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In reply to the discussion: Ted Lieu: "allegations of Donald Trump raping children ... of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. " [View all]Ol Janx Spirit
(866 posts)92. It is a much more complicated discussion, but there is good evidence that it is the evil...
...that brought Homo sapiens to the apex of predators.
Only after wiping out all Homo competitors and most of the large fauna on the face of the earth have we begun to see the "good" that is possible.
Unfortunately evil seems be our default position, and good is the struggle and the challenge.
Simply put: we did not get this far by being good.
And as you can see: good must reinvent itself constantly to prevail. We are already past the time where the story and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth are enough to keep evil at bay. A new reason for good must be invented.
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Ted Lieu: "allegations of Donald Trump raping children ... of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. " [View all]
sheshe2
15 hrs ago
OP
Did anyone here ever imagine that we would see the US sink to a level
Whyisthisstillclose
15 hrs ago
#1
Did anyone here ever imagine that the media and a large part of the country are okay with it
durablend
14 hrs ago
#9
I don't think they're okay with it, just don't believe it either because they're MAGA or can't accept such things happen
ChicagoTeamster
14 hrs ago
#12
Sink to? Sally Hemings might like a word. IMO the real hope was that we had finally risen above...
Ol Janx Spirit
13 hrs ago
#13
This kind of debauchery and cruelty are not new. All one needs is to remember about the Hellfire Club in England and
Texin
13 hrs ago
#21
It is a much more complicated discussion, but there is good evidence that it is the evil...
Ol Janx Spirit
3 hrs ago
#92
No, but I never expected to see a ruskie ASSet in the WH either, ruling like a mob boss.
SheltieLover
12 hrs ago
#33
I think she leaves the Epstein files to other late-night commentators. I'd rather hear Jen Psaki and especially
generalbetrayus
13 hrs ago
#14
Maybe it makes her physically ill. This has that effect on some people. I'm one of them.
SheltieLover
12 hrs ago
#35
Demanding the extrajudicial murder of people over mundane emails to Epstein is not "the moderate, level-headed position"
AZJonnie
10 hrs ago
#55
"agents couldn't confirm that and found no other victims telling a similar story,"
Wiz Imp
9 hrs ago
#68
I don't care who said that. It's a fact that many victims have provided testimony that
Wiz Imp
6 hrs ago
#83
Are you this far into this discussion, saying mean things to me, NOT having looked into who said all that yet?
AZJonnie
13 min ago
#104
I ignore many, many Epstein posts I disagree with, but on THIS topic, yes I will often comment
AZJonnie
10 hrs ago
#57
Okay, well ya got me! I should have gone back and re-read it, I took your word for it
AZJonnie
6 hrs ago
#82
OH ABSOLUTELY!!! I'm saying I probably vaguely recalled seeing video of Ted saying "evidence" just days ago
AZJonnie
2 hrs ago
#102
It's surprising to me how much control there actually is over the media right now.
hamsterjill
12 hrs ago
#31
WTG Rep. Lieu! For a story that was six months ago declared dead on arrival
Torchlight
12 hrs ago
#38
the motherfucking child rapist POTUS needs to resign... but will Republicans pressure him?
LymphocyteLover
6 hrs ago
#85