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qwlauren35

(6,148 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 06:49 PM Jun 2020

This is so sick, it just turns my stomach.



I have watched nearly all of the Lincoln Project ads, and applauded. But this one. I just don't know. I'm not sure who it is aiming at, except maybe people who aren't over the top, but see the disconnect between the image of Trump that the preachers are promoting and who he really is.

The one preacher who says the Trump has a mandate to do anything... even assassination.

I find myself just stunned and overwhelmed with intense feelings of loathing for these ministers. And I feel that American evangelicals got sold a bag of shit and told it was candy. So they ate it. And don't want to admit that it doesn't taste good.
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This is so sick, it just turns my stomach. (Original Post) qwlauren35 Jun 2020 OP
But you knew it already, right? LakeArenal Jun 2020 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author demmiblue Jun 2020 #11
What I didn't know qwlauren35 Jun 2020 #14
Organized religion has a problem. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #15
Soul chilling isn't it 😬 Budi Jun 2020 #2
Yeah, I see the confusion. Doreen Jun 2020 #3
Hey Christian MAGAts, Satan has come to collect no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #4
That is letting those sacks of shit off the hook. They KNEW what they were getting, and they did it BigDemVoter Jun 2020 #5
if this helps smash organized and evangelical religion, so be it RussBLib Jun 2020 #6
I'm really glad you said that, RussBLib. BComplex Jun 2020 #13
Makes Handmaiden's Tale look like Disney. nt Phoenix61 Jun 2020 #7
Aside from Trump, Paula White has to be the most revolting, grifting, lying, cheating smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #8
I feel that American evangelicals got sold a bag of shit and told it was candy. Nah. tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #9
Kick dalton99a Jun 2020 #10
do any of those ministers realize mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #12
Sickos. The whole damn bunch. oasis Jun 2020 #16
Not crazy about this one... dixiechiken1 Jun 2020 #17
Not a Rebl2 Jun 2020 #19
Points out the glaring hypocrisy of #FakeChristians Roland99 Jun 2020 #18
I think they're targeting Christians who might radical noodle Jun 2020 #20
Make no mistake. hamsterjill Jun 2020 #21
wow gopiscrap Jun 2020 #22
It's needed, and it's so well done. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2020 #23
they need to follow up with information on Pence, Barr, Pompeo DOMINIONISTS. Grasswire2 Jul 2020 #24
they don't need to get into those details. Just show them talking about their morals and godly bs JI7 Jul 2020 #26
They aren't victims. They are trash. These people regularly attack Democrats for lacking Morals JI7 Jul 2020 #25
Yoiks! Blue Owl Jul 2020 #27

Response to LakeArenal (Reply #1)

qwlauren35

(6,148 posts)
14. What I didn't know
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:36 PM
Jun 2020

was just how completely the evangelical ministers "sold" Trump to their people.

Maybe because it was 4 years ago, and it's not part of my life, I forgot.

And I heard about it third-hand. I never saw a clip of it. Seeing it, as I said, makes me ill.

They told their people that Trump was ordained by God, and ANYTHING he did was okay.

How could a human being lie like that to another human being?

My husband believes in God, but does not ever want to call himself Christian because when he thinks of Christians, he thinks of these ministers.

I'm just appalled.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
3. Yeah, I see the confusion.
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:02 PM
Jun 2020

If that is against him they did not make it clear. It sort of has the feeling it might be against him but not enough. The far rights could very easily take it as being on their side. I think one of the things that would clue you in that it is against him is that The Lincon Project has been against him all of this time.

BigDemVoter

(4,150 posts)
5. That is letting those sacks of shit off the hook. They KNEW what they were getting, and they did it
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:06 PM
Jun 2020

anyway. It isn't as if they were fooled. Fuck them ALL.

RussBLib

(9,012 posts)
6. if this helps smash organized and evangelical religion, so be it
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:06 PM
Jun 2020

I might actually have something to thank Trump for, the total unmasking of the hypocrisy of these preachers and charlatans.

Hallelujah!

BComplex

(8,051 posts)
13. I'm really glad you said that, RussBLib.
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:27 PM
Jun 2020
the total unmasking of the hypocrisy of these preachers and charlatans.

You got that right!!
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. Aside from Trump, Paula White has to be the most revolting, grifting, lying, cheating
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:07 PM
Jun 2020

scammer on the planet. That woman makes me absolutely sick. I don't know how anyone could be stupid enough to fall for her bullshit, let alone send her the kind of money she asks for.

I despise these people with a passion.

tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)
9. I feel that American evangelicals got sold a bag of shit and told it was candy. Nah.
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:11 PM
Jun 2020

They got just what they wanted. Their wildest dreams have come true.
This is who these people are. Oppressors, thieves, common conmen and women just like Trump. Of course they would flock to him.

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
12. do any of those ministers realize
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:21 PM
Jun 2020

that trump never even attends church?

Then there's the Access Hollywood thing, the Stormy Daniels thing, blah blah blah....

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)
17. Not crazy about this one...
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 08:20 PM
Jun 2020

There's too much going on - gospel singing, people talking, words flying all over the screen... It's all competing, each against the other.

Their ads are usually spot on and extremely effective. IMO, this one, not so much.

radical noodle

(8,000 posts)
20. I think they're targeting Christians who might
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 10:00 PM
Jun 2020

think about voting for him because of abortion. This is scary stuff and I think would make the real Christians reconsider.

The Lincoln Project knows those folks much better than we do. If they think this is a worthwhile ad, I believe them.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
21. Make no mistake.
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 10:18 PM
Jun 2020

The Evangelical crazies are the problem. You can’t reason with them because they will just get this blank look on their face, and then tell you that God spoke to them and they will justify whatever it is they are doing - including lying, stealing, etc.

They do not represent the true tenets of Christianity IMHO and I will be screaming this from the mountain tops until I can scream no more.

The mega churches have become nothing more than conditioning camps. Right now, my city is in the fight of its life over COVID-19 and half of these idiots are flooding social media with posts saying it’s all fake, numbers are inflated, fake news, etc.

We no longer have the luxury of NOT shouting down this stupidity. We have got to get back to a science based approach to solving this pandemic and simply put, there’s just no time for their stupid shit right now.

Grasswire2

(13,570 posts)
24. they need to follow up with information on Pence, Barr, Pompeo DOMINIONISTS.
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:07 AM
Jul 2020

Explain what Dominionism is. And Barr's Opus Dei, too.

Tell the people what nut freaks hold the power.

JI7

(89,249 posts)
26. they don't need to get into those details. Just show them talking about their morals and godly bs
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:15 AM
Jul 2020

while showing Trump talking about grabbing pussy and other shit while they stand by .

the reason LP is effective is they don't get caught up in small details.

JI7

(89,249 posts)
25. They aren't victims. They are trash. These people regularly attack Democrats for lacking Morals
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:13 AM
Jul 2020

this is showing what fucked up trash they are. And they aren't victims. They are a hate group that supports the person that promotes their fucked up hateful views.

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