DJT in 4 phrases: 1-Might makes right 2-Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes 3-Rules for thee but not for me 4-Who’s gonna stop me?

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” --George Orwell

“Few gain power by jumping atop a tank and brandishing a pistol but rather, like the proverbial frog in the water, by seizing control in ways unnoticed by the masses before their power is consolidated.” Alan Godwin, Ties That Blind

The most dishonest way to argue is to judge your opponents by their worst representatives. Your partial truth promotes a whole lie.

Nothing changes one’s moral behavior as thoroughly as blind loyalty to an immoral leader.

Trump’s power = 1) Depravity + 2) Deception + 3) Denial + 4) Demonization +5) Devotees willing to overlook 1-4

Arrogance is weakness and insecurity masquerading as strength and confidence.

The self-serving “realities” people make up are the ones to which they most tightly cling when confronted with actual reality.

Trump creates self-serving “realities,” insists they are true, and appears to sincerely believe his own fabrications. All questioners are called “liars” and trashed unmercifully. To avoid the trashing, many will then slice off pieces of their soul to support the fabrications.

The wise person says, “I believe it’s true because the evidence supports it.” The fool says, “It’s true because I believe it. And if you don’t, you’re a fool.”

Under Trump: Deception masquerades as honesty Bluster masquerades as strength Depravity masquerades as Christianity Corruption masquerades as morals Despotism masquerades as conservatism Tyranny masquerades as freedom Might masquerades as right Truth Social masquerades as truth

The passion of a Christian Nationalist is not to promote Christ’s teachings but to use state power to promote Christendom.

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Some are committed to truth since truth is our best ally. Others avoid truth if it debunks the stories they tell that sound true.

Christian Nationalism’s version of Christianity is a weak one that’s not strong enough to sustain itself without government assistance.

People are corrupted by ceding power to a corrupt leader who claims to fight for virtue while shamelessly displaying his corruption.

Three words characterized this administration: Destruction, Deception and Corruption. Paring it down to three was near impossible.

With regards to the president and his administration, if you want to know what they’re guilty of, note what they accuse others of.

The arguments I heard growing up in Jim Crow Mississippi to justify disenfranchising Black people sounded eerily similar to the ones I’m currently hearing in Tennessee. I’ve seen this play before.

The stance of a psychologically-healthy adult is: “Truth is my best ally.” The stance of Trump is: “Truth is my worst enemy.”

The wise person understands they can be certain and still be wrong. The fool believes that because they’re certain, they must be right.

Christianity forfeits its power when it seeks to gain power by wedding itself to earthly powers. That’s always been the case.

The ONE AREA Trump knows what he’s doing is his ability to convince some people he knows what he’s doing.