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Virtue, Sin and Donald Trump.

 
 
Reply Wed 23 Apr, 2025 09:22 am
It's all too easy to look at the 7 deadly sins and ascibe them to Donald Trump. Instead I will look,at the 7 divine virtues which correspond to the 7 deadly sins and see if Trump practices any of them.

1 Humility. This is probably the easiest. I can't think of a single example of Trump displaying humility.

2 Charity. Again none of that, Trump is a greedy man who values wealth.

3 Chastity. I don't even have to go there, but there's none.

4 Kindness. I haven't seen any of that.

5 Temperance. The only virtue Trump has by dint of his teetotalism, but his love of junk food probably wipes that out.

6 Patience. Look at the Ukraine "negotiations" not a lot of patience there.

7 Diligence. Depends on the definition, if filling all the key positions with incompetent yes men counts, he has it, if it means smooth running of government then no.

I may be wrong and if anyone wishes to point out Trump's virtuous nature then go ahead.

Itseems to me that the "Christian" right has turned Christianity on its head.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Wed 23 Apr, 2025 10:42 am
@izzythepush,
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4 Kindness. I haven't seen any of that.
he is certainly kind to the Putins, Orbáns and Xis of the world...
izzythepush
 
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Reply Wed 23 Apr, 2025 11:23 am
@Region Philbis,
Good point. In Maga circles that's about as kind as you get.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Wed 23 Apr, 2025 11:28 am
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‘I must say, mein Führer, I’m so thankful I came’: Larry David spoofs Bill Maher’s fawning White House visit with Trump
Essay describes a surprise invitation in 1939 to a previously vocal critic for dinner with the Nazi leader, where ‘suddenly he seemed so human’

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/22/larry-david-spoofs-bill-maher-white-house-visit-trump

As this is a thread on Trump's morality this is a good place for the article.

I agree with everything Larry David wrote except for when he describes Maher as a comedian. I always considered him to be a smug, annoying, condescending unfunny git with a self satisfied smirk that is crying out for a well deserved smack in the mouth, but hey that's just me.
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Wed 23 Apr, 2025 12:03 pm
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:


Quote:
‘I must say, mein Führer, I’m so thankful I came’: Larry David spoofs Bill Maher’s fawning White House visit with Trump
Essay describes a surprise invitation in 1939 to a previously vocal critic for dinner with the Nazi leader, where ‘suddenly he seemed so human’

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/22/larry-david-spoofs-bill-maher-white-house-visit-trump

As this is a thread on Trump's morality this is a good place for the article.

I agree with everything Larry David wrote except for when he describes Maher as a comedian. I always considered him to be a smug, annoying, condescending unfunny git with a self satisfied smirk that is crying out for a well deserved smack in the mouth, but hey that's just me.


The Maher audience does not really laugh at his jokes. They applaud! He is no comedian. He is, in my opinion, a goddam bore.

As for his dinner with Trump...and the notion that we should try to understand and work with people like Trump to at least attempt to work things out...

...well he may be on to something there. There is even precedent for it.

It was tried back in the 1930's by UK PM Neville Chamberlain.

Worked great, didn't it.

I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
izzythepush
 
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Reply Wed 23 Apr, 2025 12:19 pm
@Frank Apisa,
You're right.

There's no dealing with these people. They'll just keep taking.

Trump is no longer pursuing the interests of those who voted for him,(if he ever did,) his attacks on health and social security show he's only interested in consolidating his own power and giving tax breaks to the uber wealthy.

That means we no longer have to respect his mandate.

That itself is important, when Tony Blair won a landslide in 1997 he set about changing things, as all new administrations do.

These changes were either popular or didn't stir much interest, (making the Bank of England politically independent isn't going to get a lot of talk down the pub.)

Blair remained popular until the invasion of Iraq, and it was only then he was going against his mandate, (Labour voters did not want to fight one of Bush's wars for him.)

Then people demonstrated. Trump reached that point a few months back. Now is the time to fight with every available tool. Acquiescence is fatal.
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glitterbag
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2025 02:33 am
He does a lousy job applying his make-up.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2025 02:49 am
@glitterbag,
Who, Trump, Maher or both?
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cherrie
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2025 05:23 am
@glitterbag,
You'd think someone would tell him but I guess it's a case of the emperors new clothes. Everyone is too scared to say anything about it.
hightor
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2025 06:39 am
@cherrie,
https://i.imgur.com/wO0441i.jpg?3
cherrie
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2025 06:54 am
@hightor,
Does he not own a mirror?

How can he think this looks okay?
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Thu 24 Apr, 2025 07:34 am
@cherrie,
cherrie wrote:

Does he not own a mirror?

How can he think this looks okay?


Well, in fairness to him...he is a ******* moron.
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