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In reply to the discussion: How is ONE PERSON able to do this much damage to literally the entire human race? [View all]
Jack Valentino
(4,173 posts)108. And if the true Christ were to return, they would support sending him to
a prison in El Salvador (while some would support killing him outright),
because he would seem "too woke"---
and possibly point out how their lives and beliefs
were contrary to the instructions in the book which they don't read.
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How is ONE PERSON able to do this much damage to literally the entire human race? [View all]
mwb970
Apr 2025
OP
And if the true Christ were to return, they would support sending him to
Jack Valentino
Apr 2025
#108
I'm a former believer, but I've been saying Trump is the Devil for years. I again believe in the concept of evil.
sop
Apr 2025
#5
F47 is seriously one or two prophecies short of being the actual fucking antichrist, he's really challenging my atheism
0rganism
Apr 2025
#101
If I were a true believer, I would realize that it was SATAN and NOT GOD,
Jack Valentino
Apr 2025
#107
Non-biblical explanation: 1) He's a psychopath (what some call evil) and 2) he's allowed to do it.
CousinIT
Apr 2025
#7
He's been destroying other people's stuff for nearly seven decades. In a
allegorical oracle
Apr 2025
#20
So true. One needs only to think of Jim Jones. It's a curious feature of
allegorical oracle
Apr 2025
#37
The Framers were men of honor, they failed to account for the possibility men like Trump would be president.
sop
Apr 2025
#15
Oh, they knew it was possible. They all had classical educations, and the Greeks and Romans...
JHB
Apr 2025
#92
Kurt Godel suggested there were inconsistencies with the Constitution that could lead to a dictatorship.
CrispyQ
Apr 2025
#47
The US started erecting the 'imperial presidency' in the 60s & 70s. Now, 60 odd years on, we're reaping the bitter fruit
Celerity
Apr 2025
#17
Greed built the pyramid that Oligarchs fed. Don't worship false idols unless you paid for him. /nt
bucolic_frolic
Apr 2025
#26
Did hear, 'tho, this a.m. that Leo and the Koch Bros. are furious about the
allegorical oracle
Apr 2025
#50
Because he's been allowed to. Everyone is afraid of him. I remember the first time I punched a bully back,
Hotler
Apr 2025
#28
He has a large propaganda machine including FOX, Heritage, amd the whole GOP
struggle4progress
Apr 2025
#34
Murdock/Limbaugh and that whole brainwashing hate the libs thing. That technique has led to genocide in the past
Blues Heron
Apr 2025
#36
The brainwashing hate the libs thing is largely responsible for how we got here.
yellow dahlia
Apr 2025
#104
ONE PERSON couldn't. One person enabled by a corrupt judiciary and millions of selfish morons - easy. n/t
TygrBright
Apr 2025
#48
Perfect summation. I always have that Grover Norquist quote pop into my head I think it was at CPAC and he said
KitFox
Apr 2025
#84
It's the Republican Party that is responsible for this damage, the Orange Menace is just their tool.
dem4decades
Apr 2025
#70
Because it's NOT just one person, it's several collections of zealots who see him as their "big chance"
JHB
Apr 2025
#76
Good post. Re: the Catholics, another component is integralism. For added reference:
chia
Apr 2025
#130
Trump is able to do this by tapping into, manipulating, and exploiting the craven, cowardly, greedy, unprincipled,
Martin68
Apr 2025
#80
It's not uncommon. Hitler. Mao. Stalin. Napoleon. Pizzaro. Columbus. Ayn Rand. Milton Friedman
AZLD4Candidate
Apr 2025
#87
Because the drafters of our constitution had to compromise and include stupid shit
Mysterian
Apr 2025
#93
TSF has a lot of enabler's.IF he succeeds in what their plan is, there will be
bluestarone
Apr 2025
#97
I used to pondert that question about Hitler. Now I'm part of the disaster.
GulfofMexico
Apr 2025
#98
This is a real lesson in civics, politics, and the damage Man can do to others.
Aussie105
Apr 2025
#111
No, we recognized it immediately, please do not include me and many others in "we"
Meowmee
Apr 2025
#112
Because WE HAVE NO FAIRNESS DOCTRINE REQUIRING TRUTH IN NEWS REPORTING AND HAVE NOT SINCE
PatrickforB
Apr 2025
#119
I disagree. This is like saying that it is usless to spray water into the living room of a burning house because
PatrickforB
Apr 2025
#135
because we live in a cartoon democracy and have been living in one for a while
Javaman
Apr 2025
#121
If someone like Trump can be elected president, the people are the problem
HereForTheParty
Apr 2025
#125
I believe in D&D's alignment chart as a way of graphically plotting behavior to establish a personality type
Simeon Salus
Apr 2025
#126