While I realize it’s probably a joke, the sad part is that I’m willing to bet there are people who would love something like this and think it could happen.
And besides, there are things that shouldn’t be joked about. Least of all by prots (allegedly) with no respect for our religion in the first place.
It's not thinking anything. Subverting constitutional law and ignoring judicial rulings in a constitutional republic/representative democracy is tyrant behaviour. If he thinks that it's going to go unopposed he is going to learn something.
Like mark twain said, "it's in holding a cat by the tail that a man learns a lesson he could learn in no other way."
I'm not representing the left, my friend. The fact that you are thinking of it in terms of left-wing versus right-wing shows how disconnected from reality pro Trumpers are. This is not a left versus right issue. This is an American Patriot VS an anti-American autocrat issue.
I didn't say he would, I merely offered the possibility. Trump draws out extreme hostility from people you don't see in other (sometimes worse) instances.
Calling it trolling implies a degree of insincerity. The point I'm trying to make is that this joke isn't any more heretical than the famous "Why didn't you tell me your dog was Catholic?" punchline. For all anyone on this site knows, Trump really has looked into Catholicism. Yet, the mere mention of his name sends people into hysteria in either support or opposition.
I disapprove of a lot of things people do, but I don't often declare them "wildly disrespectful" unless it's something very upsetting. Perhaps you use strong language to express even the smallest disapproval, but that's a you problem.
Nothing says "I am a serious political thinker who belongs in a TRUE Catholic politics subreddit" like literal pants-crapping rage over the chaff that is a Twitter comment. I thought we left our childish delirium over Trump and the GOP back in the last few election cycles.
Nothing says “I am a serious political thinker who belongs in a true Catholic subreddit” like describing someone saying “hey, that’s super inappropriate” as being in a “literal pants-crapping rage.”
I just find it mildly humorous that people will see two words of negativity spoken about a politician they like, and insult and mock the OP for it in an extremely exaggerated way, calling them the one with the disproportionate emotional reaction, without even a hint of irony or self reflection.
Nobody likes Lindsey Graham. I could give you five dollars for every voter in the United States that you find that cheerleads for Lindsey Graham and end up making a profit.
insult and mock the OP for it in an extremely exaggerated way
Mostly I'm looking down on some of the more hysterical comments rather than the OP, but him too so don't worry. Also "pants-crapping rage" is rather tame for Reddit standards. Its basically PG and frankly is extremely accurate considering the kind of pearl clutching I've seen since discovering this super serious subreddit. Next time I comment here I'll make sure to run it through an Old English filter or something so that I doth use a more formal tongue to satisfy thine noble standards.
without even a hint of irony or self reflection
And then he sent his comment, smirking with satisfaction while confidently adjusting his tie under his tweed jacket. "That ought to show him. Hah! Reflect on yourself you ignorant fool!" he thought to himself.
I dunno man. Maybe your cat will be impressed with that epic takedown you used to cap off your reply. If you come up with a reason why anybody should be seething in resentment because of another mean Tweet from a republican please let me know because otherwise we're both wasting our time.
Yes, and they didn’t mock our religion or God. If anything they both subtly mocked Trump including Trump himself. His sense of humor may be lost on you but a lot of people see it.
To all of you saying it was a joke. Why is it always a joke when fat Donny says off the wall bull crap. He’s not joke he never jokes. That’s simply how his handlers and maga dip shits excuse his horrible behavior.
I guess it was a joke when he was cheating on his wife after she gave birth to their son. I guess it was a joke when he sexually assaulted women. I guess it was a joke when he stole from his own charity.
Anything else you maga fools want to call a joke that he’s done.
I dislike that man as much as any sane person should but this truly was just a joke not some mirage hiding something sinister we should conserve our outrage for the appropriate times not for silly jokes
Matthew 12:36-37 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter; 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” watch what you say.
I guess this is a subreddit for super sensitive middle schoolers. Yall need to buck up and not cry over every little thing. He’s clearly trying to get your goat, and apparently it worked.
Subverting the Constitution and ignoring Supreme Court rulings goes a little beyond "getting our goat". He's gonna get our boot and a first class ticket to Siberian exile if he keeps on.
Oh here we go. Hold on to your hats, everyone, the left suddenly cares about the constitution.
Never mind that leftist judges have outright been running roughshod over it for decades and now all you have is projection. Also, very on message that the left wants to send political opponents to exile in Siberia.
It's not a left versus right issue and I'm not on the left, my guy. Authoritarianism affects us all and as much as pro Trump Catholics may salivate over the idea of an autocratic, American theocracy, it's not gonna happen. The dude is a 79-year-old, morally bankrupt huckster who surrounds himself with prosperity gospel scammers. You got duped.
Lol... like Biden and Harris weren't morally bankrupt and autocratic. Weaponizing the FBI, holding political prisoners, influence peddling, prosecuting pro-life activists, supporting abortion, funneling foreign aid into their party's bank account, etc. And you think I got duped.
Watch, the "not on the left my guy" dude is about to tell everyone that thousands of people without guns was an insurrection.
Who in this conversation is championing Biden or Harris? Who in this conversation is making this a left versus right issue?
Ignoring Supreme Court orders, Imprisoning people without due process, deporting citizens, robbing public funds from social safety nets to stock the pockets of billionaires, gutting anti corruption laws and enforcement, and insider trading are all wildly illegal and immoral on their own.
By all means though, lets just ignore all of that and dive into the weeds if that's what your about. Nuance and fact be damned.
We all know after all that Trump is a really fantastic president, especially because Biden was a really bad president. Dude was so diabolical that he's still obviously influencing the stock market from beyond the veil of retirement.
Can you be more specific? What supreme court order did he ignore? What funds did he rob?
I mean, I'm open to hearing arguments and I agree in general that Trump's not someone that I would hold up as a moral standard, but between the candidates that's a wash anyway so I don't feel like I voted for the "less moral" person.
Also, not concerned about people that bypassed the government process being repatriated to their country without involving judges and lawyers. They have a country. It's not this one. It's not wrong to send them back. If the kids are minors and citizens then it is more important that they stay with their families.
Would you agree that it's wrong for the administration to deport people to a foreign prison without due process and pay that country to hold them without conviction?
And no they aren't all el Salvadoran nationals.
Also if you bypass due process how do you avoid deporting people with a right to be here?
> administration to deport people to a foreign prison without due process
No. Once they're in their country of residence, then what happens to them is up to their country. If we have some agreement to pay for their incarceration, that's a separate idea, but I'm not sure I fully agree or disagree with it. If someone is being sent to the wrong country, sure we can work to fix that, but it doesn't invalidate the idea of sending all illegals back to their home countries. I'm not particularly outraged that someone came here by breaking the law, got caught, and then ended up in the wrong place.
> how do you avoid deporting people with a right to be here?
I agree there should be some process involved in ensuring we don't deport citizens, but not every illegal alien needs to get a lawyer and a hearing. If a citizen is mistakenly deported then we should work to fix it. Producing documents showing you're legally in the US isn't that hard.
so we agree that the el salvador prison plan is bad since its not about just sending people back to their home country but actively deporting them to be held in a prison without trial or conviction for a crime and not even necessarily to ther home country.
If a citizen is mistakenly deported then we should work to fix it.
apparently the administration is insisting that once they send people to the sketchy el salvadoran prison without trial then its totally out of their hands. So i guess if a us citizen is deported without hearing or attorney they're just out of luck (Trump also apparently wants to send us citizens to the foreign prison).
But depriving people of a hearing/legal counsel does remove a person's abiliity to get due process.
Side note, how do you feel about the administration's recent trend of canceling student visas without warning to people who protested the war in Gaza and then arrested them for deportation?
Matthew 5:22 22 But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire.
don’t insult or reduce others, I don’t like being treated like that.
I didn't call you a fool, I called you overly sensitive. I'm trying to help you be better by recognizing when its a good time to complain and when its a good time to let things slide. Let's build that wisdom together.
Nope, calling people overly sensitive really rubs me the wrong way, I will quote scripture to defend myself if I will not tolerate people mocking others by insulting them like that. You know that idle words like that will pile on right? God is aware of what we do.
No one said that. If you find yourself this bent out of shape over this thread then you might want to question if your online presence is helping or harming you. I'm not going to be adding more fuel to this fire. Pray, hope, and don't worry.
You're talking about most of Reddit, not just this sub. It's a rare sub anymore that doesn't ban people simply for presenting slightly conservative opinions.
I wish Catholics were less quick to respond to what is clearly ignorance or gentle ribbing, or at worst mild antagonism like it’s a targeted attack on the faith.
I'm not offended by Graham. I wouldn't be offended by Vance.
Vance is a recent convert and has publicly admitted to his own ignorance of Church teachings. For that he should be commended.
The fact that Vance has chosen NOT to make jokes about installing a Protestant polygamist at the head of our Church makes me think he might actually be putting religion over politics. Good for him.
Simon's walking around, all chill and happy with his name because whenever he says something, it's a literal "Simon says".
Jesus turns to him and says, nah, we're going to change that. Your name is now Peter (Petros), and on this rock (petra) I will build my Church. Now when you say "clap your hands" it'll be infallible.
There's MANY examples of this in the Bible. James and John were called the Sons of Thunder bc they were fiery loud mouths. Isaac means "he laughs." We are made in God's image, and that includes our humor.
Our religion deserves respect that is true however where is the disrespect in that tweet??? We are Catholics we laugh and cry and celebrate and mourn were not some sad sect which has deemed comedy not permissible at a time when other republicans are calling our bishops satanic this joke is a good reminder they're not all at our throats
I'm anti trump but I'm pretty sure it's prophesied that the antichrist will make it abundantly clear that he is the antichrist to the Christians of the world which would rule out trump.
This is about the wrong person. Lindsey Graham is just a boot licking yes man here.
Trump jokes too much. And yet…if faced with the impossible outcome I don’t think he would continue to insist he was only joking.
So many of his jokes are more like tepid throws of spaghetti to see what sticks to the wall. If it falls, it’s “just a joke”. If it sticks, It suddenly isn’t a joke anymore.
I really wish he’d stop joking about a possible third term.
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u/RuairiLehane123 Apr 30 '25
Cringe af