Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to be this dumb.
this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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My life is needlessly difficult because I try to understand stupid people. It wears me out.
It's like somewhere in the ancient past someone wished that stupidity was painful, but forgot to specify who it should be painful for.
I REALLY hate genies...
A historical context helps out with this. They're just us from 500 years ago. Even this divinely ordained stuff is straight out of history textbooks, the divine right to rule that medieval kings claimed.
yea, sometimes these guys sound like the christian mobs from the early "dark ages", the ones who destroyed pagan symbols e.g. Hypatia.
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The irony being that the only way to understand it is to be that dumb. But if you were that dumb, you wouldn't understand it nor would you try to because you'd think you are smart.
Some people are completely lost in the modern world. They shut down completely whenever anyone aims any critic at them and congregate to unquestioningly hold on to what they recognize. It is basic human instinct and being smart sometimes just pushes some of these people into taking advantage of the system and leading this herd mentality, instead of taking a risk trying to wake them up.
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Jesus was an anti-war, anti-capitalist, inclusivity-preaching socialist who gave free healthcare to the sick and free food to the hungry. Maybe they should crack open that book they always talk about.
If "anyone can talk to god, you don't need all the ceremony" can turn into the Catholic Church et al for 1,900+ years, I don't think they're gonna read for comprehension on inclusion.
"anyone can talk to god, you don't need all the ceremony"
That's really close to why the Protestant Reformation happened, out of which all sorts of other lunacy has sprung. I'm not defending the Catholic Church by any means, but this particular criticism might not hit as hard as you intended it to.
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If Trump hasn’t paid for a dozen abortions I’d be surprised.
How do people look and listen to the guy and project all these values that they think are good on him?
i see it as validation that religion itself is a grift... an exploitation of a crack in the human psyche.
the same mechanism that helps people ignore the ridiculousness of %religion% lets them ignore the terrible behaviors of its participants.
maybe add a dash of mass-psychosis.. throw in a huge, daily serving of faux news propaganda and here we are
I take them at their word - he's their true selves revealed.
I have never heard an interviewer ask if he has ever paid for an abortion. I mean I know he wouldn't answer honestly, but they never even ask.
They think he'll be good for them, so they lie and say he'll be good for us
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If Trump shares your values, fuck your values.
How the hell am I living in the same reality as these people? Where do they get their info from?
Church.
This behavior is the purpose of religion.
His actual actions aren't important, because his results are "holy."
If you asked them about a "demon rat" that had doen exactly what their "holy" man had done, they would rant endlessly about his vile acts and his damnation.
Their zealotry is transactional, that's all. Give them what they want, and you can be their savior too.
Obama wore a suit, and he got shit because they didn't like the color.
Trump on the other hand, wears diapers and has inspired his moronic base to wear them publicly as well. Not just, under their clothing like a normal person, they think its better than pants.
-Written from a republican hell hole.
well, their problem wasn't exactly because of the color of the suit
Fox "News"
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Trump supports Jesus
Trump supports putting Jesus, the immigrant, into a deportation camp.
His base doesn’t even realize Jesus was an immigrant
His base thinks that Jesus was a white, English-speaking American who hated poor people and taxes.
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TIL fucking a porn star while your wife is pregnant is within christian values.
And stealing from cancer charities. trump may as well just change his name to Jesus.
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Not only within, but way above average. If not, they wouldn't look up to him like this.
That said, I have read some of them call Jesus too woke to be Christian
Kinda weird since Trump is basically The Anti-Christ: Dumbass Edition
it feels like we're on the highway and 60% of drivers are blindfolded and smiling
Thats okay because Jesus took the wheel for them.
Unfortunately for them, Jesus never got his driver's license.
It's amazing... stupid people who think invisible sky wizard is guiding their life and stupid enough to think that Trump ever thinks about them. God it's like half this country gets off on being a cuckold without knowing it.
Stupid people are actually controlled by rich oligarchs through news and right wing propaganda but they think they are independent rebels.
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Name something that Jesus would love about Donald Trump.
He's a child of God and therefore worthy of love. Trump obviously sucks, but Jesus said "love your neighbour" and that includes Trump. Of course, God would send Trump to hell when he dies so bit of a mixed message there. Religion is weird sometimes...
"Jesus loves sinners" but that's about it and a bit of a Catch-22 at it.
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Every comment I have seen so far, has the wrong take on this. Christians aligning with Trump is basically the same thing as when the Christians aligned with the Nazis. They are both selling the same shit, a return to a time where the father was dictator of his own home and ruled with an iron fist. All you have to do is embrace the dictator of the country, and you can have that.
That's half the reason Christians are Christians in the first place. Fascism just makes those ideas more mainstream and allows for the laws to embrace the concept.
The doublethink these "Christians" maintain to avoid cognitive dissonance and critical self reflection are staggering
How fucking gullible can you get? Either that or they're being major hypocrites.
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Weird. Pretty obvious Jesus would have been against Trump.
Does Biden going to church not count?
Yes but Biden is a human being while Trump is positioning himself as a representative of Jesus, creating a cult.
basically they all want to be powerful and unaccountable - aka adult babies.
You're right, Trump does kind of represent the epitome of Christian values
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