President's Remarks at Prayer Breakfast

[Stanyon]

Insightful.

And truthful

 

[Father Heathen]

And truthful

And what of the price of tea in China?

 

[Twilight Hue]

So you place the president and party before country, law, and constitution?

Only if they had not violated the Constitution, and Trump has not violated the Constitution.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

So he "threw away" his legacy by not selling out his morality, principles, convictions, etc. for the sake of blind party loyalty? In the long run I suspect that he'll be more honored and respected than the slimy, spineless sycophants.

We are starting to see what "TDS" really looks like, and people who oppose Trump, even to irrational ends, do not have it. Trump's choir of Trumpeters are clearly the most chronically and severely inflicted with it, holding the most deranged and warped views that are based on lies because their Lord God can just do no wrong. Literally. He's even went after their gun rights and they ignore it and don't even mention it.

 

[Revoltingest]

We are starting to see what "TDS" really looks like, and people who oppose Trump, even to irrational ends, do not have it.

That's the very diagnosis of TDS.
I know that anti-Trumpers are trying
to redefine it, but I reject that mischief.
Criminy...so many here are so very angry,
& they don't see what it's doing to them.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

That's the very diagnosis of TDS.
I know that anti-Trumpers are trying
to redefine it, but I reject that mischief.
Criminy...so many here are so very angry,
& they don't see what it's doing to them.

At this point, I am using "TDS" to describe things like Trumpeters claiming Trump's misbehavior during the anthem was "audio not synced right just to make him look bad," claiming Romney is a RINO and should be kicked out of the party, and other such overly zealous remarks of blindly defending Trump. Mostly just because there was no "ODS" over crap like the Birther movement.
Gots to melt the snowflakes.

 

[dianaiad]

I'm not sure how pointing out the irony of her hyperbolic claptrap would lead you to that.

Mine?

MY 'hyperbolic claptrap?"

I'm not the one who thinks that Trump, against all law, the constitution and the military might of the USA (not to mention the opinion of just about everybody who lives here, especially conservatives) would be able to stay in the White House one second after someone else is legally supposed to move in.

I have considerably more faith in the stability of the USA and the constitution than some do. After all, if the USA survived Carter, Johnson, Buchanan (OK, him just barely), Clinton and Obama, it will survive Trump. It might even survive the shenanigans the Democrats are trying to get rid of Trump. I AM more worried about those than I am about Trump.

Not sure it would survive the election of Bernie Sanders. Not because I'm afraid he will destroy us, but because by electing him America will have proven that at least half of its citizens want someone else to take care of them so badly they'll throw the Constitution away. Luckily, I won't be around to see it.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

That's the very diagnosis of TDS.
I know that anti-Trumpers are trying
to redefine it, but I reject that mischief.
Criminy...so many here are so very angry,
& they don't see what it's doing to them.

And it may help to point out throwing words back at people is something I have a tendency to do. Like tossing racial epithets against black people at the Klan, calling them names to describe the appearance of their "ghost looking costume." Or calling Conservatives Snowflakes. Or telling a Liberal they are racist (been able to do that a lot with "white guy Biden" running, as well as point agism when it's "old white guy Biden." And, of course, oh yeah, also sexist). A lot of Trumpeters seem like they have a chronic and acute case of TDS as of late.

 

[metis]

So, Trump disses Jesus and the Sermon On the Mount, but that's OK?

 

[Father Heathen]

Mine?

MY 'hyperbolic claptrap?"

I'm not the one who thinks that Trump, against all law, the constitution and the military might of the USA (not to mention the opinion of just about everybody who lives here, especially conservatives) would be able to stay in the White House one second after someone else is legally supposed to move in.

I don't think this, either. So which is it; straw man or poor reading comprehension? While Trump has no respect for the law, the constitution, etc. and has displayed a desire for autocracy, he clearly lacks the intelligence and cunning needed to pull such a scheme off.

I have considerably more faith in the stability of the USA and the constitution than some do. After all, if the USA survived Carter, Johnson, Buchanan (OK, him just barely), Clinton and Obama, it will survive Trump. It might even survive the shenanigans the Democrats are trying to get rid of Trump. I AM more worried about those than I am about Trump.

While I'm not a huge fan of Obama (I'm not dumb enough to engage in the uncritical hero worship of politicians), Trump isn't worthy to lick his boots. You know a president is garbage when they make G.W. Bush look good by comparison.

Not sure it would survive the election of Bernie Sanders. Not because I'm afraid he will destroy us, but because by electing him America will have proven that at least half of its citizens want someone else to take care of them so badly they'll throw the Constitution away. Luckily, I won't be around to see it.

Ah, another straw man. Of course.

So yes, your hyperbolic claptrap.

 

[Father Heathen]

So, Trump disses Jesus and the Sermon On the Mount, but that's OK?

Christ has had very little to do with Christianity among U.S. conservatives for a very long time.

If Jesus showed up today but they didn't know who he was, they would dismiss him as a socialist hippie who needs to take his brown *** back to where it came from.

 

[Revoltingest]

And it may help to point out throwing words back at people is something I have a tendency to do. Like tossing racial epithets against black people at the Klan, calling them names to describe the appearance of their "ghost looking costume." Or calling Conservatives Snowflakes. Or telling a Liberal they are racist (been able to do that a lot with "white guy Biden" running, as well as point agism when it's "old white guy Biden." And, of course, oh yeah, also sexist). A lot of Trumpeters seem like they have a chronic and acute case of TDS as of late.

At this point, I am using "TDS" to describe things like Trumpeters claiming Trump's misbehavior during the anthem was "audio not synced right just to make him look bad," claiming Romney is a RINO and should be kicked out of the party, and other such overly zealous remarks of blindly defending Trump. Mostly just because there was no "ODS" over crap like the Birther movement.
Gots to melt the snowflakes.

For clarity, it should be renamed "TCD" (Trump Cult Disorder).
Would you spread the word for me?

 

[metis]

Christ has had very little to do with Christianity among U.S. conservatives for a very long time.

If Jesus showed up today but they didn't know who he was, they would dismiss him as a socialist hippie who needs to take his brown *** back to where it came from.

I truly wish you were wrong on this. I came from that kind of background but became increasingly nauseated at the racism and sexism and their anti-science teachings that basically forced me to leave the church that I otherwise loved and was very active in.

I even was approached by the pastor at that church after I stopped going, and I asked him why he doesn't denounce the racism there, and he told me that if he did that maybe 1/3 of the congregation would just get up and leave. The only time I went back is for my parents funeral service whereas I gave the main eulogy for both.

Instead, I started going to her Catholic church whereas I didn't witness this type of behavior.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

For clarity, it should be renamed "TCD" (Trump Cult Disorder).
Would you spread the word for me?

Nah. It doesn't have the same level of sting if you don't accuse them of what they accuse everybody else of. And these cultish behaviors are deranged, so TDS it is.

 

[Revoltingest]

Nah. It doesn't have the same level of sting if you don't accuse them of what they accuse everybody else of. And these cultish behaviors are deranged, so TDS it is.

But calling pro-Trump behavior by the same name
smacks of those fundies who say atheists have "faith".
TDS is a real thing.....people who fear Trump is Hitler,
is destroying democracy, will be a dictator, etc.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

TDS is a real thing.

Not really. People believe dumb things about politicians. Like how President x, y, and z have all been the anti-Christ.
Being a dumb wanker doesn't need a snowflakey title of a faux-diagnosis. It's just fun to throw them back on people who use them.

 

[Revoltingest]

Not really. People believe dumb things about politicians. Like how President x, y, and z have all been the anti-Christ.
Being a dumb wanker doesn't need a snowflakey title of a faux-diagnosis. It's just fun to throw them back on people who use them.

It's real.
I also saw BDS & ODS back in the day.
There are people who have severe irrational reactions to Presidents.

 

[columbus]

How many of the democratic presidential hopefuls voted to acquit Trump? It would seem a convenient and self serving way to attempt to get rid of a political rival if they voted to remove.

Your political naivete is showing.
Once McConnell had enough votes to prevent witnesses or censure of any sort, the folks who wanted that were free to vote any way they wanted. They didn't have to deal with the political fallout of martyring Trump and replacing him with VP Pence.

The truth stop mattering and it all became political spectacle.
Tom

 

[dianaiad]

I don't think this, either. So which is it; straw man or poor reading comprehension? While Trump has no respect for the law, the constitution, etc. and has displayed a desire for autocracy, he clearly lacks the intelligence and cunning needed to pull such a scheme off.

Then why are you yelling 'the sky is falling!" or at least putting up with others doing the yelling?

While I'm not a huge fan of Obama (I'm not dumb enough to engage in the uncritical hero worship of politicians), Trump isn't worthy to lick his boots. You know a president is garbage when they make G.W. Bush look good by comparison.


Ah, another straw man. Of course.

So yes, your hyperbolic claptrap.

Your problem is that you don't address the content of a post; you go straight to the hyperbolic ad hominem

 

[Father Heathen]

Then why are you yelling 'the sky is falling!"

Care to quote me?

or at least putting up with others doing the yelling?

I'll send them to bed without supper next time, but it's not like you call your fellow conservatives out on the torrents of swill they spew forth.

Your problem is that you don't address the content of a post; you go straight to the hyperbolic ad hominem

All too often a post will lack anything of depth or substance to address.