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HumblePi

(46 posts)
29. The Sun is Blue
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 12:09 PM
Dec 2019

Donald Trump could literally make the statement that the sun is actually blue and get away with it. He could spin some sort of fantasy about the core of the sun being so white-hot that it's actually blue. Sounds good to them, they'd buy it.

Getting right down to it, his base doesn't care, not only that he lies, but his lies are so vile that they modify our entire government. We shouldn't bother caring about the environment or supporting causes for cleaning up the air and seas. We shouldn't give a damn that there's still thousands of small children living in private detention centers that are getting rich holding these kids hostage and all on our tax dollars. We shouldn't care that Russia has demolished just about everything this country has been so proud of for the past 240 years, our Constitutional democracy. We shouldn't give a damn anymore or honor all those hundreds of thousands of men and women who died in wars defending democracy around the world. It doesn't matter if our uncles died in WW2 or Korea or whether half our high school graduating class died in rice paddy fields in a god-forsaken country in the Indochinese peninsula in Vietnam.

Why do we insist on caring anymore, about anything to do with this country? "E Pluribus Unum" -- what? That has no meaning anymore, it's just an old saying we used to take seriously.

what makes trump different mnmoderatedem Dec 2019 #1
I think they know he's lying, they just don't care. He dewsgirl Dec 2019 #4
Trump is a reflection of the morality of his supporters--amoral and malicious. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #24
Heartbreaking.💔 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #32
right, they're authoritarian followers. paulkienitz Dec 2019 #34
But some of them are part of the group being taken advantage of, dewsgirl Dec 2019 #36
yup Joinfortmill Dec 2019 #41
Trumpers revel in the cruel lies since they DeminPennswoods Dec 2019 #7
BINGO! TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #25
"trump davidians" - perfect description Duppers Dec 2019 #9
Few are raised to be leaders, many are raised to be followers and the majority are in between. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #26
"trump davidians" - perfect description Duppers Dec 2019 #11
Mr. Non-Presidential Fyrefox Dec 2019 #2
That is what makes it feel so hopeless. When Republicans are actively working ooky Dec 2019 #27
You mean, "radical left democrats". It's always that from IPOTUS. rickyhall Dec 2019 #39
Very interesting. Why don't our candidates talk about Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 #3
Bernie seems to be the only one, at a recent rally in Los Angeles said trump is a pathological liar RestoreAmerica2020 Dec 2019 #6
I think adding statistics or actually quoting him is Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 #8
The problem is it gets reduced to false equivalency localroger Dec 2019 #10
Very true point I haven't heard anyone make! Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 #13
A quarter of all lies are to be kind. That's actually a lot. Hortensis Dec 2019 #5
trump is a soulless cruel, evil being liberal N proud Dec 2019 #12
"Lying" doesn't quite capture what Trump does Boomer Dec 2019 #14
He knows, as a matter of propaganda theory, that truth doesn't matter localroger Dec 2019 #15
You're giving Trump too much credit Boomer Dec 2019 #17
He is delusional. kentuck Dec 2019 #19
Mental illness is a CONCEPT, not a physical, medical disease. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #21
There's a lot of "post-Szasz" science that's at odds with Szasz's "behavioral expression." VOX Dec 2019 #38
The two things are not mutually exclusive localroger Dec 2019 #33
I don't agree. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #18
I thought one of the main papers had him over 16,000 in lies so far. Frustratedlady Dec 2019 #16
Looks like the above story is two years old. califootman Dec 2019 #20
Oh, OK. I missed that. n/t Frustratedlady Dec 2019 #22
The Washington Post reports that as of December 10, 2019, Trump has told 15,413 lies. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2019 #40
putin knew EXACTLY what he was buying! bluestarone Dec 2019 #23
That's because Putin's personal (ill-acquired) fortune has replaced daddy Fred's Lock him up. Dec 2019 #42
The Sun is Blue HumblePi Dec 2019 #28
The Sun is Blue HumblePi Dec 2019 #29
He is a text book sociopath tavernier Dec 2019 #30
All that cruelty is why he has the evangelical vote RainCaster Dec 2019 #31
What is flabberghasting orangecrush Dec 2019 #35
That's because (in part) they are guilty of taking money from Russian sources Lock him up. Dec 2019 #43
He keeps lying because it works for him. world wide wally Dec 2019 #37
He will never stop, because it's never his fault. Lock him up. Dec 2019 #44
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