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LanternWaste

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17. trump is today's version of Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby.

Reply to ArtTownsend (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:40 PM

Feb 2020

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

(F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby)

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Trump is not merely petty, mean-spirited, and corrupt. He's evil. [View all] ArtTownsend Feb 2020 OP

It's that obvious too. nt ooky Feb 2020 #1

I have ZERO doubt Skittles Feb 2020 #2

I'm afraid he would enjoy that title, see it as proof he was "tough." I'd love to see Maru Kitteh Feb 2020 #3

If there s true evil in this world he's it lunatica Feb 2020 #4

He is the embodiment of Wetiko. alittlelark Feb 2020 #5

Evil is an overused word canetoad Feb 2020 #6

Kids in cages, denem Feb 2020 #9

It's very unusual for me to disagree with you malaise Feb 2020 #11

+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #13

I don't need a dictionary to describe Trump as evil Blues Heron Feb 2020 #14

It's underused for the worst kind of behavior. See, I believe in morality. ArtTownsend Feb 2020 #16

Yep ibegurpard Feb 2020 #7

Hell-bound train struggle4progress Feb 2020 #8

Christians don't recognize The Antichrist when He leads them. no_hypocrisy Feb 2020 #10

How does he treat others? Kid Berwyn Feb 2020 #12

I'm not sure if he's immoral or amoral Poiuyt Feb 2020 #15

trump is today's version of Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #17