President Biden on Thursday responded to former President Trump’s Christmas post with a religious message to love your enemies.
Trump’s unusual Christmas message, which he shared on Truth Social, called for various people he sees as “looking to destroy” the nation to “rot in Hell.”
Biden shared an article from The Hill about Trump’s post on X, formerly known as Twitter, and added a message to poke at the former president.
“There’s an expression they say in church sometimes: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you,” the president said.
This is the sort of thing that will be totally lost on the “good Christians” who are voting Trump.
Right. The problem with ‘killing with kindness’ is that it doesn’t work if the people who support your opposition aren’t interested in kindness.
Dude, this is lost on everyone.
People don’t show anyone any respect at all any more. Common courtesy is just gone. ‘Doing the right thing’ is lost because it’s assumed you’re not getting something in return or your efforts are for naught. Everyone is self-absorbed and self-righteous. People preach about “empathy” but only practice it for those they feel sorry for.
I’m not a religious person but treating people like I want to be treated is something I try to do every day. Treating people with kindness, putting out positive energy into the world, makes you a better person. I can’t comprehend the hate that so many people walk around with.
Fascists weren’t beat with brotherly love the first time, and it won’t be how they’re beaten this time either.
That isn’t the kindness for the facists, it’s for those the facists hurt. The kindness offered to facists is correction. Not all correction is gentle.
There’s plenty of sentiment in the bible to the contrary, which is the useful thing about it. It’s so full of gubbins that you can throw it back in its own face no matter what.
“even if they smell” would have been a great addition
Dark Brandon has awakened
Looks like light brandon to me.
“God forgives, I don’t”
Or alternatively,
“We can’t let God do all the work”
I disagree with joe on this one. You don’t have to waste rent in your brain hating someone, but you don’t have to love them either.
You can let the legal system put them in jail and forget about them.
He’s not going to actually love Trump, he’s just saying that to get under Trump’s skin.
There’s no love quite like “Christian” hate.
A good response from Biden here.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Trump’s unusual Christmas message, which he shared on Truth Social, called for various people he sees as “looking to destroy” the nation to “rot in Hell.”
Biden shared an article from The Hill about Trump’s post on X, formerly known as Twitter, and added a message to poke at the former president.
“There’s an expression they say in church sometimes: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you,” the president said.
Biden, who is Catholic and attends church regularly, is likely to face Trump in a presidential rematch next year.
The president has stepped up his criticism of Trump and often bashes his political rival at fundraisers, bringing up comments Trump makes and painting him as a threat to democracy.
Trump is holding onto his lead in the GOP presidential primary, polling with a 52.4-point lead in the aggregation of polls kept by Decision Desk HQ and The Hill.
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You mean the stuff that Jesus said, that Trump and his fans mock and shit on?
If they could read the Bible, they’d be upset.
If they could read
the Bible,they’d be upsetI know that meme!
If they could read the Bible, they’d be upset.
just speaking on the last decade and a half
obama, trump, and biden all three had their names on a policies and laws that obama help craft and trump expanded on as did biden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Smoking_Prevention_and_Tobacco_Control_Act
obama as a presidential candidate ordered the green party strapped to a chair for eight hours just because the candidate wanted the same privileges as the democrats and republicans such as the debate stage
https://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/17/green_partys_jill_stein_cheri_honkala
but only trump is fascist
this comment is just friendly comradery to put on a show for the masses
both parties are wolves in sheep’s clothing
not to mention making voting a state by state and not a federal issue just like the abortion and cannabis laws means who you get to vote on is state by state
so only biden is going to being on the ballot or just trump depending on your demographic luck but this is democracy?
Jesse what the fuck are you talking about.gif.jpg
North Americans on the website will try to convince me that Trump is the “bad guy” but somehow a president that supports a genocide (coined Genocide Joe) is the good guy in this equation.
North Americans will then convince me that choosing from only two parties for decades is somehow democracy.
Edit: This became like Reddit where saying “why the USA, a democracy, only have two parties in charge” is supporting Donald. I’m from Europe.
The narrative is that he’s the best of the 2, not that he’s a good guy. There’s a choice between a dictator and business as usual (US presidents have consistently supported Israel, and Trump is no exception).
But you knew that already, didn’t you? 😒
Not just is Trump not an exception, he was explicitly trying to move from the status quo towards a more Israel friendly stance.
The stupidest part of this argument is you’re implying Trump wouldn’t support Israel the same if not stronger.
It’s a braindead implication, but here you are anyway. Simping for trump.
I don’t know if you have Putin’s dick in your mouth or Jinpigs, but here’s some tough love for you: fuck off, trollski.
Ight then! So where are you from, tex? Tell us about the elevated levels of freedom and democracy you enjoy! Tell us about the
dictatorsleaders you enjoy most! You definitely seem to break the mold of the stuffy, low/no-information conservative. What’s your secret?Why would anyone try and convince you of anything? French citizens don’t get a vote in US elections. Your opinions on them don’t matter much.
It warms my heart that so many have told you too fuck off already. Get fucked.
somehow a president that supports a genocide (coined Genocide Joe) is the good guy in this equation.
They both do. In fact, Trump much moreso.
Biden is (rightly) getting tons of shit for it because he’s supposed to represent everyone to the left of American fascism, which doesn’t include supporting genocide and otherwise propping up Israeli fascism.
Neither of them is the good guy. There’s awful guy and many times worse guy.
North Americans will then convince me that choosing from only two parties for decades is somehow democracy.
Most Americans agree with you (and me) that it’s undemocratic and should change. The people with the power overwhelmingly don’t, though, since they’re on average much richer, older and more authoritarian than the population in general.
Also, they don’t want to jeopardize their legal bribes.
