The red robots keep pulling the red levers. Others will vote blue if they see how the dems will improve their lives, which must be utterly miserable right now looking at the continuing pedo cover up, the insider trading grift and self dealing, the failed, unexplained, unjust war as Israel's muscle, failed tariffs with corporate lawsuit refunds being paid by taxpayers, on and on, oh, and the frontotemporal dementia cratering his sadistic, abused, warped brain.
I am looking forward to finding out every single day. In fact, the ABSENSE of Trump is my first wish when I get up every monring. I envision Resident Rump's passing to be proof of Karma or an outcome similar to the end of the rule of Rome by Caliguala.
Having Rump as our Resident was an absurd option that was inconceivable to the intelligent, hard working, and highly literate leaders who founded our country.
We will survive and become better for it. I just can't wait soon enough for it to happen.
MY hope is that it will happen before May 21 so that the funeral can be highlighted on the Colbert Show.
While it can certainly feel—especially in the face of hurtful rhetoric or policies—that an entire group is driven by pure malice, it is necessary to ground our understanding of the "other side" in reality.
The Complexity of Support: Framing tens of millions of people as purely evil or living solely to see others harmed is a misconception. Political scientists and sociologists note that massive political movements are driven by a complex web of motivations. For many, support stems from economic anxieties, cultural alienation, distrust of institutions, or single-issue voting, rather than a conscious desire to burn everything down.
The Echo Chamber Effect: Much of the anger we see is the result of isolated information ecosystems. People on all sides are often reacting to very different sets of "facts" and perceived existential threats.
The Danger of Dehumanization: When we view our political neighbors as the "devil himself," we risk adopting the exact hostility we are condemning. Acknowledging their complex humanity doesn't mean you have to agree with them or excuse harmful behaviors, but it does prevent the conflict from devolving into mutual destruction.
The Moral Question of Forgiveness
Your most pressing question is the spiritual one: Is God asking us to forgive the devil himself?
In almost all major faith traditions, the mandate to forgive is not about absolving evil or pretending that harm hasn't occurred. It is a much harder, more transformative request.
Forgiveness as a Boundary: Forgiving is not synonymous with trusting or enabling. You can forgive someone while still demanding justice and holding them accountable.
Releasing the Burden: If the great tragedy of this era is that "hate will remain in their hearts," the theological purpose of forgiveness is to ensure that hate does not also take root in yours. The theologian Lewis B. Smedes once wrote, "To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." God asks for forgiveness not to benefit the wrongdoer, but to protect the soul of the one who was wronged.
Loving the Flawed Human: God does not ask you to forgive the devil; rather, God asks you to recognize that the people you are angry with are not the devil. They are deeply flawed, sometimes dangerously misguided human beings.
What Happens "After"?
When you ask what happens when it is all said and done, history offers a sobering answer: the "other side" does not disappear. They will still be our neighbors, our mechanics, our doctors, and our family members.
After the Civil War, the physical battles ended, but the ideological and racial resentments lingered for generations—exactly as you fear they might today. The healing of a nation does not happen in a single, cinematic moment of resolution. It happens through the slow, grueling, and often unglamorous work of coexistence, local community building, and finding small patches of common ground.
The moral test of our generation will indeed be how we handle the aftermath of this division. Will we retreat into permanent tribalism, or will we find a way to maintain our principles while still recognizing the humanity in those who oppose us?
You know they won't believe he's dead. Just gather outside Mar-i-Lago, swearing he's going to come back to life and prove he's the true Christ. And some moron will start a new version of Q to troll the idiots.
I see tears and many a melting snowflake in my crystal ball 🔮
The red robots keep pulling the red levers. Others will vote blue if they see how the dems will improve their lives, which must be utterly miserable right now looking at the continuing pedo cover up, the insider trading grift and self dealing, the failed, unexplained, unjust war as Israel's muscle, failed tariffs with corporate lawsuit refunds being paid by taxpayers, on and on, oh, and the frontotemporal dementia cratering his sadistic, abused, warped brain.
I am looking forward to finding out every single day. In fact, the ABSENSE of Trump is my first wish when I get up every monring. I envision Resident Rump's passing to be proof of Karma or an outcome similar to the end of the rule of Rome by Caliguala.
Having Rump as our Resident was an absurd option that was inconceivable to the intelligent, hard working, and highly literate leaders who founded our country.
We will survive and become better for it. I just can't wait soon enough for it to happen.
MY hope is that it will happen before May 21 so that the funeral can be highlighted on the Colbert Show.
trump voters have to live with this shame for the rest of their lives!
Every bill they can't pay, all the cuts to healthcare/child care/ elder
care/Veterans/thrashing of our public lands & National Parks/
control of our own bodies etc all falls directly on the cult of maga
morons. No forgiveness forthcoming from me, that is for sure!
The Reality of the Divide
While it can certainly feel—especially in the face of hurtful rhetoric or policies—that an entire group is driven by pure malice, it is necessary to ground our understanding of the "other side" in reality.
The Complexity of Support: Framing tens of millions of people as purely evil or living solely to see others harmed is a misconception. Political scientists and sociologists note that massive political movements are driven by a complex web of motivations. For many, support stems from economic anxieties, cultural alienation, distrust of institutions, or single-issue voting, rather than a conscious desire to burn everything down.
The Echo Chamber Effect: Much of the anger we see is the result of isolated information ecosystems. People on all sides are often reacting to very different sets of "facts" and perceived existential threats.
The Danger of Dehumanization: When we view our political neighbors as the "devil himself," we risk adopting the exact hostility we are condemning. Acknowledging their complex humanity doesn't mean you have to agree with them or excuse harmful behaviors, but it does prevent the conflict from devolving into mutual destruction.
The Moral Question of Forgiveness
Your most pressing question is the spiritual one: Is God asking us to forgive the devil himself?
In almost all major faith traditions, the mandate to forgive is not about absolving evil or pretending that harm hasn't occurred. It is a much harder, more transformative request.
Forgiveness as a Boundary: Forgiving is not synonymous with trusting or enabling. You can forgive someone while still demanding justice and holding them accountable.
Releasing the Burden: If the great tragedy of this era is that "hate will remain in their hearts," the theological purpose of forgiveness is to ensure that hate does not also take root in yours. The theologian Lewis B. Smedes once wrote, "To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." God asks for forgiveness not to benefit the wrongdoer, but to protect the soul of the one who was wronged.
Loving the Flawed Human: God does not ask you to forgive the devil; rather, God asks you to recognize that the people you are angry with are not the devil. They are deeply flawed, sometimes dangerously misguided human beings.
What Happens "After"?
When you ask what happens when it is all said and done, history offers a sobering answer: the "other side" does not disappear. They will still be our neighbors, our mechanics, our doctors, and our family members.
After the Civil War, the physical battles ended, but the ideological and racial resentments lingered for generations—exactly as you fear they might today. The healing of a nation does not happen in a single, cinematic moment of resolution. It happens through the slow, grueling, and often unglamorous work of coexistence, local community building, and finding small patches of common ground.
The moral test of our generation will indeed be how we handle the aftermath of this division. Will we retreat into permanent tribalism, or will we find a way to maintain our principles while still recognizing the humanity in those who oppose us?
You know they won't believe he's dead. Just gather outside Mar-i-Lago, swearing he's going to come back to life and prove he's the true Christ. And some moron will start a new version of Q to troll the idiots.
They follow him to hell...
They crawl back under the rocks and manhole covers they came from (thankfully).