Glaucon

Bigotry Confirmed: 66% of Trump Supporters Believe Pres. Obama Is A Muslim
by Colin Taylor
It really is astonishing just how far a misinformation campaign will go in this country. A recent poll by the Public Policy Polling firm reveals that just under two-thirds, around 66%, of Donald Trump supporters believe that President Obama is a Muslim. On top of that, 61% still believe the President wasn't born in the United States. This kind of perpetual ignorance represents a deep disconnect with reality, tying into the narcissistic delusions of American exceptionalism that has become mainstream through the incessant trumpeting of FOX News and the right-wing echo chamber.
It symbolizes a fundamental refusal to recognize realities, dismissing rationality and reason in favor of appeals to our most base and primitive emotions- fear of difference and of the unknown. The Republican voting base has been reduced to malleable puppets on a string, rendered a quivering mess from a diet of constant self-righteous infallibility and hyperbolic fear-mongering, torn between two extremes so much that they are left as perpetually exploitable by those with the ability and charisma to manipulate them.
"America is under attack!" cries the right-wing. "Black Americans are murdering police officers and undermining the rule of law! Terrorists are going to attack our nation! Immigrants are coming to take your jobs! Healthcare services are murdering children!" It is the lowest and most despicable form of political manipulation, the kind that causes pogroms and race riots if it gets out of hand. The American people need to wake up and face the facts. Living in fear will get us nowhere.

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

How many of Obama's supporters thinks he's a Christian?

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

“I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian — for me — for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God’s in the mix.” - April 17, 2008, while running for president, defining marriage at the Saddleback Presidential Forum.

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Glaucon

That is a very clumsy distraction from the issue.

It should clear to anyone who breathes that Obama is not a Muslim. It should also be clear that Obama says he is a Christian and there is no evidence that he is not. Are you one of those who believe Obama is secretly a Muslim? You people are mazing!!!!!

skott Loc: Bama

I do. He goes to a Christian church and professes to be Christian. That is all that is required, unless you are God and get to judge.

LAPhil Loc: Los Angeles, CA

What evidence is there that he's a Christian? I don't claim to know what his religion is, if any, and he may not even have one, but based on his actions it would seem the likelihood of his being a Muslim is higher than of his being a Christian.

skott Loc: Bama

Amazing is not the right word. A real christian's job is not to judge.

Glaucon

RESPONSE:
Our country is organized according to our Constitution and not on any one of the version of the Christian Bible. If we followed the King James version of the Bible, we would be stoning homosexuals, adulterers, and disobedient children and others to death and having human slaves would be legal. Get real.

skott Loc: Bama

He goes to a Christian church and claims to be Christian.

skott Loc: Bama

Dave doesn't know what century it is, nor does he know the laws of our land.

LAPhil Loc: Los Angeles, CA

Oh, there you go! Obama says so. Proof positive!

Glaucon

I Don't mean this as a hostile response to you, but sometimes we all judge. If a person smells bad, we judge that he smells bad, if we don't like squash, we judge, it the shower water is too hot, we judge.

Sometimes the ends do justify the means.

Sometimes it is possible to prove a negative.

Glaucon

Fortunately, our laws are sensitive to our Constitution and OUR Supreme Court has ruled that marriage is between two people. Remember, the Bible supports slavery and our Constitution, as interpreted by OUR Supreme Court has ruled that slavery is illegal. I suggest that you don't marry anyone of the same sex unless you want to.

skott Loc: Bama

That is not judgement in the Christian religion meaning, but nice try. And no, the ends do not justifie the means spritually, it is the opposite.

skott Loc: Bama

If you read the Bible, that is what iot takes to be a Christian. So, you judge and slander him. What kind of Christian does that make you?