7 minutes of The President Just being... Human.

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No, the sad thing is that you think I didn’t. The whole thing started because of another thread asking where the positive Biden threads are. And this is what came of it. A photo OP.
I had already seen the arguably cynical thread on positive Biden threads. Your choice, to equivocate an example of hypocrisy with one of sincere humanity, is not the sad thing. The whole thing started more than four years ago when a bemused and deceived American electorate made a bad choice. The sad thing is that only a minority of them have recognised their error.
 
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No, the sad thing is that you think I didn’t. The whole thing started because of another thread asking where the positive Biden threads are. And this is what came of it. A photo OP.

That nobody had to get hurt for... why is that so upsetting?
 
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I had already seen the arguably cynical thread on positive Biden threads. Your choice, to equivocate an example of hypocrisy with one of sincere humanity, is not the sad thing. The whole thing started more than four years ago when a bemused and deceived American electorate made a bad choice. The sad thing is that only a minority of them have recognised their error.
Sincere humanity? Staged photo ops are anything but sincere.
 
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That nobody had to get hurt for... why is that so upsetting?
It’s not. I don’t know why everyone keeps bringing it up as if I defended Trump.
 
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Sincere humanity? Staged photo ops are anything but sincere.
The ballet Swan Lake tells a fictional story. It is difficult to imagine anything more staged than a Royal Ballet production of Swan Lake. And it is difficult to imagine anything more sincere and more human than a Royal Ballet performance of Swan Lake featuring Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nuryev. I'll let you have the last word. My point is made.
 
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The ballet Swan Lake tells a fictional story. It is difficult to imagine anything more staged than a Royal Ballet production of Swan Lake. And it is difficult to imagine anything more sincere and more human than a Royal Ballet performance of Swan Lake featuring Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nuryev. I'll let you have the last word. My point is made.
I agree that the photo ops tell fictional stories that elicit emotional responses.
 
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Can you empathize with Trump supporters?
No, I dont empathize with anyone ,that is still a Trump supporter. Or republicans. Or anyone I dont know. I dont understand why anyone would defend Trump. I dont believe Trump supporters empathize with anyone, that's not a Trump supporter. I think each party wants what they want. And that's it.
 
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No, I dont empathize with anyone ,that is still a Trump supporter. Or republicans. Or anyone I dont know. I dont understand why anyone would defend Trump. I dont believe Trump supporters empathize with anyone, that's not a Trump supporter. I think each party wants what they want. And that's it.
Alrighty then.
 
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It’s not. I don’t know why everyone keeps bringing it up as if I defended Trump.

Dragging others down to his level is a way to defend Donald.

Really the only way at this point.
 
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The word that came to mind for a Christ-believer like myself when I first heard Trump did that was obscene.

Nah, Trump's obscenity is just 'macho talk,' and 'locker room banter.' At least that's what some of his Christian supporters told us when the story broke about him proudly boasting how he could get away with forcibly kissing women and inappropriately touching them in-between their legs. He said he could get away with this lewd behavior because he's a celebrity. According to these Christians, we shouldn't judge him because his sins are between him and God. However, these Christians stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the moral inconsistency whenever they hypocritically judge and criticize President Biden for his sins while acting as if they're morally indignant about his sinful behavior. It's faux outrage.
 
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I agree that the photo ops tell fictional stories that elicit emotional responses.
Some are more fictitious than others, though.
The Bible photo op was President Trump acting against type whereas the Bidens one is entirely in character.
 
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Some are more fictitious than others, though.
The Bible photo op was President Trump acting against type whereas the Bidens one is entirely in character.
Pandering?
 
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