and mind of a fully and perfectly enlightened Buddha. Every day in every way, he corrupts the possibility of gaining any merit and virtue through the 10 non-virtues of killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, harsh speech, divisive speech, idle gossip, envy, ill-will, and wrong views.

Trump has cultivated the 10 non-virtues for so long (all his life) that they have become his unmindful and habitual way of being. He is struck in them, stuck in a hateful delusional view.

I can't change him; I can only change myself. To hate him is to be like him. I am better than that.

GoneOffShore

(17,339 posts)
19. I applaud you. I'm nowhere near the level of enlightment and tolerance that you have reached.
Mon May 25, 2020, 09:52 AM
May 2020

My one desire for him is that at some point soon he realizes what an empty vessel he has always been and how much he is both laughed at and disliked by so many. It's a vain hope.

luv2fly

(2,475 posts)
21. I love it
Mon May 25, 2020, 10:06 AM
May 2020

A good friend of mine, also a Buddhist, takes a similar stance and as I listen to him it sometimes calms me... sometimes. Reminders to try to not hate are helpful, utter disdain is easier.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
22. I can only hope that God has mercy on us. Have we not suffered enough indignities?
Mon May 25, 2020, 10:14 AM
May 2020

Because of our apathy we have allow Republicans to elect a hopelessly corrupt man to become our leader. Far too many stood by and allowed a segment of the population that has allowed itself to be wholly consumed by their prejudices to subject us to whims of a petty what-a-be tyrant.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
24. You my love are a much better person than me
Mon May 25, 2020, 04:53 PM
May 2020

I hate him. Period. But more than that I hate that he cannot change. He cannot grow. He cannot develop empathy. He does not have that in him. And although I should pity him for this, I hate him for this because of the misery and pain he has caused to so many.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
25. No he cannot grow, because he is stuck in a swamp of self-delusion.
Mon May 25, 2020, 06:19 PM
May 2020

Unfortunately, people like Trump don't get to have an epiphany of realization without some very great catastrophic and painful event that makes them realize how they screwed up big time. Even so, most blame someone else for their catastrophe. I don't need to hate Trump. All his big bombastic self-praise is a coverup for his own fears, insecurities, and self-loathing. He is not going to change in this lifetime. Personally, I think he's headed for great suffering in Hell.

He is not a happy man. I don't see any joy in his face. I just see anger and hatred. He has no real friends, just flattering sycophants and grifters in pursuit of money and power. How empty.

Maybe if he goes to prison and gets locked in solitary for 23 hours a day, someone will send him an inspirational book. But then, he doesn't read, does he? Maybe the greatest irony would be that a black muslim convict treats him with compassion and converts him to the peace of Allah. But that won't happen either. Nope, Trump's mind will land him in Hell. So ya see, I don't need to hate him. I feel sorry for him.

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