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[–] madjo@feddit.nl 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If one of Obama's friends would've done a nazi salute behind the presidential seal, the Republicans would've lynched Obama on the lawn of the white house

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Honestly, the current situation is beyond double standards. The Republicans have free reign to more or less break any of their own rules and suffer almost no consequences. Meanwhile, literally anything a Democrat does is spun into multiple mutually exclusive conspiracy theories that their base and the media somehow manage to spout simultaneously.

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[–] rivan@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

Not to be annoying but it is in fact your business

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 128 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Well you're conveniently forgetting that Obama had the fucking audacity to ~~eat dijon mustard~~ ~~wear a tan suit~~ be black.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

And tan suit which is an anagram for satanic (well, almost…)

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[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did the orange turd or someone else do that?

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Orange turd.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whoever succeeds trump, (assuming that happens, and it's not Vance), should do the same thing, so we can maybe get rid of that dumbass tradition.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 21 hours ago

"we separate church and state" Church throwing bibles at every god damn state and court event and making people swear on them.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

He was probably afraid of getting struck by divine lightning or something like that if he touched a Bible while uttering the words with no intentions to follow them.

[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 68 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Big Antichrist vibes. Would it have burned his hand? I guess will never know.

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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

It's the ceremony organizers' fault for neglecting to bring a bible small enough to put his hand on.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

It is absolutely not a requirement to swear an oath on a bible, or even to have a bible nearby.

It just happens to be a longstanding custom in the USA. Many politicians take the oath on a bible just for the optics. DT, of all people, is all about optics. Dude probably wasn’t paying any attention, and surely winging his swearing given the last minute changes.

In any case, shouldn't everyone be applauding a president for refusing to touch a bible, tacitly denouncing religious contexts near government?

Except when Trump was asked what his favorite book of all time was, can you guess what he answered?

That's right. He said The Bible was his favorite book. You do understand the difference between actually believing in something, or just being a hypocrite and a con-man, right?

It's not about whether it's a requirement or not. It's about a con artist revealing the con, and watching people like you handwave it away.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yeah aside from the whole using the Jesus vote to win thing.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Bible is surely a disgrace and pathetic.

It's understandable and I agree that no President should ever lay hands on that comic.

I do believe 100% that Trump would've easily laid his hand on the book Mein Kempf.

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[–] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sadly I think it would have been more than half. Personally I'd like less of the Bible in any of our swear ins, but Orange Hitler not doing it just keeps the process rolling forward.

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[–] Elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Not half, but a veeeery loud quarter of it

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

This is just the childish act of crossing your fingers when you make a promise. He didn't put his hand on the Bible because he isn't planning on presiding faithfully, and he has absolutely no intention whatsoever to preserve, protect or defend the Constitution of the United States unless it benefits him personally at the time.

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