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RAB910

(4,030 posts) Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:00 AM Nov 2019

This is so true

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This is so true (Original Post) RAB910 Nov 2019 OP

K & R...for truth...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #1

Agreed! Morals in action. Voting for trump says all I need to know about someone. brush Nov 2019 #2

And THAT is why I just can't deal with extended family members--who were raised similarly to me hlthe2b Nov 2019 #3

I would say "principles". Too much moralism in politics, esp pro-"life", war on some drugs, .... nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2019 #4

what you are describing is something I consider more false framing than actual morals RAB910 Nov 2019 #5

That's a good analysis. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2019 #6

Another great graphic! calimary Nov 2019 #7

Morals, ethics, and values. Nitram Nov 2019 #8

Yes, all of them! pazzyanne Nov 2019 #10

I imagine we've all been shocked to discover the darkness within people that Trump's election Nitram Nov 2019 #12

Senator Maisie from Hawaii this morning.. homegirl Nov 2019 #9

True, but the problem is the other side thinks they have the high moral ground. Dems don't preach Pepsidog Nov 2019 #11

I feel it's a moral obligation to at least try and set them straight RAB910 Nov 2019 #13

I do as well. It's then that you realize how much Fox and RW media has brainwashed them into Pepsidog Nov 2019 #14

That is so true - thanks for posting it. K&R crickets Nov 2019 #15

Wounded Bear

(64,655 posts)

1. K & R...for truth...nt

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:15 AM

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brush

(61,033 posts)

2. Agreed! Morals in action. Voting for trump says all I need to know about someone.

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:17 AM

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hlthe2b

(114,716 posts)

3. And THAT is why I just can't deal with extended family members--who were raised similarly to me

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:19 AM

Nov 2019

yet continue to vote R (even if I know they detest Trump). I just can't deal with them. On some level, morals are all we have; they are everything--even if none of us is perfect.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

4. I would say "principles". Too much moralism in politics, esp pro-"life", war on some drugs, .... nt

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:43 AM

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RAB910

(4,030 posts)

5. what you are describing is something I consider more false framing than actual morals

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:45 AM

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Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

6. That's a good analysis. . . . nt

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:43 PM

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calimary

(90,835 posts)

7. Another great graphic!

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:00 PM

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Nitram

(28,080 posts)

8. Morals, ethics, and values.

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:08 PM

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pazzyanne

(6,761 posts)

10. Yes, all of them!

Reply to Nitram (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:52 PM

Nov 2019

I have to admit that this administration has outed a lot of friends and family who hid their lack of morals, ethics, and values, many who are professed "christians"

Nitram

(28,080 posts)

12. I imagine we've all been shocked to discover the darkness within people that Trump's election

Reply to pazzyanne (Reply #10)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:56 PM

Nov 2019

revealed. Just as Obama's election brought racists from under rocks and out into the open, Trump supporters have revealed a frightening side to people we may have respected or considered friends.

homegirl

(1,987 posts)

9. Senator Maisie from Hawaii this morning..

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:29 PM

Nov 2019

"The Trump administration is a Moral Black Hole.

So true!

Pepsidog

(6,366 posts)

11. True, but the problem is the other side thinks they have the high moral ground. Dems don't preach

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:54 PM

Nov 2019

and hate. I have Republican friends who who are outraged at the “secret impeachment hearings”. They are told Dems will take their guns away, allow abortions for fun etc. they are as outraged as us.

RAB910

(4,030 posts)

13. I feel it's a moral obligation to at least try and set them straight

Reply to Pepsidog (Reply #11)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 03:29 PM

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Pepsidog

(6,366 posts)

14. I do as well. It's then that you realize how much Fox and RW media has brainwashed them into

Reply to RAB910 (Reply #13)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 04:37 PM

Nov 2019

believing in a political philosophy that goes against their interest. That’s the scary part.

crickets

(26,168 posts)

15. That is so true - thanks for posting it. K&R

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 06:43 PM

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