• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This really isn’t anything different than any other president has said in living memory. If anything, it’s not as extreme as some of them.

    For example-

    No, I don’t know that atheists should be regarded as citizens, nor should they be regarded as patriotic. This is one nation under God.

    That was George H. W. Bush.

    That said, I will give his piece of shit son credit for one thing. He said this:

    I will be your president regardless of your faith. And I don’t expect you to agree with me, necessarily, on religion. As a matter of fact, no president should ever try to impose religion on our society. The great – the great tradition of America is one where people can worship the – the way they want to worship. And if they choose not to worship, they’re just as patriotic as your neighbor.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_against_atheists#United_States

    I can’t remember any other time when a Republican at pretty much any level, let alone a president, would say that about atheists.

    • pop@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Why is it always that the US does something bad or beyond logic, it always goes back to “what about that time when x said/did something worse” as if it’s any fucking better?

      • Remember that time when obama bombed a wedding?
      • Remember when bush made up lies about invading iraq and got out scot-free?
      • Remember that time when we invaded countries for no reason other than pushing our agenda?
      • Remember when we funded terrorists that are now terrorizing the locals?
      • Remember when we changed regimes to religious fundamentalists that turned into theocracy?
      • Remember when we supported coups in democratic countries?

      He can say any fucking prepared statement, he’s a piece of shit zionist currently perpetuating a genocide. People trying to present him in positive light comparingto the scum of the nation are maggots that plague the earth.