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Farmer-Rick

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12. Besides Trump and the GOP

Reply to 634-5789 (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 10:01 AM

8 hrs ago

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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99% of the problem. [View all] 634-5789 9 hrs ago OP

Wow, I never read that before. Bluethroughu 8 hrs ago #1

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'll never forget it. Bluethroughu 8 hrs ago #7

My immediate response also. WOW. liberalla 8 hrs ago #15

It's the essence of gaslighting, a common tactic of narcissists. wnylib 7 hrs ago #19

Yes DENVERPOPS 5 hrs ago #25

Wonder how she survived WWII KS Toronado 8 hrs ago #2

*she LoveTheDU 8 hrs ago #4

Hannah Arendt lived her final years in NYC having escaped the Nazis in 1940 FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #5

LOL, should have looked closer at the name, Thanks KS Toronado 8 hrs ago #9

K&R c-rational 8 hrs ago #3

War brings out the worst in people. What else would a war on truth summon? jaxexpat 8 hrs ago #8

War brings out the worst in many people, soldierant 3 hrs ago #34

I'm compelled to think every one of those persons would condemn war in no uncertain terms. jaxexpat 1 hr ago #38

Bought The Origins of Totalitarianism after Jan 6 jfz9580m 8 hrs ago #10

Got it in college from a retiring Poli Sci prof... lastlib 37 min ago #40

An excellent point by the woman who famously described Eichmann as an expression of the "banality of evil." NNadir 8 hrs ago #11

Besides Trump and the GOP Farmer-Rick 8 hrs ago #12

And it is best when you can wrap your tyrrany in a flag and coat it with religion. erronis 8 hrs ago #13

But those stories were born out of allegory. LisaM 6 hrs ago #23

When I was a kid Farmer-Rick 4 hrs ago #32

Thank you. soldierant 3 hrs ago #35

And they're the dangerous ones. n/t lastlib 35 min ago #41

I recently found out of a currently existing earthquake in fundamental truth in my family. Tetrachloride 8 hrs ago #14

How true birdographer 7 hrs ago #16

Hannah Arendt is a great read bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #17

She truly was brilliant Wiz Imp 7 hrs ago #20

Very interesting and so true TommieMommy 7 hrs ago #18

Truth! KnR. n/t iluvtennis 7 hrs ago #21

Wow! That is an AMAZING quote. calimary 6 hrs ago #22

AI seems designed to carry out this philosophy. LisaM 6 hrs ago #24

Small Wonder? jfz9580m 5 hrs ago #27

I can no longer distinguish between... lame54 5 hrs ago #26

Precisely what is happening in America dlk 5 hrs ago #28

Hannah called it "the banality of evil". Ping Tung 5 hrs ago #29

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

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby 4 hrs ago #33

Corollary: The Republicans being lied to believe this quote describes Democrats. Beartracks 2 hrs ago #36

Indeed they do. MontanaMama 2 hrs ago #37

A lot of the things that MAGATS believe Mr.Bill 35 min ago #42

A most amazing and profound human being. Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #39