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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Meeting with him was political too, numbnuts. You're just embarrassed you got caught.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Pedophiles praying together.

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    [–] 99 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

    the meeting was speedily publicized by the White House with photos and a video, without consent of the participants, and less than two weeks away from the midterm elections.

    Imagine being so naive to believe that it wouldn't be politicized - or that the White House believed in consent.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

    No consent required. The White House is a government building and no expectation of privacy exists.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

    Legally yes.

    But professionally there should have existed a courtesy to where the clergy could have been asked if they wanted the photo of them standing next to the dementia riddled rapist felon posted to the wh propaganda channels and maybe been given the ability to say no.

    I don't know why they even entertained a meeting with the psychopathic toddler's regime. That was the real mistake.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    the photo of them standing next to the dementia riddled rapist felon

    I agree that agreeing to stand next to the dementia riddled pedophile rapist felon was the obvious thing to avoid.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago*

    Can’t believe no one yet has mentioned that it’s not all public. The West Wing, the Oval Office, and private working or living quarters inside the White House are restricted areas where casual photography is prohibited, and access or photography requires special credentials, an invitation, and direct Secret Service supervision.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    the photo of them standing next to the dementia riddled rapist felon

    ...was probably the entire point of the exercise, from the regime's perspective, and I can't understand how anyone headed to the White House wouldn't understand this.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    I don't know why they even entertained a meeting with the psychopathic toddler's regime. That was the real mistake.

    As a world leader you have to strive for diplomacy with everyone, and especially psychopathic toddlers, for the good of your people.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Counterpoint, if there's nothing to be gained besides a loss then don't bother. Frankly speaking we defer far too much to these milksops, Putin and Trump should both be treated with utter and open contempt the type where you snear at them and walk off if they approach. There's nothing respectable about Trump and with the sole exceptions of lower government entities there's nothing to be gained by interacting with him, if you ain't a mayor or governor then the only words he should here from someone is "fuck off".

    Frankly speaking he really only deserves to be gunned down the next time he has the gall to visit a foreign power. He has long since waived his right to a trial via his actions.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Geopolitics extends will beyond your city and state.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    I'm aware, what I'm saying is that the state and cities are the only ones who should do anything other than ignore this fuckwit at best. Unless you can somehow squize something out of him there's no point in playing nice, so long as it doesn't actively risk actual danger do whatever to him. And given how the US is actively collapsing in on itself I'd argue there's only gains to be made by being antagonistic towards Trump and the US as a whole, frankly with this Iran war shit the rest of the world should be issuing general embargos, denials of port, and bounties from Trump his kin and his kith.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    you have to strive for diplomacy with everyone

    Yeah, that's why Roosevelt and Churchill were so buddy-buddy with Hitler in the late 30s and through the 40s.

    Oh, that's right, they weren't.

    Part of diplomacy is communicating when there are lines that cannot be crossed without consequences.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 weeks ago

    They're already going against their own scripture by praying publicly, they're going to let themselves be photographed doing so, at the white house of a narcissistic idiot savant self-promoter politician, and they're surprised that the picture was released publicly for political purposes?

    I call shenanigans. They obviously knew, thought they'd get away with it without blowback, and are now in damage control mode.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    You'd think they would have avoided him just because of trump being a pedophile. It's bad for their PR to bring up all of the sexual abuse stuff again.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    How fucking stupid must you be to not realize that everything to do with them is going to be publicity or altered or used for their own gains?

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  • [–] 23 points 2 weeks ago

    Shut up, trying to have your cake and eat it too. You knew exactly what would happen at this meeting.

    Not exactly the first time a bishop has lied to my face though.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 weeks ago

    No, the regret it now that it's not as favorable to align with him. I'm so fucking tired of this born-yesterday BS these people pull out every time.

    We're going to be seeing a lot more of this after Trump's gone. Everyone will be like "wha?! He was a conman?"

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  • [–] 18 points 2 weeks ago

    US Catholic bishops are far more right-wing than Catholic bishops elsewhere in the world, and they have long interfered in politics to support rightwing causes including MAGA. But it seems now that they're embarrassed to be seen near Trump.

    More rats leaving a ship that's holed below the water line.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 weeks ago

    They would have to be absolute morons to believe it would be "used" any other way.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Well, maybe they'll endorse Democrats, instead, now?

    Nah. No chance.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

    We'll have exactly the same problems (worse by then) when Dems sweep in next presidency, probably with a zionist at the head of the Democratic party, backed by corporatists money. The Dems wont save us, we'll have to muddle through ourselves somehow. This is why so many people are looking to coerce the dems to be better rather than focussing solely on republican crimes to the exclusion of the bigger picture.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Why the fuck else did these utter idiots think one of the least Christian men on Planet earth would invite them for a prayer meeting ?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Like those bitches haven't made their religion political since day one...

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    I cant beleive these bishops could possibly be that dumb. Its impossible. They exactly knew what they were doing. These are the same kind of church officials who collaborated with the nazis.. They are just sad they are getting any blowback from it.

    I say excommunicate the lot of them, or at least remove their titles and park them in a monestary for a few years to farm carrots. This is a glaring signal in the sky that the American catholic church needs to be under better management and the rotten ones need to be taken out by the roots. Its not a time for half measures.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago

    Bullshit. They were adults when it was all over the news that trump gassed a church, making the pastor run for cover in order to hold a bible for a photo op. No way they weren’t aware this is who he is.

    They got some negative feedback and have buyer’s remorse, that is all. No empathy or humanity except the performative South Park rubbing-my-nipples kind of ‘I’m sorry’ after the fact. It’s so pathetically transparent.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago

    It's not their fault. It's in their nature to support pedophiles.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago

    Who could have foreseen that a politician will be doing politics?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    Religious morons need to shut up and keep their "expertise" to memorizing made-up hysterical fairy tales.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    I wonder if they had a call (indirectly) from the Pope asking what the fuck they were thinking.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    surprised that things done with a gov are political? lol.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Article about a picture...doesn't show the picture.

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    There might legit be riots if a president ever got on their knees and prayed to Allah in the oval office. Like no joke I think that would break some people.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Trump tricked me!

    What a lie, they knew. Now they regret because of the optics.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Voting R stands for so much, R for regret, red, republican, retarded.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Bishops are better politicians than politicians. They knew.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    History will look back on this as the seed of the second inquisition.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Something something leopard faces.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    The White House has private rooms where there is an expectation of privacy, but even if privacy didn't apply, a persons image can't just be used willy nilly without consent.

    Just because you're walking down the street, in public, doesnt mean I can take your photo and do what I want with it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    a persons image can’t just be used willy nilly without consent.

    If rules meant anything to this administration you might have a point, but they don't, so of course the image will be used any way they please.

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