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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Trump was caught on video raping and killing a women this would happen.
His voters would not care. The news media would say WOW, this is terrible. This has never happened before. People like us would lose our minds. Arrest him now. Trump would change the subject and we would all move on to the next disaster.
Reality does not matter anymore.
sandensea
(21,670 posts)Video of which is probably what Putin has on him - among God knows what elss.
kimbutgar
(21,195 posts)Test is why I will never trust nor respect anyone who supports him.
GoCubsGo
(32,094 posts)The fact that he got away with it would just give his flying monkey cult followers permission to do the same.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Maggats have already been mouthing off at immigrants, muslims, native americans, US-born hispanics, etc. Copycat violence is no big deal to these sociopaths.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)As any good teacher knows,you try to open students' minds, possibly their hearts. You don't try to indoctrinate them, just get them to think. Critical thinking is most important; and if they can justify their feelings, great! Sometimes you never reach them; sometimes you learn something from them. Despite the best education available to him, Trump is a mean-spirited bigot, and it's far too late in his life to expect any breakthrough. His "base" seems to be the nightmare results of any well meaning teacher's failures to achieve critical thinking. What can anyone say? Tragically "it is what it is." I still HOPE there's a silent majority of decent thinkers out there. We're pretty much "doomed" to the "worst angels of our nature," otherwise.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,438 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)"Is raping and killing actually a crime, really?"
"She must have had it coming to her."
Simulated Republican responses.
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DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)As Democrats we need not let ourselves become hopeless due to our own over-bridled imaginations.
But, again, your fears are real. The possibility of Republicans actually ignoring that scenario is zero.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)raccoon
(31,125 posts)If Trump was speaking to a crowd, and exposed himself,I dont think the Republicans would do anything about it.
dalton99a
(81,590 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)dalton99a
(81,590 posts)raccoon
(31,125 posts)tblue37
(65,488 posts)KayF
(1,345 posts)and God still loved him. Why shouldn't we still love trump?
triron
(22,020 posts)Not sure what you're implying. We are human beings being subjected to a traitorous tyrant to advance his agenda,
whatever that is.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Magats will come up with whatever ludicrous manner of justifying their Cult Leaders behavior as they deem necessary.
If that is 'buuuuut ... God said that's okay!', that will easily fit the bill ...
Freethinker65
(10,055 posts)Evangelicals would give him a mulligan. Orrin Hatch, Lindsey Graham, and Rand Paul would be seen wearing the pink hats on Capitol Hill. Susan Collins would pretend to make up her mind about it.
DFW
(54,437 posts)And then they'd still vote to give Trump whatever he wanted.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Bromwell
(123 posts)Video of this person doing the most horrible things imaginable would still not cause much of movement with his pile of deplorable scumbags....
They really are horrible stupid slime..these people.
Some would not believe the video
Some would justify it by quoting the bible
Some would be happy b/c they did the same thing
Some wouldn't care b/c it made people upset and they like it, its fun for them
I hate these people..I really do.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)The moment you accept that it doesn't matter as a fact, which is not a fact, that is the moment that you unwittingly enable that bahaviour.
On the contrary, we must all push for the truth, make sure that people understand what is a lie and what is not because reality does matter.
There is always the ignorant fanatic who will not accept reality even when facing it directly, but for the rest of us we must make sure to point it out, even those ignorant will eventually open their eyes.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)that Shithole could rape, skin, fry up and eat a live baby on live television and the thuglicans would say and do nothing.
Neema
(1,151 posts)and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?"
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)They might express "regret" that he had to kill her too, but what else was he supposed to do? She would talk!
(for those who need it)
Doreen
(11,686 posts)I think trump and his party would if they could make any abuse of any kind to females of any age legal.
JHB
(37,162 posts)== Rush Limbaugh, over a quarter century ago
JHB
(37,162 posts)Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)He seems to be able to say or get away with anything. As long as Fox News is on the air,this is the way it's gonna be.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)I asked one what he would to someone who referred to his daughter the way Trump refers to women. His response floored me: "If the guy was poor I'd kick his ass but if he was rich like Donald Trump I'd say 'welcome to the family'".
maxrandb
(15,358 posts)Would say wow, that's terrible, and then spend the next year looking for her emails.