President Biden on Thursday responded to former President Trumpās Christmas post with a religious message to love your enemies.
Trumpās unusual Christmas message, which he shared on Truth Social, called for various people he sees as ālooking to destroyā the nation to ārot in Hell.ā
Biden shared an article from The Hill about Trumpās post on X, formerly known as Twitter, and added a message to poke at the former president.
āThereās an expression they say in church sometimes: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you,ā the president said.
This is the sort of thing that will be totally lost on the āgood Christiansā who are voting Trump.
Right. The problem with ākilling with kindnessā is that it doesnāt work if the people who support your opposition arenāt interested in kindness.
I donāt mind him pushing for diplomatic civility, itās part of his job. But yes, we are slowly sliding towards domestic military conflict, while Xi Jinping laughs all the way to the bank.
The honey bank.
You know, I think he likes the Winnie the Pooh references. Heās not a typical authoritarian, Chinese culture is very idiosyncratic, very different from the west. They donāt mind contradicting things being true simultaneously, often doing two things at once.
He likes being underestimated while he talks about wanting respect, though. Itās an asset. He canāt just let people disrespect him of course, but of all the things he could be compared toā¦
Heās a sophisticated, complex man imo. Not some simpleton like our authoritarians. He thinks, deeply.
Nah, you post anything on Chinese social media with Winnie the Pooh visible its gonna get taken down immediately IF YOURE LUCKY.
Of course. He canāt allow anyone to call him anything that might be dishonorable. That doesnāt mean he isnāt okay with it though. People can fight against things they like, if it suits their other purposes.
Evangelicals want totalitarianism since condemning others to hell isnāt the marketing pitch they once believed it be
Dude, this is lost on everyone.
People donāt show anyone any respect at all any more. Common courtesy is just gone. āDoing the right thingā is lost because itās assumed youāre not getting something in return or your efforts are for naught. Everyone is self-absorbed and self-righteous. People preach about āempathyā but only practice it for those they feel sorry for.
Iām not a religious person but treating people like I want to be treated is something I try to do every day. Treating people with kindness, putting out positive energy into the world, makes you a better person. I canāt comprehend the hate that so many people walk around with.
Fascists werenāt beat with brotherly love the first time, and it wonāt be how theyāre beaten this time either.
That isnāt the kindness for the facists, itās for those the facists hurt. The kindness offered to facists is correction. Not all correction is gentle.
It will be worse than lost on them, theyāll figure out a way to use it against him. Maybe it shows weakness or something. Iām sure theyāll figure out a way to turn it around. There are Subreddit full of people working on it.
Thereās plenty of sentiment in the bible to the contrary, which is the useful thing about it. Itās so full of gubbins that you can throw it back in its own face no matter what.
The problem is that they even think Jesus is a liberal cuck now.
It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching ā āturn the other cheekā ā [and] to have someone come up after to say, āWhere did you get those liberal talking points?ā And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, āIām literally quoting Jesus Christ,ā the response would not be, āI apologize.ā The response would be, āYes, but that doesnāt work anymore. Thatās weak.ā And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then weāre in a crisis.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity
My grandmother, a devout roman catholic, said the Pope should mind his own business when he condemned Trumps border genocide. Itās wild.
You mean the stuff that Jesus said, that Trump and his fans mock and shit on?
If they could read the Bible, theyād be upset.
If they could read
the Bible,theyād be upsetI know that meme!
If they could read the Bible, theyād be upset.
āeven if they smellā would have been a great addition
What makes me laugh is the Trump team going on full defense. Like even former GOP allies say he reeks.
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-says-donald-trump-smells-1856378
Dark Brandon has awakened
Looks like light brandon to me.
āGod forgives, I donātā
Or alternatively,
āWe canāt let God do all the workā
Thereās no love quite like āChristianā hate.
A good response from Biden here.
I disagree with joe on this one. You donāt have to waste rent in your brain hating someone, but you donāt have to love them either.
You can let the legal system put them in jail and forget about them.
Heās not going to actually love Trump, heās just saying that to get under Trumpās skin.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
TrumpāsĀ unusual Christmas message, which he shared on Truth Social, called for various people he sees as ālooking to destroyā the nation to ārot in Hell.ā
Biden shared an article from The Hill about Trumpās post on X, formerly known as Twitter, andĀ added a messageĀ to poke at the former president.
āThereās an expression they say in church sometimes: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you,ā the president said.
Biden, who is Catholic and attends church regularly, is likely to face Trump in a presidential rematch next year.
The president has stepped up his criticism of Trump andĀ often bashesĀ his political rival at fundraisers, bringing up comments Trump makes and painting him as a threat to democracy.
Trump is holding onto his lead in the GOP presidential primary, polling with a 52.4-point lead in theĀ aggregation of pollsĀ kept by Decision Desk HQ and The Hill.
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just speaking on the last decade and a half
obama, trump, and biden all three had their names on a policies and laws that obama help craft and trump expanded on as did biden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Smoking_Prevention_and_Tobacco_Control_Act
obama as a presidential candidate ordered the green party strapped to a chair for eight hours just because the candidate wanted the same privileges as the democrats and republicans such as the debate stage
https://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/17/green_partys_jill_stein_cheri_honkala
but only trump is fascist
this comment is just friendly comradery to put on a show for the masses
both parties are wolves in sheepās clothing
not to mention making voting a state by state and not a federal issue just like the abortion and cannabis laws means who you get to vote on is state by state
so only biden is going to being on the ballot or just trump depending on your demographic luck but this is democracy?
Jesse what the fuck are you talking about.gif.jpg
North Americans on the website will try to convince me that Trump is the ābad guyā but somehow a president that supports a genocide (coined Genocide Joe) is the good guy in this equation.
North Americans will then convince me that choosing from only two parties for decades is somehow democracy.
Edit: This became like Reddit where saying āwhy the USA, a democracy, only have two parties in chargeā is supporting Donald. Iām from Europe.
The narrative is that heās the best of the 2, not that heās a good guy. Thereās a choice between a dictator and business as usual (US presidents have consistently supported Israel, and Trump is no exception).
But you knew that already, didnāt you? š
Not just is Trump not an exception, he was explicitly trying to move from the status quo towards a more Israel friendly stance.
Which this liar would praise if it were trump doing it. Gotta figure out a way to shit on Democrats no matter what they do, then if a Republican does an unsightly thing you praise/ignore/deny it, depending. Simple and effective somehow. People are just that stupid.
Joe Rogan syndrome
No oneās buying your shit.
The stupidest part of this argument is youāre implying Trump wouldnāt support Israel the same if not stronger.
Itās a braindead implication, but here you are anyway. Simping for trump.
You realize Trump is much worse when it comes to supporting genocide, right? So yeah, the guy who supports genocide less is the good guy in this equation. Duh.
Doesnāt even have to be a good guy to get my vote when the alternative is MAGA.
Ah yes, vote Republican instead, the party of peaceā¦
š How braindead do you have to be?
Ight then! So where are you from, tex? Tell us about the elevated levels of freedom and democracy you enjoy! Tell us about the
dictatorsleaders you enjoy most! You definitely seem to break the mold of the stuffy, low/no-information conservative. Whatās your secret?You do realize North America isnāt just the northern states right? Texas is north America. Canada is north America. This guy is on a whole different continent, probably nowhere near Texas.
Egon wasnāt from Texas either.
somehow a president that supports a genocide (coined Genocide Joe) is the good guy in this equation.
They both do. In fact, Trump much moreso.
Biden is (rightly) getting tons of shit for it because heās supposed to represent everyone to the left of American fascism, which doesnāt include supporting genocide and otherwise propping up Israeli fascism.
Neither of them is the good guy. Thereās awful guy and many times worse guy.
North Americans will then convince me that choosing from only two parties for decades is somehow democracy.
Most Americans agree with you (and me) that itās undemocratic and should change. The people with the power overwhelmingly donāt, though, since theyāre on average much richer, older and more authoritarian than the population in general.
Also, they donāt want to jeopardize their legal bribes.
Trump doesnāt just want genocide in Israel. He wants it in the US too.
I donāt know if you have Putinās dick in your mouth or Jinpigās, but hereās some tough love for you: fuck off, trollski.
Why would anyone try and convince you of anything? French citizens donāt get a vote in US elections. Your opinions on them donāt matter much.
It warms my heart that so many have told you too fuck off already. Get fucked.
News flash, most North American donāt give a shit about your opinion to want to change it, nor do they even have any wish to know where you are from.
Go fuck off to whatever shit tier part of the planet you are from.
