• oxjox
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    5 months ago

    The context, if I need to define this for you, is the words he is speaking, who he is speaking to, and where and when he is saying it.

    He said they wouldn’t have to vote again because it would be fixed.

    Correct! And what does this tell you?

    Does this tell you that he’s going to be supreme leader? That he’ll refuse to leave office? That he’s going to end elections?

    Or does this tell you, that as he is speaking to a room full of christians, that he is going to fix the country in such a way that these “beautiful Christians” will never have to vote again?

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      5 months ago

      Yea, I got that context, which doesn’t add anything to support your point.

      His words say he will fix ‘it’ so they won’t have to ever vote again.

      He is speaking to a group of Trump thumping Christian Nationalists who’s view consistently align with, “Everyone should have to fall in line with my religious views regardless of what they think or what the constitution says”.

      He is speaking at a rally leading up to the general election after having taken it to the chin the last couple of weeks and getting backed into a corner.

      The most important part that you left out though is, “who is saying it”, which is a twice impeached, felon, rapist, man child that is as corrupt as space is big and is on the record stating he wants to be a dictator if reelected.

      With all of that context, I believe he’s telling his cult that he will fix their “problems”, which to them are Democrats, and elections won’t matter in the future. It tells me that he does want to be supreme leader, Jan 6th shows that he tried and would very possibly try again to not leave office, and his previous rhetoric and actions to suppress voters show he would happily stop all elections.

      Even if you ignore all of those red flags and write it all off as speculation and take it as you interpret it, the idea of what would have to happen for these “Christians” to be complicit and to never need to vote again is just as bad. It means Christianity has completely superseded the constitution and US law, which is bad by itself, but would never be able to happen through legal, non-corrupt means in a 4 year span.

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        5 months ago

        And… you’re absolutely right. THIS is exactly what we should be discussing. The media should be pulling notes from the Christian agenda and discussing what a president can or can not do. It should be looking at historical records and Supreme Court rulings to inform the voters if what DT is saying is factual or realistic. The media should be cross referencing what Christians want and what’s in Project 2025 and informing the public of what threats another Trump presidency really means.

        Instead, we get these false flags about Trump saying he doesn’t intended to leave office - which is a blatant lie by the media.

        This may be a part of the agenda but there’s so much more going on. For the people who think they want a dictator in office, they need to be informed of what that looks like - for better or worse.

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          We’re discussing this because the media called him out for his comments. The media has also actively been shining more light on project 2025. The media can write more than one story at the same time, and since the universe is canonical, those stories feed into each other and with that bring context.

          The media can’t just report on past supreme court ruling and reference precedent, when the man saying there will be no need to vote again is the primary reason for the courts corruption. By high lighting his statement and even suggesting that he maybe talking about voter suppression and dictatorship is the media illustrating the threats of another Trump presidency. They are doing exactly what your saying, but on this one particular message, you’re fighting to defend him, like this one time is different than the rest.

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        5 months ago

        Ok. You’re adding your own context and feelings into the story to re-interpret what he said. That’s reasonable.

        That’s not what he said though and the media is irresponsible for publishing that.

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          5 months ago

          You’re removing context. You have no context if you remove the person saying it. You can’t take this moment, put it in a vacuum and ignore everything else leading up it.

          The media posted exactly what he said, and questioned the intent take into account the person making the statement.

          If Jesus were alive today and was the person the Bible claims him to have been, if he made these same statements, I’d think, “cool, he’s got a good track record of helping everyone out and being a good dude. I’m sure he’s got the best intentions”. When Trump says the same words, the implication is different, because his past actions change the context of the conversation. He doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt and should be scrutinized accordingly.

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            5 months ago

            Gotcha. I’m not living in the same reality as you. That seems to be a reasonable explanation for politics today. Unfortunately, our different realities impose consequences on one another.