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What Gene Roddenberry says here is probably correct, but, sadly, our species seems to be headed in the opposite direction. “Differences in ideas and attitudes” are increasingly perceived as alien, and thus, threatening.
The most obvious real-world example today, of course, is the war in the Middle East, but let’s not forget about the rise of white nationalism in the U.S. since the MAGA Trumpers came along about 10 years ago.
To give credit where it is due, Trump had some pretty impressive people around him for short periods of time during his tenure in office. But famously, they left, one by one, largely due to their loyalty to their country rather than to Trump himself.
I’m not sure how much information comes out on Truth Social that Trump supporters were unaware of.
Users already know that Biden has ruined the country with the economy in freefall, the stock market in ruins, runaway inflation, rising crime rates, and open borders. They know that Trump has been the victim of nationwide witch-hunts, that the justice system was been weaponized against him, that the grand juries that brought four indictments including 88 felony charges were all constituted by the radical left, and that Trump has never done anything wrong.
Also, even if he has committed crimes, he deserves complete immunity from prosecution, because …., well because no one is above the law, except for the powerful person in the nation.
All this makes perfect sense, and if you think otherwise, you hate America.
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These folks ask: Curious about the decline in Christianity and church attendance? Support your congregation with learnings from this free 24-page study, including 10 practical ways to address these challenges in your community.
Of course, I have no idea what these “10 practical ways to address these challenges in your community” may be. Here are mine:
Take the very best of what Christ taught, e.g., the Beatitudes, and make it the core of the Christian message. Get rid of everything else. No threats of burning in hell. Nothing but kindness and compassion.
We don’t have access to the precise discussion between Kristi Noem and the editor she hired to prepare the South Dakota governor’s new book for publication. Yet it’s hard to imagine this happening too differently from the following:
Editor: Apparently, you shot a dog you couldn’t train for a certain specific purpose, instead of finding it a new home.
Noem: Correct.
Editor: To make such an entry in your book is to say that you’re not ashamed, perhaps even proud, of what you did.
Noem: Again, correct.
Editor: But many readers are going to infer that you’re a cold and empty human being, with no real compassion for other living beings. Are you sure you want to project yourself like that?
Noem: Absolutely. I suppose that, if this were some woke, sissy state, you’d have a point. But this is South Dakota, a state that went for Trump by a margin of almost two to one. These people have all the sentimentality of a freshly-sharpened chain saw.
Editor: But you’re a member of the Republican party, and the choices you make reflect on the entire GOP.
Noem: You apparently haven’t noticed that this is precisely what the party stands for at this point. We ban books, revoke women’s rights, align ourselves with world dictators, make groundless claims about a stolen election, make rich people richer and poor people poorer, and do everything possible to promote the consumption of fossil fuels. Our voters adore us.
Editor: Fair point.
“Biden has weaponized the Justice Department against Trump” is a Fox News talking point that most Republicans accept without actually thinking about it.
Here, Robert Reich points out how glaringly incorrect it is.
A few facts:
• Trump lost the 2020 election, and, though there was no evidence of significant voter fraud, he continues to claim the election was rigged.
• He urged his supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6th to disrupt the confirmation of the election results, and then watched the insurrection on television for more than three hours before heeding the advice of his closest advisors and calling off the mayhem.
• Since then, more than 800 of the insurrectionists have been tried and sentenced.
• Trump says he’ll pardon these people if he’s re-elected in 2024.
• Here, he’s saying that violence post the 2024 election is an option “depending on the fairness of the election.”
• Trump got 71 million votes in 2020. If only 0.1% of them are armed and prepared to take to the streets in the event that Trump loses, that’s 71,000 morons with assault rifles, ready to do whatever Trump asks of them.
Given this, is there anyone who thinks there’s the slightest chance that this country will avoid widespread violence if Trump loses the election?
Now, here’s a possible scenario: Trump loses but tells his people that, although the 2020 election was rigged, this one was completely fair and honest. Does that seem likely? To anyone?
As Reich points out here, we live in horrible times in terms of abandoning rule of law.
Anyone who’s wondering what early 20th Century Germany and Italy were like leading up to the onset of fascism need only look around at the present-day United States.
The meme here speaks precisely to how absurd this issue of presidential immunity is.
I could ask any kid in the local high school what the American Revolution was about, and get correct answers like:
“We didn’t want a king. We wanted to elect someone who is accountable to the law and to the people.”
