I was trying to figure out if I had this “Trump derangement syndrome” that I read about in an article recently. I read somewhere that it is more his character than policies that are the problem. Being a Democrat, I do not agree with all the Republican policies, but that doesn’t mean I hate all Republicans. I try to listen and not reflexively tune them out. I feel there is room for both.
  • Varyk
    612·
    10 months ago

    He really does check all the boxes.

    Deception - committing direct electoral fraud, defamation, his nicknames, really everything he says is deceptive in some form to some degree

    Promoting evil deeds - inciting violence, racism, normalizing rape

    Idolatry - trump has christians idolizing him and praying to him directly

    Persecution of believers - he’s telling christians he’s tricked into following him that real medicine is bad and taking medication that gives them heart attacks and injecting bleach will save them

    I’m not Christian beeteedubs, just a fan of irony

      • Varyk
        71·
        10 months ago

        Woohoo, nice! Good post

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
      7·
      10 months ago

      He really does check all the boxes.

      Pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth… yep, every one.

      • Varyk
        4·
        10 months ago

        Pride - the Trump towers, how he talks about himself

        Greed - he won’t pay the contractors who did work for him just to save a couple dollars

        Wrath - inciting violence, full page advertisements advocating the death penalty, says he loved to fight, any kind of fight, including physical.

        Envy - obsessed with Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote , wants to be a dictator like the leaders of China and North Korea,

        Lust - Trump is a rapist, and committed constant sexual harassment in the White House often.

        Gluttony - obviously eats too much McDonald’s and drinks too much soda, bottomless appetite

        Sloth - avoided presidential duties to watch TV for hours, live tweets the TV he’s watching for hours, is never prepared for meetings, delegates work and then takes credit for it.

        • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          Sloth - avoided presidential duties to watch TV for hours, live tweets the TV he’s watching for hours, is never prepared for meetings, delegates work and then takes credit for it.

          Thanks for adding some detail to support my post. I thought about doing it but felt it might become overwhelming. Since you’ve done so already, I will add one more thing for Sloth. It’s a weird one too. Trump believes that we are born with only so much energy and if you exercise you use it up and will die quicker.

          After college, after Trump mostly gave up his personal athletic interests, he came to view time spent playing sports as time wasted. Trump believed the human body was like a battery, with a finite amount of energy, which exercise only depleted. So he didn’t work out. When he learned that John O’Donnell, one of his top casino executives, was training for an Ironman triathlon, he admonished him, “You are going to die young because of this.”

    • athos77@kbin.social
      4·
      10 months ago

      Persecution of believers

      What’s the passage on that one? Could it mean trumpWorshippers persecuting people who actually believe in the kindness and support tenets of Christianity but who aren’t [MAGAts || Christians]?