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In reply to the discussion: 99% of the problem. [View all]Farmer-Rick
(11,127 posts)12. Besides Trump and the GOP
Religion attempts to do the same thing. They feed people ridiculous fantasy filled stories.
A talking snake, a burning bush that doesn't burn, a curse on a tree, healing people by touching them, a virgin pregnancy and birth, demons in pigs, bringing people back from the dead, using a few fish and loaves to feed crowds, turning water into wine.....and on and on the lies an impossibilities pile up.
If you believe all that then you can very easily believe a Nazi, threatening people who disagree with him, will make a great democratic leader.
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I've seen it before. We all need reminders of shit like this from time to time...nt
Wounded Bear
8 hrs ago
#6
I'm compelled to think every one of those persons would condemn war in no uncertain terms.
jaxexpat
1 hr ago
#38
An excellent point by the woman who famously described Eichmann as an expression of the "banality of evil."
NNadir
8 hrs ago
#11
And it is best when you can wrap your tyrrany in a flag and coat it with religion.
erronis
8 hrs ago
#13
I recently found out of a currently existing earthquake in fundamental truth in my family.
Tetrachloride
8 hrs ago
#14
According to the Hannah Arendt Center for Humanities and Politics this is not an accurate quote.
Jim__
4 hrs ago
#30
That's the only strategy of the MAGA GOP: make the American people doubt the integrity and usefulness
Martin68
4 hrs ago
#31
Corollary: The Republicans being lied to believe this quote describes Democrats.
Beartracks
2 hrs ago
#36