(06-02-2020, 11:35 AM)Gabe Wrote:

(06-02-2020, 11:14 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: It is for people who have basic common sense.

"I will meet you for dinner at 7" doesn't mean you leave your house at 7.

Just as curfew means in by 7, not absolutely before then, or we'll shoot you with rubber bullets and tear gas so the president can hold a Bible upside down for some reason.

What does that matter?  In my theological teachings I was never taught that holding a bible upside down, sideways or otherwise was somehow disresepectul.

(06-02-2020, 03:41 PM)rollerjag Wrote: Predictably, the spin is strong in in this thread.

People were peacefully exercising their 1st Amendment right.

The curfew deadline had not been reached. Trump did it for the most disengenuos photo op we've ever seen. Holding a Bible (upside down) that he's likely never read.

The message was a show of Presidential power. Trumpettes love over-compensation. Imagine the uproar had Obama done anything remotely like what Trump did yesterday.

Regarding the part in bold, that's pretty much opinion rather than fact.

From what I understand the President does practice his faith which I do believe is of a Christian background.  It doesn't really matter to me since faith is a personal issue and I'm not going to get into a religious discussion since it is against the CoC.

The important point that people miss and of course isn't reported is the significance of the place where he was standing.  The church is a historical monument that has welcomed presidents for decades, no matter their faith.  The other part of the story that is missing is the fact that the church was vandalized and set on fire just mere hours before.  The Lincoln Memorial was also vandalized and defaced.  Think about the significance of those places and what these "protests" are all about.

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