Pope Francis

[stevestojan]

4 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

You sure covered an awful lot of ground responding to a guy who needs to “troll better”. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks! 👍👍👍

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

Just now, stevestojan said:

Thanks! 👍👍👍

You are very welcome! 

[Doc Brown]

2 hours ago, B-Man said:

Neither did the original picture that The Donald reposted.

 

Yet no one claimed the Obama was sacrilegious.  See the Hypocrisy ?

No. That's a straw man argument that Obama himself declared himself as some holy entity.  He didn't.  Nobody held a gun to Trump's head and said retweet this silly social media post.  I could see how deeply religious Catholics could view that as offensive. 

[The Frankish Reich]

8 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

No. That's a straw man argument that Obama himself declared himself as some holy entity.  He didn't.  Nobody held a gun to Trump's head and said retweet this silly social media post.  I could see how deeply religious Catholics could view that as offensive. 

As a Catholic, I was not offended.

As an American, I was offended.

You are The President of the United States. A 79 year old self-declared leader of the world (no longer "the free world" apparently). Grow up.

[Doc Brown]

1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said:

As a Catholic, I was not offended.

As an American, I was offended.

You are The President of the United States. A 79 year old self-declared leader of the world (no longer "the free world" apparently). Grow up.

Totally fair.  I just reacted with a shrug because it's not a departure from his personality.

[The Frankish Reich]

The tweet shows Trump, but the article is equal opportunity trash-bashing.

 

 

[Albwan]

[BillsFanNC]

 

[muppy]

On 5/3/2025 at 10:32 PM, Andy1 said:

This Trump stunt is typical for our psycho president. He always attacks and defiles what others revere. He attacks John McCain as a loser, POWs are losers, he insults pastors, he calls military generals idiots, he mocks disabled people, he mocks Gold Star parents, he says experts are idiots, he doesn’t put his hand on the Bible for his inauguration, and now he mocks the Pope.
 

He does all of this because of his psychological need to prove he is superior to everyone else. It comes from his damaged psyche and broken brain. If he insults and defiles what society respects, reveres and loves, he sullys his target and he gains power in his mind. He forces his supporters to choose who they revere more - Trump or his target. They almost always choose him, so their devotion to him grows as they can’t criticize his actions. … Just my opinion…

 

BUMP

 

Back to what comes next to our country. Which is what matters. I;m gripping Im not gonna lie

 

Rereading the thread this morning I see posters on both sides having some frank open discussions about faith. Good.

 

I will never buy mr trumps cozying up to people of faith as anything less than a smart ploy to seek their votes.

 

Did anyone see the 60 Minutes piece last night?

 

Have a blessed day.

 

m

7 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

there is many instances of what people call"art" that I find questionable and tasteless.  hey look like pirates dresses as nuns.  SMH stupid chit

 

Just for the record I don't pretend to speak for all Christians.

 

m

 

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

A composite image he shared on Truth Social of himself in papal vestments was surely meant to infuriate critics his acolytes could then mock as lacking a sense of humor — a familiar MAGA strategy. But the image, an offensive one to Roman Catholics, who view the pope as the guardian of the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, is a knowing nod to Trump’s claims of infallibility. It was also shared on the White House’s X account — thereby becoming one of the most extraordinary official documents ever issued by the United States government.

And Trump’s plan for a major military parade to celebrate the Army’s 250th birthday in June may be another sign he’s adopting dictator kitsch.

The event is likely to draw scrutiny beyond the cost of moving tons of expensive troop formations and aircraft at a time when the administration is gutting the federal government to save money. Trump has wanted such a spectacle since attending a Bastille Day on France’s national day in his first term. But this parade is expected to take place on the commander in chief’s birthday in June.

Monarchs have military pageants for their birthdays, but modern US presidents have tended to shun such displays of personal adulation that blur the notion that troops in a republic serve the people and not an omnipotent ruler. The US has also felt no need to boast of its power at the kind of propaganda jamborees preferred by the leaders of the former Soviet Union and North Korea. But Trump said on NBC, “We have the greatest missiles in the world. We have the greatest submarines in the world. We have the greatest army tanks in the world.” He added, “We have the greatest weapons in the world. And we’re going to celebrate it.”

This was characteristic of a growing administration trope — to imply that those who are queasy at such displays of presidential power are unpatriotic, hostile to the military or humorless. This allows it to dismiss any concerns over Trump’s incessant grasping for every symbol of sovereignty.

 

and the dolts smile and admire him...

[BillsFanNC]

58 minutes ago, muppy said:

BUMP

 

Back to what comes next to our country. Which is what matters. I;m gripping Im not gonna lie

 

Rereading the thread this morning I see posters on both sides having some frank open discussions about faith. Good.

 

I will never buy mr trumps cozying up to people of faith as anything less than a smart ploy to seek their votes.

 

Did anyone see the 60 Minutes piece last night?

 

Have a blessed day.

 

m

there is many instances of what people call"art" that I find questionable and tasteless.  hey look like pirates dresses as nuns.  SMH stupid chit

 

Just for the record I don't pretend to speak for all Christians.

 

m

 

 

 

If only the sisters of perpetual indulgence were merely nuns dressed as pirates.

 

They openly mock Catholics in vile and disgusting fashion. Ted Lieu found it perfectly ok to pose for a picture with them.

 

 

 

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

16 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

If only the sisters of perpetual indulgence were merely nuns dressed as pirates.

 

They openly mock Catholics in vile and disgusting fashion. Ted Lieu found it perfectly ok to pose for a picture with them.

 

 

 

 

you're as much of a comic book character as these fools.  They aren't elected officials.  They aren't he president of the US.  They have a first amendment right to protest just like the KKK and other white supremacist groups.  We don't have to like or respect them.

[muppy]

48 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

If only the sisters of perpetual indulgence were merely nuns dressed as pirates.

 

They openly mock Catholics in vile and disgusting fashion. Ted Lieu found it perfectly ok to pose for a picture with them.

 

 

 

 

I post the vomit emoji not againt the poster but the Gall it would take to openly hate . Isn't that the opposite of LOVE?

 

I just don  t understand the will to devote that kind of negative energy BLATAANTLY

 

I mean me snarking Donald is one thing. I'm just a chat pipsqueak. But the media takes this bottom feeder Mierda and runs with it and posts it. 

 

. and I get sick to my stomach.

 

so Much HATE

 

Edited 1 hour ago by muppy

[Pokebball]

17 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

No. That's a straw man argument that Obama himself declared himself as some holy entity.  He didn't.  Nobody held a gun to Trump's head and said retweet this silly social media post.  I could see how deeply religious Catholics could view that as offensive. 

Agree. I can also see how Dems are making every political stab possible over this. There is a lot of faux outrage over this as well.

 

 

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, Pokebball said:

Agree. I can also see how Dems are making every political stab possible over this. There is a lot of faux outrage over this as well.

 

 

Faux outrage because of something Trump did?  No way.  I'm willing to bet 99% of it is faux outrage and the one's that were personally offended aren't politicians using social media to say how offended they were.