On a good note, this was expected. It was part of a plea deal where he only had to serve 6 months of 10 years, the rest as probation. This was also just the criminal result, the civil suit is still ongoing, and so far the victim seems pleased with the overall outcome.
Trump doesn't have any preachers in the normal sense. Trump is most likely a psychopath who wouldn't pay any heed to moral advice from anybody.
So, any preacher who he acknowledges like this is undoubtedly deeply corrupt and a con man. I wouldn't even be surprised if Trump chooses preachers who are compromised on purpose, so that they can be controlled. Trump famously tries to get people to swear personal allegiance to him.
Perhaps, but the cognitive dissonance is real with these people. For example: eating and drinking the flesh and blood of a deity. Some are told to believe they are, but deep down know it's a lie.
That's the thing about those in power. They just need to be convincing enough to get a few people who are gullible, or easily-manipulated for one reason or another, to genuinely believe what they say, and then it snowballs from there
The authoritarian personality is a personality type characterized by a disposition to treat the voice of authority figures with unquestioning obedience and respect.
If you look at that Wikipedia page, you'll see that the largest correlation, in America, with authoritarian personality, is being poorly educated or being an evangelical protestant.
21 Comments
Substance_P@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 163d
An innocent child will serve a lifetime of trauma while the pedo served only 6 months. Making America Great Again.
fonix232@fedia.io · 11 pts · 163d
More like Make America Grape Again
Substance_P@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 163d
Rape... again? 🤷🏻
fonix232@fedia.io · 9 pts · 163d
That's what I said, just in TitKokfilterlanguage that coincidentally makes the acronym match.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 163d
What do you think's going to happen after president Epstein got this guy out of prison? It's clear he will face no consequences if he does do it again
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 163d
Oh, we keep our knives sharp
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 160d
On a good note, this was expected. It was part of a plea deal where he only had to serve 6 months of 10 years, the rest as probation. This was also just the criminal result, the civil suit is still ongoing, and so far the victim seems pleased with the overall outcome.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 19 pts · 163d
Trump doesn't have any preachers in the normal sense. Trump is most likely a psychopath who wouldn't pay any heed to moral advice from anybody.
So, any preacher who he acknowledges like this is undoubtedly deeply corrupt and a con man. I wouldn't even be surprised if Trump chooses preachers who are compromised on purpose, so that they can be controlled. Trump famously tries to get people to swear personal allegiance to him.
GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 163d
I kinda figure they just met on the island.
Snailpick42@lemmus.org · -1 pts · 163d
LOL. Since when is any preacher NOT a con man? Keep drinking the Jesus juice.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 11 pts · 163d
If you really think there are zero preachers who honestly believe in their religion, then you are just as divorced from reality as they are.
Snailpick42@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 163d
Oh I believe some believe in the lie, but it's still a con and does not make it true.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 9 pts · 163d
I understand what you mean, then, but I think it's part of a definition of a con man that they know they are deceiving others.
Snailpick42@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 163d
Perhaps, but the cognitive dissonance is real with these people. For example: eating and drinking the flesh and blood of a deity. Some are told to believe they are, but deep down know it's a lie.
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 163d
That's the thing about those in power. They just need to be convincing enough to get a few people who are gullible, or easily-manipulated for one reason or another, to genuinely believe what they say, and then it snowballs from there
BillyClark@piefed.social · 1 pts · 163d
The authoritarian personality is a personality type characterized by a disposition to treat the voice of authority figures with unquestioning obedience and respect.
If you look at that Wikipedia page, you'll see that the largest correlation, in America, with authoritarian personality, is being poorly educated or being an evangelical protestant.
Rothe@piefed.social · 11 pts · 162d
The pedocracy strikes again.
BirdNerd@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 163d
It's always the Christians and conservatives.
artyom@piefed.social · 8 pts · 163d
I feel like that could very well just be luck. Lots of pedo preachers.
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 162d
This isn't ok
crusa187@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 163d
Birds of a shit feather…