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qwlauren35

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71. Evil is an interesting concept.
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 09:56 PM
Feb 2024

Supposedly good and evil are opposites, and if good people can exist, then evil people can exist. Most people are not 100% good. Because humans are amazingly complicated creatures. So, if there is no 100% good person, mortal, then there is no 100% evil person. Mortal. For example, Trump may love his sons. We won't discuss his daughter...

Me personally, I would love to see him die. And it's EXTREMELY not Buddhist of me. Our creed is to do no harm, and therefore say no harm, think no harm. Frighteningly strict, and probably just something to aspire to.

But I don't think Jesus would want him to die. The Buddha would not want him to die. They would want him redeemed.

I think Christianity is not the answer to evil like Trump. In the Jewish faith, in the Muslim faith, there would be a path to his death. Those two religions accept war, and their god killed. It would be reasonable to pray that God would strike Trump dead with thunder and lightning, showing His Will.

There are a lot of clergy right now who are challenged by the fact that their Christian congregants are turning away from the Beatitudes, suggesting that they are not appropriate for the time.

If I were to turn to my Buddhist faith, I would chant that the right thing happen with regards to Trump (and the MAGAts, the impotent GOP in the House, and the entire crisis of our democracy), whatever that is, and accept that it is not up to me to determine what that is. It's just too big. For if I were to suggest that I had the insight, power, wisdom, omnipotence, foresight to recognize exactly what must happen and how it must happen, then I would have to be a god.

So. What if Trump dying isn't the best thing for America?

BTW, my fantasy - not my prayer - is that he is tortured into a public confession. On television, on Fox News, on Truth Social, on X and every conservative outlet. And the form of torture, a la George Orwell, would be to cage his private parts so that he can't move and encase them with hungry rats who gnaw at his genitals. I would want him to confess to his inability to manage his money. To the rape of E Jean Carroll. To pedophilia with Jeffrey Epstein. To knowing that he lost the election, but thinking that money and charisma, and repeating lies over and over would convince people to change the outcome, in any way possible, knowing that he had a group of supporters that were willing to believe anything he said. I would want him to confess to running for election just to best Barack Obama, a ni**er from a poor family who didn't deserve to be president, a man who had laughed at him in front of the entire media community and all over social media, after he couldn't get enough people to believe that Obama wasn't a natural born citizen, and was actually born in Africa (if you say it enough...) I would want him to confess that he went out of his way to make being president as profitable as possible, knowing that he was not as wealthy as he pretended to be, and going along with religious conservatives because it didn't hurt him, even though he didn't believe in any of the tenets of Christianity at all, and in fact, thought Christianity was pure bullshit for losers who don't have the balls to take what they want. And I want him to confess that he thinks that his followers are stupid, ignorant, asshole losers who can't even spot a scam when it looks them in the face. That he has nothing but contempt for them, and thinks the only thing they are good for is to stroke his ego and pay his legal bills.

And then, let him live, crushed and pathetic, with no genitals, no following, no money, the laughingstock of the entire media community.

Better than death.





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Agree 100% budkin Feb 2024 #1
I'm posting this so someday soon I can say I posted a reply to a Ann Coulter post the day hell froze over. usaf-vet Feb 2024 #39
Hell froze over, apparently--even though I know Coulter has been on the outs with TSF for some time. hlthe2b Feb 2024 #2
Die, but not until the primaries are over. Coventina Feb 2024 #3
Friendly Amendment accepted Kennah Feb 2024 #8
Even better... swong19104 Feb 2024 #24
Or, a COVID-19 super-spreader event. Wednesdays Feb 2024 #79
Maybe Comey could shoot him as a way to repent. Turbineguy Feb 2024 #4
Hahahahaha. Yeah, right in front of trump tower would be great. brush Feb 2024 #18
I want him to live to be jailed. But if he were to be shot, I'd want it to be on 5th Ave. n/t thesquanderer Feb 2024 #41
I want three things rambler_american Feb 2024 #61
Looks like Ann Coulter found the fairway at last. Aristus Feb 2024 #5
Satan must have just fired up the Zamboni - Ocelot II Feb 2024 #6
Something about a stopped clock.... tritsofme Feb 2024 #7
The snake is eating its tail. Midnight Writer Feb 2024 #9
she must be reading the winds barbtries Feb 2024 #10
She couldn't very well demonize Democrats.... SergeStorms Feb 2024 #65
Too bad we haven't heard about this, elleng Feb 2024 #11
I definitely mised it. ShazzieB Feb 2024 #52
Pigs spotted at 30,000 feet over central florida... lindysalsagal Feb 2024 #12
Ann Coulter???? bluestarone Feb 2024 #13
a broken clock is right twice a day samsingh Feb 2024 #14
Well, she can't match that record, so she's probably not working from the same principles. eppur_se_muova Feb 2024 #25
I hate the fact that I want to high five Ann Coulter. JenniferJuniper Feb 2024 #15
But she would still vote for him, unless he dies or goes to prison. Omnipresent Feb 2024 #16
I never thought I'd live to see the day I agree with Ann Coulter BlueKota Feb 2024 #17
That's broad. qwlauren35 Feb 2024 #58
I suppose anything is possible BlueKota Feb 2024 #68
Evil is an interesting concept. qwlauren35 Feb 2024 #71
I'd accept your scenario BlueKota Feb 2024 #73
You're doing the right thing. qwlauren35 Feb 2024 #75
Thank you! BlueKota Feb 2024 #78
Smart money is on the first three......... lastlib Feb 2024 #70
Pigs a flying. Coulter has seen that trump's mental state is decaying rapidly. brush Feb 2024 #19
Did she fall and hit her head? *fingers crossed* live love laugh Feb 2024 #20
I agree with her and have been saying this for a long time. GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #21
Actually, if he destroys the Conservative Movement first, that would be even better. Caliman73 Feb 2024 #22
"What can I say that will get me some attention here?" struggle4progress Feb 2024 #23
Mike drop moment. B.See Feb 2024 #26
I am permanently flummoxed, my ears are inside out bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #27
She's a pathetic excuse for a human. Here's a few of the gems she's said over the years. LiberalLovinLug Feb 2024 #28
Yup republianmushroom Feb 2024 #29
The only reason Coulter dumped Trump is because he wasn't nasty enough to suit her. patphil Feb 2024 #30
My only guess is she's fishing for attention. Torchlight Feb 2024 #31
...yeah... HotRod Deluxe Feb 2024 #32
Coulter is a DeSantis supporter. sop Feb 2024 #33
I'm impressed. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #34
Read what she says and don't cheer her OnlinePoker Feb 2024 #35
"The enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend." lastlib Feb 2024 #36
Thanks for the reminder of Coulter's true nature. ShazzieB Feb 2024 #56
She's been anti Trump for a while. BUT not for stand up reasons tulipsandroses Feb 2024 #37
Yes, and every time she slams Trump I wonder if she ever told her publisher tanyev Feb 2024 #69
Phuck her, too. (no offense to the poster) Joinfortmill Feb 2024 #38
The one time I 100% agree with her! kimbutgar Feb 2024 #40
Don't cilla4progress Feb 2024 #42
First time I've ever agreed with her, lol. catbyte Feb 2024 #43
She's wrong most of the time, but..... wolfie001 Feb 2024 #44
Reddit's r/politics has become so right-wing that I was permantly banned for posting RAB910 Feb 2024 #45
I can't believe I am agreeing with Ann Coulter nocoincidences Feb 2024 #46
I used to wish Donald Trump a prolonged, painful natural death dalton99a Feb 2024 #47
Part of me wonders how she came to this point BeyondGeography Feb 2024 #48
Well I guess Coulter, like a broken clock that tells the right time twice a day, is occasionally right. Martin68 Feb 2024 #49
omg I had to slap myself gopiscrap Feb 2024 #50
I can't believe I agree with Ann Coulter!? Kablooie Feb 2024 #51
Her formerly "extremist" rhetoric has become mainstream for repugs JoseBalow Feb 2024 #53
Geez...for once I agree with her! PortTack Feb 2024 #54
Hell has definitely frozen over. onecaliberal Feb 2024 #55
If only this were a gateway to her questioning the rest of her political ideology. LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #57
Milwaukee julmur Feb 2024 #59
Hell has officially frozen over. SergeStorms Feb 2024 #60
Coulter hasn't seen the light. She just considers MF45 to be an unreliable conservative. Eugene Feb 2024 #62
haa haa haaaaaaa(out loud) Afrocat Feb 2024 #63
That old pit hag GenThePerservering Feb 2024 #64
DeSantis has his fingers crossed BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2024 #66
Nooo don't die. Oneironaut Feb 2024 #67
It'd be the best thing for the Republican Party, for sure... Bucky Feb 2024 #72
Not cruel enough for that Nazi? czarjak Feb 2024 #74
Ha-Ha! Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #76
It is trule bizarro world when coultergeist agrees with me. niyad Feb 2024 #77
Coulter always thought Dump was a wrong choice SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #80
He must have refused to pay her bill. Demobrat Feb 2024 #81
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