President Biden on Thursday responded to former President Trumpās Christmas post with a religious message to love your enemies.
Trumpās unusual Christmas message, which he shared on Truth Social, called for various people he sees as ālooking to destroyā the nation to ārot in Hell.ā
Biden shared an article from The Hill about Trumpās post on X, formerly known as Twitter, and added a message to poke at the former president.
āThereās an expression they say in church sometimes: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you,ā the president said.
This is the sort of thing that will be totally lost on the āgood Christiansā who are voting Trump.
Right. The problem with ākilling with kindnessā is that it doesnāt work if the people who support your opposition arenāt interested in kindness.
I donāt mind him pushing for diplomatic civility, itās part of his job. But yes, we are slowly sliding towards domestic military conflict, while Xi Jinping laughs all the way to the bank.
The honey bank.
You know, I think he likes the Winnie the Pooh references. Heās not a typical authoritarian, Chinese culture is very idiosyncratic, very different from the west. They donāt mind contradicting things being true simultaneously, often doing two things at once.
He likes being underestimated while he talks about wanting respect, though. Itās an asset. He canāt just let people disrespect him of course, but of all the things he could be compared toā¦
Heās a sophisticated, complex man imo. Not some simpleton like our authoritarians. He thinks, deeply.
Nah, you post anything on Chinese social media with Winnie the Pooh visible its gonna get taken down immediately IF YOURE LUCKY.
Of course. He canāt allow anyone to call him anything that might be dishonorable. That doesnāt mean he isnāt okay with it though. People can fight against things they like, if it suits their other purposes.
Evangelicals want totalitarianism since condemning others to hell isnāt the marketing pitch they once believed it be
Dude, this is lost on everyone.
People donāt show anyone any respect at all any more. Common courtesy is just gone. āDoing the right thingā is lost because itās assumed youāre not getting something in return or your efforts are for naught. Everyone is self-absorbed and self-righteous. People preach about āempathyā but only practice it for those they feel sorry for.
Iām not a religious person but treating people like I want to be treated is something I try to do every day. Treating people with kindness, putting out positive energy into the world, makes you a better person. I canāt comprehend the hate that so many people walk around with.
Fascists werenāt beat with brotherly love the first time, and it wonāt be how theyāre beaten this time either.
That isnāt the kindness for the facists, itās for those the facists hurt. The kindness offered to facists is correction. Not all correction is gentle.
It will be worse than lost on them, theyāll figure out a way to use it against him. Maybe it shows weakness or something. Iām sure theyāll figure out a way to turn it around. There are Subreddit full of people working on it.
Thereās plenty of sentiment in the bible to the contrary, which is the useful thing about it. Itās so full of gubbins that you can throw it back in its own face no matter what.
The problem is that they even think Jesus is a liberal cuck now.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity
My grandmother, a devout roman catholic, said the Pope should mind his own business when he condemned Trumps border genocide. Itās wild.