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vlyons

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55. Stop right there

Reply to trueblue2007 (Original post)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 06:16 PM

Dec 2016

Get a grip and calm down. As despicable, vulgar, and depraved as Trump is -- don't hate him. Don't harbor hatred towards anyone. Hatred makes people stupid. Think, say, and do stupid stuff. Hatred keeps you trapped in deep deep unhappiness. When you hate, you join their team - the haters' team. You're a much better person than that. Find a way to channel the energy and fire of that anger and hated into something positive and beneficial to others. You'll feel much better.

Whatever the causes and conditions that have brought Trump to the presidency, we just have to deal with it now. Life doesn't care whether we like it or not. Life is difficult. The Buddhist perspective is that all of us live here in Samsara, the realm of suffering. So sorry to bring you the news about suffering, but we're just damned stuck with it. Nobody likes it. Trump won't be around forever. Out of all the stupid chaos and havoc that he will wreck, something else will emerge. Let's work together to make sure that something else will be whole hell of a lot better.

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Trump is speaking at the carrier plant. I CAN'T STOP CRYING [View all] trueblue2007 Dec 2016 OP

i hear you MFM008 Dec 2016 #1

+1,000 Auntie Bush Dec 2016 #2

HE JUST SAID ...."PEOPLE ARE CRYING" trueblue2007 Dec 2016 #3

Yep bravenak Dec 2016 #7

I don't listen to this asshole Trump at all. He's so F'en gross and stupid. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #4

I hear you. I'm going to do him like I did GWB. If I want to know what he said, I'll look Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #19

it worked for me then... dhill926 Dec 2016 #39

Ditto. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #43

I'm with you. Lifelong Protester Dec 2016 #58

... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #5

I'm wondering where do we go from here. He is going to wreck havoc on the majority of the US RKP5637 Dec 2016 #8

I will do as I did with bu$h turn it off liberal N proud Dec 2016 #6

Best way pipi_k Dec 2016 #14

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I muted him at the point. riversedge Dec 2016 #12

Changed to the Weather Channel. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #15

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Day shows already "feature" cheap hires padded with Hortensis Dec 2016 #40

Have a few Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #42

Interesting. Poor people. No doubt they entered the Hortensis Dec 2016 #60

Your highlighted statement is right on. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #63

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Middle American hatred and belief in wild conspiracy theories. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #10

I muted him after a few minutes of his bragging and rambling. But I understand and riversedge Dec 2016 #11

Turn it off wryter2000 Dec 2016 #13

I hope it is only 4 years or less SonofaFidel Dec 2016 #30

It's going to be so sickening treestar Dec 2016 #16

the boos will be very loud. Sunlei Dec 2016 #41

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Seriously. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #21

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Turn the tv off. cwydro Dec 2016 #18

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He is not worth your tears. No Vested Interest Dec 2016 #23

I hear alot about tears but mine is anger. JimBeard Dec 2016 #62

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I have never heard anyone speak like him. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #26

He sounds like a child when he speaks. He can't even articulate coherent sentences. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #32

It's like "The Emperor Has No Clothes". smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #35

the new language of power 0rganism Dec 2016 #38

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I feel you. Do yourself a favor and use that mute button, or better still the off button. mahina Dec 2016 #31

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Boy are we in trouble bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #36

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I've stopped watching .... flying-skeleton Dec 2016 #47

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Stop right there vlyons Dec 2016 #55

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