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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObserving the faces and expressions of people at a Trump rally...
They cannot handle the truth.
They don't want your empathy or pity. They know what they know.
Unlike Trump, their hero and savior, Joe Biden is a senile old man. Trump is the greatest president of all time. Look at all the great things he did, they will tell you. Look at all the jobs he created for black people and Hispanics. He created more jobs than anyone in history. They can recite a litany of achievements straight from the mouth of their Leader. Never mind that there is little truth in any of it.
If the Democrats had not created the pandemic "hoax", he would have done even more.
Nothing can penetrate the wall of protection they have built between themselves and their Leader. Anything that even sounds slightly critical is dismissed outright as "fake news". They travel many thousands of miles just to hear their "Great Divider" speak. They believe that Trump loves them as much as they love him. He is one of them.
But the truth is something entirely opposite. Their Leader is a con man. Greed is his ambition. If you cannot help him make more money, you are of no value to him.
He is a criminal and a scofflaw. He has no respect for the law. The laws are only roadblocks to prevent him from feeding his massive ego.
He is no patriot. He could not care less about our Constitution or the future of America. The White House is only a symbol that represents the power he craves.
He is no Christian. He does not believe anything that Jesus taught in the Bible. The Bible is a tool to keep the sheep supportive and in line. In no way does he follow the teachings of Christ. He is a hypocrite of the highest order.
However, his supporters see what they want to see and believe what their Leader tells them to believe. They despise the truth.
Joinfortmill
(14,432 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)But we can see direct consequences when the two stand side by side. One is constructive and one is destructive. People can see the clear evidence.
agingdem
(7,850 posts)they are bound to Trump by their mutual hate ...he hates who they hate..he took their collective hate, brought it into the White House and legitimized it..they loved the dirty talk, his lust for revenge, his overt racism/antisemitism...they cheered his muslim ban, closing the borders, separating families, babies in cages..brown people go home, this is our country, the land of the free and the christian white...he allowed them to brandish their assault weapons, threaten, maim, and kill with impunity...four years of unleashed blood lust...heady stuff..and they want it back...
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)They are not the majority of American people. Their views are not mainstream nor are they truth.
That's why we have to guarantee free and fair elections. We can't have the misguided and misinformed choosing our leadership.
That's why we need to prosecute the criminals in their party that represent them. Otherwise their misguided and misinformed will have our leaders prosecuted and democracy will die on the vine.
Butterflylady
(3,544 posts)Guess Jesus wasn't good enough for them.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)And, he makes it okay to hate them.
Celerity
(43,416 posts)dlk
(11,569 posts)They are too emotionally stunted to even be considered rational adults and they really dont care about anyone else.
Tanuki
(14,919 posts)Cozmo
(1,402 posts)Traildogbob
(8,756 posts)Watched a movie Called Journal for Jordon, directed by Denzel. A soldiers writings to his young son before he died of an IED. At the end the son gathered a small group of vets and friends at his gravesite in Arlington. All those headstones, only a small representation of soldiers that have died for this country and democracy. Yea, some esrs were profit and nothing about us, but those soldiers died because on an oath, for each other as much as, or more than, country.
They did not, I ASSURE you die for trumpism, MTG Bimbo Boebert, Cawthorn et al to take up arms to destroy our democracy and end voting, and allow slaughtering of children and civilians from GQP nut bags armed better than them. And do nothing.
This veteran cried for my brothers and sisters that gave all on this Memorial Day. And to think a third or more of elected assholes were behind taking the country over with arms, and still are.
So on this day of mourning soldiers lost, add children gunned down, and do not mention that treasonous asshole and his cult. For one Gid damned day please.
The movie was a true story. The soldier was black and gave his life fir the troops he was in charge of. Whites included, and was loved by them all.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Well, two cults. There's the Trump Cult, and then there's those "Blacks for Trump," which is actually the next generation of the Yahweh ben Yahweh "Temple of Love" Cult. The latter are there, wearing t-shirts with the URL of their web page, They're really just promoting themselves. The rest are the MAGA cult, many of whom follow him from rally to rally, like parallel universe Dead Heads.
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,761 posts)It could just be some nice old grandpa having a bit of fun.
But knowing who & what he is makes it utterly revolting.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,761 posts)They are devoted to an evil conman. A conman so blatantly full of shit that no one with even a modicum of common sense could fail to see it.