03-31-2024, 11:07 AM
(03-31-2024, 04:35 AM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Who cares?
FFS can we go 1 day with out worrying about what Trump thinks or says? I know he says dumb ass stuff frequently but dam. The media and you just can't ignore him.
There is so many more things important that we need address/fix in this country than spending time worrying about this.
I remember a time when people used to talk about and weigh in on each candidates policies and argue the pros and cons. It's the only effective way to get someone to be open to other views, name calling certainly isn't going to do it. I know i'm guilty as well, even though i try not to, it just slips out there, and once said, it's hard to take it back.
We used to do that back in the Obama days, it's gone to the shitter since with all the name calling and we have crappy candidates now, Hillary vs Trump was more about who could throw the best zingers at each other. Biden Trump is pretty much the same.
I think we are all in Media overload on this crap from both sides. No mater what you think, neither side is "honest" they will say/do what ever they think will sway you to their side. Including insulting the other side.
I care and so do millions of other people...like the 84 million people who did not vote for him in 2020.
No, we can't ignore him, because despite your tender sensibilities concerning Trump, what he SAYS is germane to who he is as a candidate for President of the United States. Republicans and MAGA want to ignore his bigotry, his hate speech, his dehumanizing of people who he believes are expendable, don't agree with him, or fail to pay him what he perceives as his proper homage but this is who he is. This is how he did and will govern. If you find yourself uncomfortable look to the man making those comments not the people discussing them.
Separating Catholics from Christians is an old bigoted trope. WASPs (white Anglo-Saxon Protestants) especially Evangelicals are the Republican power base. Many Evangelicals do not consider Catholics to be true Christians. He is hawking a Protestant bible which equates possessing that item with patriotism. The Christian Nationalist movement echoes those beliefs. Trump either believes the same thing or he is pandering. Either way, he is being disrespectful, as usual, to a large segment of the population. We have to take him seriously when he says that because history has shown us he leans into his hate speech as he governs
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