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Barbara Sealy's avatar

As I was reading your article, I realized something that I haven't really processed before. We've talked a lot about good vs evil over the years. One thing that stood out to me during the RNC convention was the fake vs. real. Everything for Trump is centered around the fake at every level. The women all look like Kardashians, Hulk Hogan is cheered, ignoring climate change prevails because it is more presently beneficial for the rich to make believe it doesn't exist, their Christianity is the exact opposite of what Jesus would do, I believe the shooting was a show and they were willing to sacrifice a life to gain votes, patches on cuts that don't exist-it's all a big reality TV show for them. The saddest part is that people cheer as if it were an episode of Vanderpump Rules.

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Michael Muller's avatar

It was very heart rendering to watch the GoldStar families’ stories of personal loss as they were being presented at the RNC convention. And I’m not suggesting that we should push all that aside as we truly must never forget the supreme sacrifice that so many in our military ( and their families) have paid to insure world peace and in the defense of our nation’s interests overseas. But it simply galls me to watch former President 4F Trump ( exempted from his own duty for military service with his pseudo “bone spurs”) to now proclaim himself to be our nation’s savior while hugging the Stars and Stripes, or smirking and pumping his fist to the beat of patriotic songs. The man has no sense of decency, his sycophantic followers have no sense of history. I am reminded of Samuel Johnson’s 1775 pronouncement that “ patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”. It appears to be so.

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