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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 05:47:31 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   Evan Hurst announces that he's responding to Trump's historic felony conviction (guiltyguiltyguilty – 34 times) and the tantrum his followers are now throwing by launching a new blog called The Moral High Ground.

   About that tantrum, he writes,

   "These people are desperate for society to respect them, to love them, to think they’re smart, to think they have something to offer, something to teach, something to add to the culture."

   #Trump #Republicans #morality
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   https://evanhurst.substack.com/p/trump-convicted-of-crimes-for-first

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 05:47:29 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "The people having this tantrum are absolutely, 100 percent certain that they have sole proprietorship over The Moral High Ground. They have God on their side, they will ultimately be victorious, on earth as it is in heaven, give us this Trump our daily bread, etc. This is why they believe the rules don’t apply to them (see: Alito, Samuel and Martha-Ann) and why they feel so damned confident passing moral judgment on people (see: Butker, Harrison)."

     #ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump #morality
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 05:47:29 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "These people do not have the Moral High Ground. In fact, it’s laughable that anyone still pretends they do, in any way, shape or form. But that toxic tumor of an idea is still out there, metastasizing. Whenever it’s found, it should be mocked, ridiculed, excised, and people should make offhand comments about whether these people should be allowed to be alone with children."

     #Trump #Republicans #morality #WhiteChristianNationalism #ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump #MoralHighGround
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 05:47:30 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "They’re desperate for somebody to want to be like them, without being forced.

     But nobody does. Nobody in America, absent some kind of coercion, chooses to be a bitter, hate-filled Traditional Values MAGA Christian, and as long as people have true agency, they’re unlikely to start. Nobody looks at these people and says, oh boy, I want what they’ve got."

     #Trump #Republicans #morality #WhiteChristianNationalism #ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump #MoralHighGround
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 07:25:55 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Who does have the Moral High Ground? You, if you’re a decent person who believes in the dignity of all people, who loves people for who they are, who believes people should love who they love. You, if you’re a person of integrity who at least mostly tries to be kind to people who have it worse than you, including at your polling place. You, if you believe in democracy and the rule of law."

     #Trump #Republicans #morality #WhiteChristianNationalism #ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump #MoralHighGround
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     Shane Celis (shanecelis@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 07:26:03 JST Shane Celis

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     @wdlindsy @bmacDonald94 If you want to win a culture war, start with a culture that has a respectable veneer—and whatever you do, don’t reveal the dog shit that festers underneath.