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Funtatlaguy

(11,588 posts)
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:38 AM Tuesday

I 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 70’s) 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.

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I couldn't hold back with a Trump supporter. (Original Post) Funtatlaguy Tuesday OP
Hating a rapist and a criminal fraudster is not derangement. It's a normal human response especially for women. Walleye Tuesday #1
Sent by GOD?? Then why is going to Hell? StClone Tuesday #17
HUH? robleb Tuesday #30
& PLAGUES, don't forget the PLAGUES! & Oh yeah, Monkey Pox AND Covid19 with what seems like an INFINITE amount of The_REAL_Ecumenist Tuesday #45
He is probably the anti-Christ, if you believe in that. kerry-is-my-prez Tuesday #46
Throughout history there have been many soldierant Wednesday #65
They all know the truth.... FarPoint Tuesday #2
. LuckyCharms Tuesday #3
Yep, even jackasses were sent by God... Trueblue Texan Wednesday #69
So now they are blaming God for his depravity? That is the only conclusion one could make. Bev54 Tuesday #4
They're saying God likes his depravity ArkansasDemocrat1 Tuesday #22
Reminds me of a Father Brown quote, "God is not your scapegoat!" robertpaulsen Tuesday #42
Good for you. More of us need to speak up when these dumbbells say this stuff. flying_wahini Tuesday #5
Thanks. I did get a couple of smiles & 👍 Funtatlaguy Tuesday #7
Yes! I'm proudly flying my Harris flag 24/7 with Republican neighbors on all 4 sides of my house! SunSeeker Tuesday #34
"He held that Bible upside down for he is the Anti-Christ". GreenWave Tuesday #6
2 Corinthians. Funtatlaguy Tuesday #9
Yep, not 2nd Corinthians....I'll never forget that. TFG knows nothing about the Bible and is no Christian. n/t iluvtennis Tuesday #16
And owned a building at 666 thucythucy Tuesday #10
lol/ didn't know that. Funtatlaguy Tuesday #11
666 Fifth Avenue is a Kushner property... bsiebs Tuesday #12
According to some translations of the Book of Revelations... Moostache Tuesday #28
Oh I agree. I cite this only as a way thucythucy Tuesday #35
Too many Christians take The Revelation of John Ilsa Wednesday #64
Like a movie.... LastDemocratInSC Wednesday #67
I don't believe anything the Bible says, but it's good to quote it back to these morons. mucholderthandirt Wednesday #68
That's the reason I have not done any phone yorkster Tuesday #8
Most phone banking is to Dems to remind them to vote. SunSeeker Tuesday #33
I still shop at the wrong stores sarisataka Tuesday #13
You used the word, "metric?" Aviation Pro Tuesday #14
They can't stand it when you use "big words" . llmart Tuesday #18
Wow, that's all it took to shut her up? Ohioboy Tuesday #15
Most Bible people have never read the book. jaxexpat Tuesday #21
I thought the Big Anti-Kahuna would be smarter than that ArkansasDemocrat1 Tuesday #23
Any feedback from other people in the store? barbtries Tuesday #19
Just a few smiles and thumbs up Funtatlaguy Tuesday #29
I would respond to her with: Which god might that be? Crowman2009 Tuesday #20
Hitler kwolf68 Tuesday #24
I like that. It was very civilized of you. Joinfortmill Tuesday #25
A perfect response!! CrispyQ Tuesday #26
Bonhoeffer on Stupidity bmichaelh Tuesday #27
She should not speak for God. SunSeeker Tuesday #31
The local idiot is using that too durablend Tuesday #32
Why? OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #36
A trumper told me the same thing that God sent Trump Stargazer99 Tuesday #37
Why? Did he run out of locusts? jls4561 Tuesday #38
Good for you. We should not bite our tongues, they don't. LoisB Tuesday #39
When have they EVER held back? calimary Tuesday #52
Exactly! Never. LoisB Tuesday #59
Go you! Jirel Tuesday #40
Jesus preached love, Pendejo45 preaches hate, literally campaigns on hate ... aggiesal Tuesday #41
Sent here by God? markbark Tuesday #43
Hurricanes, twisters and earthquakes are officially "Acts of God" usonian Tuesday #44
God sent his only Son to save the world. Not Trump. Unless she is saying... Beartracks Tuesday #47
I would have asked her if she day drinks all the time. NoMoreRepugs Tuesday #48
... Mike Niendorff Tuesday #49
Love it malaise Tuesday #50
I usually bite my tongue as well... BluRay76 Tuesday #51
She had to go home and look up the word, "metric" in her Merriam-Webster dictionary. Buttoneer Tuesday #53
"No, Trump was sent by Luciter" would have been my response Frances Tuesday #54
Sent by God? keithbvadu2 Tuesday #55
God's Plan B smb Tuesday #61
I don't think I'd use a hard word like "metric" with a Trump supporter. They don't understand language like that. Martin68 Tuesday #56
Kudos to you!! -misanthroptimist Tuesday #57
You were much kinder than I would have been. "Then your god is a fucking niyad Tuesday #58
I probably would have asked... CaptainTruth Tuesday #60
Kudos!! ailsagirl Wednesday #62
your last paragraph, thats what they always do. hem AllaN01Bear Wednesday #63
omg... first off.. Good on You! And, JHC.. how Cha Wednesday #66
Good job get the red out Wednesday #70
THIS is what we need to be doing on a regular basis. Paladin Wednesday #71

Walleye

(34,186 posts)
1. Hating a rapist and a criminal fraudster is not derangement. It's a normal human response especially for women.
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:40 AM
Tuesday

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(768 posts)
45. & PLAGUES, don't forget the PLAGUES! & Oh yeah, Monkey Pox AND Covid19 with what seems like an INFINITE amount of
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 07:46 PM
Tuesday

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.

soldierant

(7,681 posts)
65. Throughout history there have been many
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 12:57 AM
Wednesday

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)
2. They all know the truth....
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:41 AM
Tuesday

willing to lie and spew " team style rants"... they fail as human beings with values and morals.

Trueblue Texan

(2,781 posts)
69. Yep, even jackasses were sent by God...
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 08:45 AM
Wednesday

...but that doesn't mean you have to choose them to lead your nation and the free world!

robertpaulsen

(8,674 posts)
42. Reminds me of a Father Brown quote, "God is not your scapegoat!"
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 01:54 PM
Tuesday

Unfortunately, Tonald Dump doesn't have a shred of a conscience.

flying_wahini

(7,817 posts)
5. Good for you. More of us need to speak up when these dumbbells say this stuff.
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:46 AM
Tuesday

They just assume that “everybody” agrees with them.
I am well past biting my tongue anymore. It didn’t get us anywhere being nice about it.

SunSeeker

(53,264 posts)
34. Yes! I'm proudly flying my Harris flag 24/7 with Republican neighbors on all 4 sides of my house!
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 12:26 PM
Tuesday

Fuck them.

iluvtennis

(20,557 posts)
16. Yep, not 2nd Corinthians....I'll never forget that. TFG knows nothing about the Bible and is no Christian. n/t
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:31 AM
Tuesday

thucythucy

(8,658 posts)
10. And owned a building at 666
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:55 AM
Tuesday

5th Avenue.

Isn't 666 the call sign for Satan?

That should get them sputtering!

Moostache

(10,075 posts)
28. According to some translations of the Book of Revelations...
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 12:02 PM
Tuesday
The number of the beast is the number of a man and that number is 666.


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.

mucholderthandirt

(948 posts)
68. I don't believe anything the Bible says, but it's good to quote it back to these morons.
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 03:32 AM
Wednesday

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)
8. That's the reason I have not done any phone
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:50 AM
Tuesday

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)
33. Most phone banking is to Dems to remind them to vote.
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 12:22 PM
Tuesday

You might get a Trumper family though. I've never spoken to Republicans while phone banking, thank God.

Aviation Pro

(13,099 posts)
14. You used the word, "metric?"
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:26 AM
Tuesday

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)
18. They can't stand it when you use "big words" .
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:36 AM
Tuesday

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)
15. Wow, that's all it took to shut her up?
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:31 AM
Tuesday

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)
21. Most Bible people have never read the book.
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:41 AM
Tuesday

They take their pastor or priest's spin and ponder on their faith for a couple of seconds on Sunday morning.

barbtries

(29,501 posts)
19. Any feedback from other people in the store?
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:40 AM
Tuesday

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

kwolf68

(7,657 posts)
24. Hitler
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:49 AM
Tuesday

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.

bmichaelh

(556 posts)
27. Bonhoeffer on Stupidity
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 12:02 PM
Tuesday

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.

durablend

(7,711 posts)
32. The local idiot is using that too
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 12:21 PM
Tuesday

He keeps putting his signs up, this time GOD AGAINST SATAN (or something) with the life-sized cardboard Trump cutout.

Stargazer99

(2,794 posts)
37. A trumper told me the same thing that God sent Trump
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 12:39 PM
Tuesday

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

Jirel

(2,207 posts)
40. Go you!
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 01:04 PM
Tuesday

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 won’t change their minds, but it helps keep others who aren’t already toxified to resist the message, and to stand up themselves.

aggiesal

(9,341 posts)
41. Jesus preached love, Pendejo45 preaches hate, literally campaigns on hate ...
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 01:26 PM
Tuesday

She really thinks GOD sent him?
She needs some medication.

You did good.

usonian

(12,606 posts)
44. Hurricanes, twisters and earthquakes are officially "Acts of God"
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 06:28 PM
Tuesday

That said, direct people to the tabloids at the checkout.



Beartracks

(13,316 posts)
47. God sent his only Son to save the world. Not Trump. Unless she is saying...
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 08:01 PM
Tuesday

... 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.

==============

BluRay76

(24 posts)
51. I usually bite my tongue as well...
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 08:31 PM
Tuesday

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).

Frances

(8,571 posts)
54. "No, Trump was sent by Luciter" would have been my response
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 08:47 PM
Tuesday

I’m 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.

Martin68

(24,198 posts)
56. I don't think I'd use a hard word like "metric" with a Trump supporter. They don't understand language like that.
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 09:27 PM
Tuesday

-misanthroptimist

(1,020 posts)
57. Kudos to you!!
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 09:30 PM
Tuesday

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)
58. You were much kinder than I would have been. "Then your god is a fucking
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 09:31 PM
Tuesday

psychopath", and walked away.

Cha

(303,428 posts)
66. omg... first off.. Good on You! And, JHC.. how
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 01:01 AM
Wednesday

brainwashed can you get and still walk around?

And, you were so nice about it

Paladin

(28,646 posts)
71. THIS is what we need to be doing on a regular basis.
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 10:04 AM
Wednesday

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...

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