"Trump-phobic rant" #1

2 years ago

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So the title of my video is obviously meant to be tongue-in-cheek. But I'm not kidding when I say that I would not be surprised if "Trump-phobia" began trending. I can remember when conservatives used to make fun of those on the left who equate the word "phobia" with the word "hate," and who--because they do not want to engage in an actual conversation--will hurl such insults at a person and then run away.

Sadly, this is what many Trump supporters have begun to resort to as well. I haven't actually been called "Trump-phobic" yet, but I have many times of late been met with the equivalent label of being a "Trump hater." I'm not. But, as I have always said, running for office is a job interview, and if Trump is applying once again for the job of POTUS, then it is reasonable and right for us to interview the man and expect some answers from him. That's what I'm doing, because I think it is the smart and responsible thing for voters to do--no matter who the candidate is.

https://www.voicesofnebraska.com/silent-no-more/trump-phobic-rant-1

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KKercher 2 years ago

The fuss about Trump is a huge distraction no matter who's making it. The sad truth is that before Trump took office almost no one in our entire government was working for us. Campaign promises on the right were regarded as a joke. No one believed that GOP candidates would honor their campaign promises to us. And while it's true that Dems who campaigned on a conservative agenda NEVER intended to honor that, voters wrongfully assumed that they wouldn't honor their promises to keep taking our country further down the road to destruction too. But they were absolutely not kidding about destroying us. No one else has fought as hard for us as Trump has with so very little support from the leadership of his own party! No one. TRUMP showed them up for the snakes and weasels and slackers that they are, and made us all HUNGRY and THIRSTY for something better. We realized that we COULD have more, that they were DENYING us more, and that we SHOULD DEMAND AND EXPECT AND REQUIRE more of them or kick them to the curb. That collective realization alone was worth all of the blood, sweat, tears, and failures. Has he made mistakes? Could he have done better? Absolutely. On so many things, including the response to COVID. But--doing so outed their evil schemes for everyone to see. It isn't Trump's fault that our collective will and ability to stop them has not so far been sufficient to the task. He isn't all-powerful and couldn't magically fix it all. A president is just one man and we're fighting the many-headed hydra on the other side of this, and it has a well-entrenched power base. The only way to take it down is to rebuild our government from the ground up. Just because he's no longer president doesn't mean that Trump has stopped fighting, and neither should we. We need every person of good will who's able to carry the fight for that, no matter how flawed or imperfect. We can't do this without Trump, whatever his future role going forward. We NEED him--and we need you.

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  2 years ago
  
  There are good arguments to be made that Trump made mistakes, though, and he will not win back my vote until he stops with the "Trump is always right" bullshit. I used to defend him endlessly against those who claimed the man was a narcissist, because--as my Daddy always would say--"it ain't bragging if it's true." But that is no longer the case with Trump. His accomplishments have been erased, and there are very good arguments to make that the undoing of them were, in large part, the result of mistakes that he made. The "5-D Chess Player" needs to explain to people why he made some of the choices that he did. Propaganda narratives explaining why Trump did what he did are not good enough. Trump talks a good game, but he has failed to hold others and himself accountable when he should have. A rejection of accountability is a rejection of God, I believe. I want leaders who are strong enough to stand and be judged--not ones who make excuses and try to rewrite the past to cover for their mistakes. Running from accountability is running from forgiveness as well, which (again) I believe is a rejection of God and of God's greatest gift to us of salvation. I don't expect our leaders to be perfect, but honestly, I think that given the deadly consequences of the vaccines and Trump's boasting that we have HIM to thank for them, it is not unreasonable to ask him to lead by the examples that (I believe) God would have us live by and to seek to right the wrongs we have participated in against others. There ain't a fig leaf big enough to hide the consequences of what was unleashed by those who were involved in the pushing of the China Virus vaccine. And Trump claims that he is the person who deserves the most "credit" for it. We CAN do this without Trump. We can do it without me, too. We can NOT do it without God.
  
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  - KKercher 2 years ago
    
    Oh, I agree that God could definitely do it without any of us--if He chose to. All He has to do is speak the word, and none of us are necessary. But amazingly, He chooses to use US. Is Trump full of his own importance? Absolutely! But he has NEVER stopped working tirelessly to make things better and to encourage people to run for office who are committed to better things. Are all of them people that we personally would support? (I mean Dr. Oz! What was Trump thinking!!!) No. But again, TRUMP is fighting FOR US. He has NEVER stopped fighting FOR US. He fights for us precisely because he has that ridiculously high opinion of his own worth and ability to contribute. If he thought he could never succeed, as a businessman, he would have resigned the fight and fled with his tail between his legs long before this. None of us is perfect, most especially not Trump. None of us is able to win this battle on our own, not even Trump. God isn't going to fight this battle without us, and amazingly, He also keeps using Trump! We've all got to pick up our sore tired bones off the ground, dust off our butts, and start working together. Jennifer, we're losing some battles, but if we don't shoot our own wounded and valiant (and very flawed) heroes, we might yet win the war.
    
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    voicesofnebraska
    2 years ago
    
    We shouldn't make excuses for flawed leadership that has contributed to the wounding and deaths of many, though. That would be foolish. Trump said this: “I hope everyone remembers when they’re getting the COVID-19 (often referred to as the China Virus) Vaccine, that if I wasn’t President, you wouldn’t be getting that beautiful ‘shot’ for 5 years, at best, and probably wouldn’t be getting it at all,” the ex-president said in a statement released by his office Wednesday evening. “I hope everyone remembers!” People should indeed remember. Everyone is free to decide for themselves what kind of leadership they want at the helm of our country, but until Trump acknowledges his part in the vaccines (and, hell, he boasts that he should receive full credit for them), then he needs to answer to this. These are not the words of someone I trust to take us forward.
    
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