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Hortensis

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73. The starkest fact being that a majority of people

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 10:59 PM

Nov 2018

choose their group, accept the group's leader, and then adopt and support the leader's views.

Shocking, but scientists have learned it's true, and it explain how nearly half a nation could turn cruel and authoritarian stunningly fast by providing them with a cruel and authoritarian leader.

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Chris McDonald: God Will Destroy the Democrats if They Use the House to Harass Trump [View all] Initech Nov 2018 OP

"President Trump has God's hand upon him" gratuitous Nov 2018 #1

Gawd didn't deliver the House for Cheeto Jesus. muntrv Nov 2018 #2

As an agnostic, defender of the Constitution, I offer a reminder: DON'T OFFEND RELIGOUS PEOPLE! Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #51

I disagree. Send that man a bag of dicks! flibbitygiblets Nov 2018 #79

Don't worry Chris leftieNanner Nov 2018 #3

Ha ha! True! Initech Nov 2018 #52

Let him try, we kicked republican ass we can kick his too. Autumn Nov 2018 #4

Grab 'em by the spirit blugbox Nov 2018 #5

Chris who? GoCubsGo Nov 2018 #6

I'm with you there. They say it is god's wish when it goes their way. LiberalFighter Nov 2018 #22

Most of the Trump supporters I encounter are "conservative" Christians. hunter Nov 2018 #7

Wife spanker types Celerity Nov 2018 #21

My wife and I are both children of ferociously matriarchal Christian subcultures. hunter Nov 2018 #25

If You Are Being Beaten, Just Remember the Things You Love About Your Husband keithbvadu2 Nov 2018 #48

Maybe Chris should reread Exodus 20:7 and ponder carefully its meaning: struggle4progress Nov 2018 #8

Let their god put up or shut up! FiveGoodMen Nov 2018 #9

These white christian conservatives need to remember that if ooky Nov 2018 #10

I think their GAWD only chooses raging white male assholes with R's next to their names. Initech Nov 2018 #20

How convenient that God hates the same people he does. Marcuse Nov 2018 #11

Bring it on, fuckface. louis-t Nov 2018 #12

If Gawd has his hands on Trumpy, is gawd the one that styles his hair? rurallib Nov 2018 #13

What's "God" done to trump to make him Cha Nov 2018 #14

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Me. Nov 2018 #16

Made him a reflection of their own white nationalist, racist, bigoted, Celerity Nov 2018 #18

Blah, Blah, Blah Me. Nov 2018 #15

Yeah I'm not really afraid of that crazy fuckers diety. Volaris Nov 2018 #17

I so love you ChubbyStar Nov 2018 #33

Lol do you think if we attached that to either if the bottom of every suboneas, Volaris Nov 2018 #43

Naughty bits entwined so fucking perfect! ChubbyStar Nov 2018 #71

Yes, The Entwining of the Naughty Bits is a thing I encourage, Volaris Nov 2018 #83

Thank goodness his gawd isn't mine. sinkingfeeling Nov 2018 #19

These people need to be exposed and ridiculed. LiberalFighter Nov 2018 #23

God Made The Dems Take Over The House ProfessorGAC Nov 2018 #24

If we believe god put Obama in the whitehouse, we have to accept he put 45 in, too. lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #32

I Don't Believe In God ProfessorGAC Nov 2018 #40

I get that. lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #70

And He said, Take that, assholes! Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #81

Prophesy! Please, it would go to frump's head... lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #86

hey, you said not to go there Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #89

But why just the President though ck4829 Nov 2018 #91

Blasphemous asshat C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #26

I DO believe MyOwnPeace Nov 2018 #27

These folks worship an interesting demon AllyCat Nov 2018 #28

It will be to their destruction personally, it will be....... Submariner Nov 2018 #29

Sorry dude, Everybody knows Jesus is a Democrat redstateblues Nov 2018 #30

Fake god defends fake potus? I'm terrified. lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #31

Then God shouldn't have let them win the House. Flaleftist Nov 2018 #34

Sorry, asshole. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #35

These barking-mad assholes think they have a direct line to a supreme being. VOX Nov 2018 #36

Go further back ornotna Nov 2018 #45

Most would, but a vulnerable culture might buy into the bullshit and put them in leadership roles. VOX Nov 2018 #49

If "God" is for Trump, well, that shows a lack of divine judgment. dawg day Nov 2018 #37

Does this guy really believe Zeus is going to destroy us? stopbush Nov 2018 #38

Is this POS dog-whistling for "Second Amendment solutions"? VOX Nov 2018 #39

Well look at the MAGAbomber. Initech Nov 2018 #41

Perfect example. It's this kind of wild, threatening talk that incites the disturbed loner. VOX Nov 2018 #44

Oh I know, they just get nuttier and nuttier. Initech Nov 2018 #57

And they NEVER check themselves or their situation, they just start in with their lunatic crap. VOX Nov 2018 #61

I did see that story. Initech Nov 2018 #67

Irony: Greatest info library (WWW) in history is a tool for spreading ignorance on a massive scale. VOX Nov 2018 #69

And incels and white supremacists and neo Nazis. Initech Nov 2018 #74

Just when you thought they couldn't get any dumber and any more desperate mtnsnake Nov 2018 #42

I checked with my bookie kacekwl Nov 2018 #46

Does this mean that curse Kavanaugh threatened us with, Hortensis Nov 2018 #47

That absolute CHILD has no business being on SCOTUS. VOX Nov 2018 #53

Yes, but worse. A justice who imagines he serves god Hortensis Nov 2018 #59

Precisely. "Touch not my anointed," or some such bullshit. VOX Nov 2018 #64

Yep. It took a lot of voter negligence to get in this hole. Hortensis Nov 2018 #65

We wouldn't know by the polls, but I would hope... VOX Nov 2018 #68

The starkest fact being that a majority of people Hortensis Nov 2018 #73

He'll forever be a symbol of privilege and republican whining. Initech Nov 2018 #75

To his evangelicals/Christians, Trump is so devout keithbvadu2 Nov 2018 #50

What a freak! lilactime Nov 2018 #54

Just what we needed -- more fear and hate mongering vlyons Nov 2018 #55

Hilarious! But that aside, this idiot actually KPN Nov 2018 #56

Why did God give Democrats the House at this time if He didn't want them to use it? Renew Deal Nov 2018 #58

For starters, I'm pretty sure Jesus is a Democrat FakeNoose Nov 2018 #77

That is just too crazy Ohioboy Nov 2018 #60

Isn't it amazing how they all know what God is thinking and planning? appleannie1943 Nov 2018 #62

Yeah because when I think Trump I think of Jesus...wtf Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #63

So great! Thanks for the image of Trump, dejected, all sagging against the keerist. Wow. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2018 #85

Wow, that is way fucked up. Blue_true Nov 2018 #66

This is how we know there is no god jmowreader Nov 2018 #72

9 is more specific than that Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #82

Bill Maher: Trump is the old Testament god. Initech Nov 2018 #92

Why did god give the House to democrats? beachbum bob Nov 2018 #76

Wouldn't it have been easier for god to have the dems lose? AJT Nov 2018 #78

No we won't. H2O Man Nov 2018 #80

That's not God's hand upon him, it's Putin's. edbermac Nov 2018 #84

What a delusional dipshit. Nt raccoon Nov 2018 #87

Yawwwwnnnnnn leftynyc Nov 2018 #88

So the hand of Gawd is upon Thump? peekaloo Nov 2018 #90