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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI couldn't hold back with a Trump supporter.
I never do this.
I always bite my tongue.
But when a Trump blowhard (white woman probably in her 70s) was going off in a loud voice in a grocery store about how Trump has been sent by God to save America from people like Harris, I had to say something.
My response: By any metric, Donald Trump is a horrible human being.
Her response: silence and walking 🚶?♀️ away.
Walleye
(34,186 posts)StClone
(11,866 posts)Did God send Trump because he ran out of locusts?
The_REAL_Ecumenist
(768 posts)strains that came about because of Orange Degenerate & it's mouthbreathing, knuckle dragging maniacs that refused to get vaccinated, applauded the dirth of PFE to states that DIDN'T vote for him AND politicised a deadly disease that's MUCH more contagious than AIDS ever could be, (IT'S AIRBORNE) just seems like God is trying to tell us something.
kerry-is-my-prez
(8,787 posts)soldierant
(7,681 posts)antichrists. I see no reason to think Trump** is not another one. Also, in the Bible and throughout history as well, the Beast (antichrist) has been supporrted by a false prophet ans a whore of Babylon. I'm inclined to nominate Mitch McConnell and Fox News for theose two.
But they aren't THE antichrist etc. Trump is AN antichrist. He is not unique.
FarPoint
(13,433 posts)willing to lie and spew " team style rants"... they fail as human beings with values and morals.
LuckyCharms
(18,510 posts)Trueblue Texan
(2,781 posts)...but that doesn't mean you have to choose them to lead your nation and the free world!
Bev54
(11,581 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,829 posts)robertpaulsen
(8,674 posts)Unfortunately, Tonald Dump doesn't have a shred of a conscience.
flying_wahini
(7,817 posts)They just assume that everybody agrees with them.
I am well past biting my tongue anymore. It didnt get us anywhere being nice about it.
Funtatlaguy
(11,588 posts)SunSeeker
(53,264 posts)Fuck them.
GreenWave
(8,645 posts)That usually causes them to gasp and reflect.
Funtatlaguy
(11,588 posts)iluvtennis
(20,557 posts)thucythucy
(8,658 posts)5th Avenue.
Isn't 666 the call sign for Satan?
That should get them sputtering!
Funtatlaguy
(11,588 posts)bsiebs
(740 posts)but still part of the horrible spawn..
Moostache
(10,075 posts)At least that is what I recall from "The Omen"...
It's all a bunch of nonsense and for anyone who would doubt that, apply YOUR reasons for NOT believing in Zeus to Allah or Yahweh or Jeebus and get back to me afterward... if one is honest with themself, the truth is self-evident. There is no 'gawd', no 'plan' and nothing beyond the miracle of star-stuff becoming self-aware and allowing the universe to contemplate its own existence.
thucythucy
(8,658 posts)to send religious MAGAs into an emotional tizzy.
Ilsa
(62,124 posts)verbatim, like a thriller movie manuscript.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,800 posts)That's because it is theater, in every way, played out in the arena of pop culture.
mucholderthandirt
(948 posts)It's been translated so many times to suit whatever purpose someone wants, and almost every bit of it stolen from every other culture the "believers" could steal from. And rewritten to suit the agenda in power. King James, anyone? Gave himself the divine right of kinds, among other things. Henry VIII dumped the Catholic version and made up his own religion to give him self the same rights, with a "different" God.
And for a group who are supposed to follow the New Testament, to be followers of Christ's teaching, they sure are hung up on all that Old Testament nonsense, especially the parts that let them hurt others. I often tell them for Christians, they certainly like the "Jewish Bible". That sets them back.
yorkster
(2,210 posts)banking yet. I've done it for many candidates over the years. But not sure I could hold back when I get the inevitable
rude Trump supporter
Maybe I'll do GOTV calls at some point.
Less stressful...
SunSeeker
(53,264 posts)You might get a Trumper family though. I've never spoken to Republicans while phone banking, thank God.
sarisataka
(20,590 posts)but if I was there I would have given you a round of applause
Aviation Pro
(13,099 posts)I guaran - fucking - tee she had no idea what that word means and that's why she walked away dazed and confused.
llmart
(16,200 posts)To clarify: to them a big word is equated with intellectual elitism. Anything above a first grade level is a "big word".
Ohioboy
(3,420 posts)I never understand why the Bible people don't see him as the Antichrist. He fits that description more than anything else.
jaxexpat
(7,511 posts)They take their pastor or priest's spin and ponder on their faith for a couple of seconds on Sunday morning.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,829 posts)barbtries
(29,501 posts)thank you for saying this. These people are sick, indoctrinated to believe the most absurd of lies, and need to be shamed into shutting up. The entire sane world should have been slapping back all along, maybe it would not have gone this far
Funtatlaguy
(11,588 posts)Crowman2009
(2,727 posts)Satan, baal, Kali, Hades?
kwolf68
(7,657 posts)Also believed he had been sent by God as well and the 11 (???) assassination attempts that failed to take his life were actually seen by der fuhrer himself as evidence of such. This lady is in good company, or not.
Joinfortmill
(15,919 posts)CrispyQ
(37,701 posts)bmichaelh
(556 posts)German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was killed by the Nazis believed stupidity was worse than evil.
I have family members who believe something similar about Trump and God.
I try to argue with reason.
How ACA saved my life, my being a lymphoma survivor; and Trump wanted and wants to destroy ACA.
If Trump is successful, my health would be at risk.
They still believe that rubbish about Trump and God.
SunSeeker
(53,264 posts)That's blasphemy.
durablend
(7,711 posts)He keeps putting his signs up, this time GOD AGAINST SATAN (or something) with the life-sized cardboard Trump cutout.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,928 posts)Stargazer99
(2,794 posts)and my response was my God sent a wonderful man called Jesus that had love and morals..Trump possess none and I am sure what god ever sent Trump wasn't the one I know
jls4561
(1,420 posts)LoisB
(8,154 posts)calimary
(83,587 posts)Besides never?
LoisB
(8,154 posts)Jirel
(2,207 posts)EVERYONE needs to do this, EVERYWHERE. I recently did that at a pool equipment store. The bastard shut up and glared at me until we were done with our purchases, but what matters is that he shut up.
We need to stop letting them normalize hate speech. No, it wont change their minds, but it helps keep others who arent already toxified to resist the message, and to stand up themselves.
aggiesal
(9,341 posts)She really thinks GOD sent him?
She needs some medication.
You did good.
markbark
(1,589 posts)WHICH god? Cthulu?
usonian
(12,606 posts)That said, direct people to the tabloids at the checkout.
Beartracks
(13,316 posts)... that Trump is to replace Jesus as the Messiah? Sounds like idolatry to me. I wonder if she knows that, in all her God-fearing-ness?
Probably not.
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NoMoreRepugs
(10,304 posts)Mike Niendorff
(3,520 posts)"Have you accepted Donald Trump as your personal Lord and Savior?"
MDN
malaise
(276,029 posts)Rec
BluRay76
(24 posts)Especially with family members. But people who equate Trump to any religious high ground make me so angry. Trump is quite literally the personification of the seven deadly sins, and the fact that so many "religious" people support him is absolutely stunning (quotes used because I have several family members who actually practice their religion in a non-hypocritical way, and they are among the most vocal anti-Trump people I know).
Buttoneer
(522 posts)Frances
(8,571 posts)Im betting she has no idea that the Bible says God cast Lucifer, more commonly know as Satan, out of Heaven for leading a rebellion against God
To me, both Satan and Trump are symbols of evil.
They are the opposite of Jesus, wbo symbolizes love and tolerance as in the parable of the Good Samaritan.
keithbvadu2
(39,361 posts)smb
(3,565 posts)Martin68
(24,198 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,020 posts)That is what we all should be doing whenever possible and when you feel safe to do so. Don't get yourselves injured over it, though.
niyad
(118,365 posts)psychopath", and walked away.
CaptainTruth
(7,108 posts)... "Why do you think God hates America?"
ailsagirl
(23,466 posts)AllaN01Bear
(22,553 posts)Cha
(303,428 posts)brainwashed can you get and still walk around?
And, you were so nice about it
get the red out
(13,525 posts)The time for nice is long past.
Paladin
(28,646 posts)I've been griping about it for decades: We Democrats are WAY too fucking polite with our political enemies. We conduct ourselves by an antiquated set of behavior rules, while our adversaries do as they damned well please. We've enabled the fascists to acquire way too much power---and it must STOP. CONFRONT these sick, twisted people, SHAME them---every time the opportunity presents itself.
I trust I've made my position clear...