2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIf the Devil had run for President would he have done it any differently then Trump?
Think of everything he ran on and the lies and despicable things he stands for:
Greed
Deceit
Vanity
Preying on the fearful and the prideful
Humiliating anyone who calls him out or sees him for who he is
Degrading women, minorities and disabled
Promising the lost their needs and fondest wishes
Ignoring the work and declaring his magical abilities to make the best deals
The list goes on and on...
It is amazing that I can see no differences for neither have any redeeming social value.
Both have their own agenda. I guess you could say that the devil is unconventional, too.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,422 posts)His cabinet. The untold wealth and how they got it. Putin's friendship and his welcoming outreach to dictators and cool disdain for those working for sustainable reasonable relations. His loathing of the physically attractive and the need for petty revenge.
How no one really knows what to expect next and how he can doublespeak in the same sentence and you hear his words but all you are left with is I hope he means something good. Then you find out he didn't.
Those around him are so opposite in desires from the freedom and equality and goodness that America has always tried to stand for.
triron
(22,240 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,559 posts)marybourg
(13,189 posts)The tRump is real.
The Wielding Truth
(11,422 posts)Hitler. They were real but they are somehow heroes in the eyes of the Trump followers. I think the devil is still clear to them.
okieinpain
(9,397 posts)but yeah the devil is real.
Jean-Jacques Roussea
(475 posts)Because the devil could actually craft an effective and progressive legislature
http://www.snopes.com/2016/12/02/satanic-temple-claims-immunity-rule-requiring-fetal-burials/
The Wielding Truth
(11,422 posts)Interesting although they call it Satanic they say they are agnostic and do not worship the Devil.
MFM008
(20,000 posts)He cheated
He's a KGB tool.
The Wielding Truth
(11,422 posts)JHB
(37,417 posts)From http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/blog/antichrist/
A little context: the cartoonist, Dave Willis, grew up in a strict conservative evangelical household, and Joyce, the little kid/older kid/young woman in this progression is something of an alter-ego of his about how that bubble bursts for some people, and of some of the hypocrisies that manifest in the people for whom it doesn't burst.
The Wielding Truth
(11,422 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)Wouldn't have left so much to chance. Wouldn't have flip-flopped hourly.
No, Trump was just being his weak-willed, weak-minded self.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)When you're the TRUE king of the underworld, you never need to overplay.
(...or so I've heard...)
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,422 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)When he's done, you want him to have it.
The racist Cheeto uses his big mouth, and brutish tactics to bully what he wants.
The Devil uses his mojo.
The Wielding Truth
(11,422 posts)Many folklore has him being out maneuvered. His "deals" go awry and he is out smarted or made to back down. After all, he is an outcast.
I see them both as evil and unassuming. Their rise to power comes from solid foolish belief in their facade.
Once he and Trump are exposed it would still take a lot of work to remove them from the their game.
uponit7771
(91,767 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)That should send him packing.