NYT Columnist Jamelle Bouie made a relevant point on his take, today, on the death of Lindsay Graham (on YouTube).
He notes that there is a moral to be recognized by anyone who is currently in a position similar to that of Graham's (before he died).
After Graham completely rejected Trump in 2015, recognizing that Trump would spell the end of the Republican party as we know it, and repurpose it into a cult of personality, he turned around in the interest of retaining power to become one of Trump's most devoted sycophantic toadies. This defined his career for the following ten years.
And when he died, Trump was sad that it would impede the passing of the SAVE AMERICA act. He didn't care at all.
I mean, you know ligiments are what binds our body together right?
Re-ligon is what binds people back together.
I don't think it's about legos, that seems like a latter justification that it was (and always was) an established thing that people repeated unchanging. We know that's not true
But the original of every religion has been to bind a group of people together, so I'm on the bondage team.
Wikipedia:
According to Roman philosopher Cicero, religiō comes from relegere: re (meaning 'again') + lego (meaning 'read'), where lego is in the sense of 'go over', 'choose', or 'consider carefully'. Contrarily, some modern scholars such as Tom Harpur and Joseph Campbell have argued that religiō is derived from religare: re (meaning 'again') + ligare ('bind' or 'connect'), which was made prominent by St. Augustine following the interpretation given by Lactantius in Divinae institutiones, IV, 28.
You would not even wish for Hitler to die were he alive today? "Well, he is the exception" then compare Netanyahu's actions to Hitlers. Maybe not quite the same scale fair, but then you need to define the point at which someone deserves to die by your arbitrary standards.
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uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 42d
NYT Columnist Jamelle Bouie made a relevant point on his take, today, on the death of Lindsay Graham (on YouTube).
He notes that there is a moral to be recognized by anyone who is currently in a position similar to that of Graham's (before he died).
After Graham completely rejected Trump in 2015, recognizing that Trump would spell the end of the Republican party as we know it, and repurpose it into a cult of personality, he turned around in the interest of retaining power to become one of Trump's most devoted sycophantic toadies. This defined his career for the following ten years.
And when he died, Trump was sad that it would impede the passing of the SAVE AMERICA act. He didn't care at all.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 30 pts · 42d
No, the asshat was delusional, had a Sky Daddy who would love him after death. You know, a moron
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 42d
Why is it religion? What happened to ligion that it had to be re-done?
Re-ligion???
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 42d
Those are the old gods.
We don't speak of the old gods.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 42d
I mean, you know ligiments are what binds our body together right?
Re-ligon is what binds people back together.
I don't think it's about legos, that seems like a latter justification that it was (and always was) an established thing that people repeated unchanging. We know that's not true
But the original of every religion has been to bind a group of people together, so I'm on the bondage team.
Wikipedia:
onipa@feddit.org · 1 pts · 42d
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 42d
I hope he was more than terrified. I hope it hurt like a motherfucker.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 12 pts · 42d
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 42d
why be sad? the world is a slightly better place now
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 15 pts · 42d
I don't wish for anybody's death in principle, but I feel no compassion towards people who appear to take pleasure in the suffering of others.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 18 pts · 42d
I do.
Because, sometimes, the death of one can prevent the deaths of many others.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 42d
Yep, how many lives did Luigi save?
yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 42d
This is like not wishing to vacuum your house on principle.
FlyingCircus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 42d
Nonviolence is violence too.
https://www.grassrootsthinking.com/nonviolence-is-violence-too-somebodys-gotta-die/
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 1 pts · 42d
You would not even wish for Hitler to die were he alive today? "Well, he is the exception" then compare Netanyahu's actions to Hitlers. Maybe not quite the same scale fair, but then you need to define the point at which someone deserves to die by your arbitrary standards.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 42d
Yes, like most of the people on lemmy...
TRock@feddit.dk · 8 pts · 42d
Who died?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 42d
Lindsey Graham.
Giant piece of shit who is being mourned by the last decade of US presidents because that's how bad shit has been
TRock@feddit.dk · 1 pts · 42d
Niiiiice!
velma@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 42d
Lyndsey Graham
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 42d
Mitch McConnell may not be far behind or already is dead depending your views.
deft@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 42d
I think the pooping illness got him. I imagine his last hours were spent horribly dehydrated and his bowels felt like every decision he made in life
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · -26 pts · 42d
You just go on feeling sad about your own miserable existence.
BillCheddar@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 42d
The irony of you, a right-wing cancer, posting about anyone else's experience being miserable.
Years of being here and every single contribution of yours is you being a contrarian asshole. You must hate yourself as much as Lindsay did.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 42d
As usual. You're wrong about everything.
Keep mining your thesaurus or probably grok to help with recycling the same demeaning comments.
You big pooper face
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 42d
Feeling pretty good actually
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 42d
That's great! You didn't post this though