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It really boggles my mind the way the "religious right" ignores Melania's nude photos. (Original Post) raccoon Jun 2019 OP
They cant think of a way to say it's ok so they ignore it Fullduplexxx Jun 2019 #1
They aren't ignoring them--they're fapping to them. TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #58
THEY IGNORE THIS? Yeah they do. My sister loves Trump & she isn't mad about these pictures trueblue2007 Jun 2019 #59
that third one makes it look like a weed whacker is in order Skittles Jun 2019 #71
((( how do you know that they are ignoring them? ))) NRaleighLiberal Jun 2019 #2
They all have this page bookmarked: dalton99a Jun 2019 #18
Obscuring, blurring or covering the nipple makes it ok. Ligyron Jun 2019 #27
Gypsy Rose Lee's motto... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #29
You can bet Trump himself released those photos to the NY Post kskiska Jun 2019 #46
My how Mel has "grown" in the intervening years ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #51
She's not nekked! She has shoes on! Stillettos! nt Ilsa Jun 2019 #56
Even more growth ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #60
Swollen kidneys. nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #74
And yet, Michelle Obama's Iliyah Jun 2019 #3
still in therapy over those. The humanity. n/t luvallpeeps Jun 2019 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #10
And remember John Kerry's wife's accent. Funtatlaguy Jun 2019 #4
+1 dalton99a Jun 2019 #15
They think women from former Eastern Bloc nations are economically needy, and easier to exploit. NBachers Jun 2019 #40
and the fact that the Kerrys spoke several languages. kskiska Jun 2019 #67
I'd bet Melanima could work a stripper pole in 5 Funtatlaguy Jun 2019 #69
Michele's sleeveless dress! Johnny2X2X Jun 2019 #5
Don't be boggled. luvallpeeps Jun 2019 #6
In case you haven't realized it yet, most of the religious right are simply a cult. walkingman Jun 2019 #8
If it's a Republican they "hate the sin, but love the sinner," if a Democrat, they just hate them sop Jun 2019 #9
They gave low class Palin a pass as well HAB911 Jun 2019 #11
Style and class dalton99a Jun 2019 #17
She looks like Skeeter on Mama's Family. LuvNewcastle Jun 2019 #37
What has happened to Palin anyway? moose65 Jun 2019 #54
you missed some of the trash Celerity Jun 2019 #68
The Grand Old Pervs love it C_U_L8R Jun 2019 #12
What's mind-boggling about it? jberryhill Jun 2019 #13
Oh I'm sure they have large stashes of them in their spank bank. Initech Jun 2019 #14
They do not get irony or hypocrisy. Something is wrong with their brains. onecaliberal Jun 2019 #16
Here's how they justify it Cartoonist Jun 2019 #19
+1. Preachers can steal and fornicate all they want, but hey, they are in a perpetual state of grace dalton99a Jun 2019 #21
And, JustDoingTheLord'sWork-#45 was sent to them by God, NCjack Jun 2019 #33
I doubt if they are ignoring them... TruckFump Jun 2019 #20
That's the least of their hypocrisy when it comes to Trump. Nude photos are nothing. RockRaven Jun 2019 #22
But hypocrisy is one of the basic tenants of Christianity! Ligyron Jun 2019 #26
And ... they were outraged over Michelle Obama's bare arms ... sigh UpInArms Jun 2019 #23
Ah, the GOP - where you have the right to bear arms, but not the right to bare arms. Initech Jun 2019 #34
Isn't that Trump's private airplane? EarnestPutz Jun 2019 #42
looks like it to me UpInArms Jun 2019 #45
It was this one. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2019 #52
thanks ... UpInArms Jun 2019 #55
That's because Michelle is in good enough shape to kick their asses. They fear strong women. NBachers Jun 2019 #44
Hypocrisy in religion, especially fundamentalist religions is common. Caliman73 Jun 2019 #24
I think you're mistaken about the religious right ignoring nude photos of Melania Martin Eden Jun 2019 #25
Then there are the ones who have pictures of teen boys hanging on the stall walls. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2019 #48
Hypocrites and Charlatans Martin Eden Jun 2019 #53
I seriously doubt that they IGNORE them... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #28
"If you support Donald Trump, you support putting children in Concentration Camps" - I would LOVE to OnDoutside Jun 2019 #30
It's their Madonna-whore complex customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #31
Maybe A Billboard Would Do It Me. Jun 2019 #32
Why does it boggle the mind? Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #35
Boggles my mind that anyone *here* cares about her nude photos Bonx Jun 2019 #36
We wouldn't care if they weren't such hypocrites Ilsa Jun 2019 #57
Absolutely. You got that right. Nt raccoon Jun 2019 #64
It's not the photos, it's the hypocrisy on the right that is the issue. gtar100 Jun 2019 #63
they're pointing out the sheer hypocrisy of repukes Skittles Jun 2019 #72
They gasped bonkers221 Jun 2019 #38
And her husband's pussy grabbing Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 #39
Evangelicals/religious right are easily able to spin their beliefs for political expediency. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #41
AND not only ignores donnie's self-admitted sexual predations and assaults, but actually niyad Jun 2019 #43
They I get, who I don't get is the supposed "middle" Cosmocat Jun 2019 #47
For many of them religion is just a game. MarcA Jun 2019 #49
They want Trump in power lunatica Jun 2019 #50
melanie with one in the oven. yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2019 #61
Interestingly enough Bible belt states Bettie Jun 2019 #62
Trump was installed by God to be our president... Kablooie Jun 2019 #65
It shouldn't boggle your mind Downtown Hound Jun 2019 #66
try to imagine if Michelle had accidentally killed someone when she was a teenager Skittles Jun 2019 #70
I thought I read somewhere that online pornography-viewing is highest in states with Nitram Jun 2019 #73

Ligyron

(7,633 posts)
27. Obscuring, blurring or covering the nipple makes it ok.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:31 PM
Jun 2019

Now, the rest of the breasts you can show all you want.

Never could figure that one out...

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
29. Gypsy Rose Lee's motto...
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:34 PM
Jun 2019

"Always leave them asking for more."

It's the forbidden fruit strategy, the endless tease.

kskiska

(27,045 posts)
46. You can bet Trump himself released those photos to the NY Post
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:02 PM
Jun 2019

He's pals with the publisher and is proud to "show off" what he owns.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
51. My how Mel has "grown" in the intervening years
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:17 PM
Jun 2019

But why is she wearing high heals in that spread? That's the weirdest thing.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. And yet, Michelle Obama's
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:35 PM
Jun 2019

sleeveless dresses where just HORRIBLE. And Pres O's tan suit toooooo.

sad.

Response to Iliyah (Reply #3)

Funtatlaguy

(10,879 posts)
4. And remember John Kerry's wife's accent.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:36 PM
Jun 2019

They were apoplectic over Teresa Heinz.
But, Melanomas doesn’t bother them at all. Be best.

NBachers

(17,122 posts)
40. They think women from former Eastern Bloc nations are economically needy, and easier to exploit.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:47 PM
Jun 2019

Women from France are seen as more educated; more socially and economically self-sufficient. They can't be as easily manipulated and taken advantage of. Weak men fear strong, confident women.

kskiska

(27,045 posts)
67. and the fact that the Kerrys spoke several languages.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 05:25 PM
Jun 2019

Now they boast that Melanoma speaks FIVE!!! No, SIX!!! languages that we've never heard her speak. She did speak French to some schoolchildren once, using words so elementary I could have managed it myself.

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
5. Michele's sleeveless dress!
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:36 PM
Jun 2019

Or how about Barrack’s tan suit.

Melania didn’t just do artsy nudes, she did full frontal pornographic nudes while simulating sex acts with another fully nude woman. Zero wrong with that, but she basically did lesbian porn and cane to this country illegally. And the Religious Right says nothing. It’s a joke.

luvallpeeps

(935 posts)
6. Don't be boggled.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:37 PM
Jun 2019

Trumps get mulligans. Ask Franklin Graham. He has coffers full of 'em. When you're white (or orange), that's how ya get it. I can think of quite a few eyebrow raising incidents that would have the right's hair afire.

walkingman

(7,628 posts)
8. In case you haven't realized it yet, most of the religious right are simply a cult.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:40 PM
Jun 2019

Much of the evangelical doctrine has been based on racism and misogyny. They unite in their ignorance with like minded people and are more than glad to "pass the plate" in order to sustain their centuries old doctrine. I grew up in a Baptist household that was mesmerized with racism and a ideology of "we are better than you" mentality. Thank goodness my family became more interested in golf on Sundays after a while and the indoctrination didn't stick. However, the "country club" was filled with these same people so I know all about hypocrisy.

sop

(10,193 posts)
9. If it's a Republican they "hate the sin, but love the sinner," if a Democrat, they just hate them
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:42 PM
Jun 2019

HAB911

(8,904 posts)
11. They gave low class Palin a pass as well
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:44 PM
Jun 2019

they will simply do whatever is needed to win, they have no standards

moose65

(3,167 posts)
54. What has happened to Palin anyway?
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:21 PM
Jun 2019

Did she make Trump mad or something? At first, I thought she’d be ubiquitous, hanging around at all his events and generally haunting us for 4 years. But she has essentially disappeared. Maybe it’s because they’re cut from the same cloth, and attention whores generally don’t get along. Did Trump see Palin as a threat? Someone who might steal the limelight?

Initech

(100,081 posts)
14. Oh I'm sure they have large stashes of them in their spank bank.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:51 PM
Jun 2019

And that thought alone is disturbing enough!

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)
19. Here's how they justify it
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:01 PM
Jun 2019

They're born again. Jesus has forgiven them for their sins. They are now pure and chaste, here to do God's work.

dalton99a

(81,516 posts)
21. +1. Preachers can steal and fornicate all they want, but hey, they are in a perpetual state of grace
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:08 PM
Jun 2019

and constant forgiveness

It's all good







NCjack

(10,279 posts)
33. And, JustDoingTheLord'sWork-#45 was sent to them by God,
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:29 PM
Jun 2019

even if #45 is an unrepentant whoremonger. God has assured them that he just didn't have time to find a more worthy Xian to be president.

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
20. I doubt if they are ignoring them...
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:06 PM
Jun 2019

...betting on a lot of ogling goes on. RRs, IMO, are such sick fucks.

The whole deal is the RR's totally sick desire to not allow women to have control over their own bodies, gawd forbid a woman would have some independence from the RR males.

RockRaven

(14,974 posts)
22. That's the least of their hypocrisy when it comes to Trump. Nude photos are nothing.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:08 PM
Jun 2019

Trump impregnated Marla whilst married to Ivana, tried to force Marla to abort Tiffany (and failed obviously), divorced Ivana (during which proceeding she accused him of beating and raping her), then Tiffany was born out of wedlock (though he did eventually get around to marrying Marla). Those are all -- by the religious right's own standards -- major moral transgressions.

Now that is just ONE incident, his whole life has been an unending series of episodes like this, and often worse.

Ligyron

(7,633 posts)
26. But hypocrisy is one of the basic tenants of Christianity!
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:23 PM
Jun 2019

After all, you can be forgiven if you haven't sinned.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
55. thanks ...
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:22 PM
Jun 2019

so that dates it from sometime after 2005 (when they got "married&quot , or was she just being sleazy for dollars prior to that?

NBachers

(17,122 posts)
44. That's because Michelle is in good enough shape to kick their asses. They fear strong women.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:55 PM
Jun 2019

They want women they can knock around and beat up with no consequences; and then do it all over again. Try it with Michelle, and it ain't gonna happen, Sport.

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
24. Hypocrisy in religion, especially fundamentalist religions is common.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:15 PM
Jun 2019

I understand the frustration and incredulity of such a thing, however, given the history of how religion has been used, it certainly does not boggle my mind.

I think that in certain instances, religion can uplift, if it is used as inspiration; but as an organizational structure in the hands of men (and I have to say literally men unfortunately) it has been used as a method of coercion, control, and profit for those at the top. It isn't so much religion (though the structure lends itself to authoritarianism) as it is conservatism and the desire to remain in power.

You are absolutely correct that if Melania were President Obama's wife, or any other Democratic politician's, the conservative religious people would be in an uproar about how "ungodly, dirty, disgusting, etc..." she was.

For many people who identify as "Christian" the tenets of the religion are not as important as being on the side that is in power. A lot of those people feel like their way of thinking, their superiority, and their traditions are being challenged even as they so often fail to live up to those traditions.

Martin Eden

(12,870 posts)
25. I think you're mistaken about the religious right ignoring nude photos of Melania
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:18 PM
Jun 2019

I have it on good authority that a high percentage of conservative pastors have those photos pinned up on the walls of their bathrooms.

48. Then there are the ones who have pictures of teen boys hanging on the stall walls.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:07 PM
Jun 2019

Let's not forget those righteous men who rant against homosexuality, only to be caught with their pants down (literally) having an affair with a young man.

OnDoutside

(19,962 posts)
30. "If you support Donald Trump, you support putting children in Concentration Camps" - I would LOVE to
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:38 PM
Jun 2019

see that narrative get airplay, especially around Evangelical Churches.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
31. It's their Madonna-whore complex
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:43 PM
Jun 2019

They divide all women into those two groups. They also believe that a woman can go from one to the other. Trump marrying Melania "saved" her in their eyes.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
35. Why does it boggle the mind?
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:35 PM
Jun 2019

These people are among some of the most predictable in the country. They have only a tenuous relationship with reality. They believe whatever is most convenient to them at any given time. If one could imagine an invisible magician living up in the sky, one could just as easily imagine a first lady who does not take her clothes off for the camera.

Bonx

(2,053 posts)
36. Boggles my mind that anyone *here* cares about her nude photos
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:37 PM
Jun 2019

A really lame way to try and shame her.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
63. It's not the photos, it's the hypocrisy on the right that is the issue.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:47 PM
Jun 2019

It's important to make that distinction. They really can't hide from this situation. So they do their best to ignore it. Anyone trying to "shame" Melania for the photos themselves is off base and missing the important point that republicans and specifically fundamentalist Christians have been shaming Democrats and liberals for this sort of thing for a very long time now and are failing to hold themselves to their own standards. It would be a big nothing if they hadn't been criticizing us for our supposed godless, hedonistic ways in their self-righteous rantings.

bonkers221

(8 posts)
38. They gasped
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:39 PM
Jun 2019

at Michelle Obama's bare arms. It doesn't matter to them if they're repugs though. That is the standard double standard.

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
41. Evangelicals/religious right are easily able to spin their beliefs for political expediency.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:52 PM
Jun 2019

Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

They support Trump who says he is so perfect that he does not need Christ or his forgiveness.

Like today's evangelical/religious right supporters, Trump is a Political Christian, not a Christian of faith.

Evangelicals/religious right are easily able to spin their beliefs for political expediency.

The Donald who does not have to ask Jesus for forgiveness.

The Donald who ridicules Holy Communion.

Trump: Drink my little wine, have my little cracker

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2015/08/13/donald-trump-religion-serfaty-dnt-erin.cnn

niyad

(113,348 posts)
43. AND not only ignores donnie's self-admitted sexual predations and assaults, but actually
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:54 PM
Jun 2019

says none of that matters, so long as they get what they want.

Cosmocat

(14,566 posts)
47. They I get, who I don't get is the supposed "middle"
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:06 PM
Jun 2019

that babbles this "they are both same bullshit."

This is just one example of a bazillion where republicans/conservatives are bold faced hypocrites, and they country just never stops indulging it.

They have absolutely ZERO moral authority, but much of the country gives more to them and us because they scream how righteous they are, and how horrible we are.

Why the country puts up with it is beyond me.

MarcA

(2,195 posts)
49. For many of them religion is just a game.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:14 PM
Jun 2019

Used to cover racism, misogyny, homophobia and greed, and to support
forced birth, guns and $$$.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
50. They want Trump in power
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:14 PM
Jun 2019

He enables them and their beliefs. He says he’s pro-life and evangelical leaders support him. They get what they want which is abortion clinics closing, legislation that punishes women and doctors who have and perform abortions. A president who throws foreigners who are brown into cages and who expels them from the country.

So therefore he is anointed by god and who are they to question god? Trump being rich and the president shows that god has doubled down on wanting him to be president.

Thus they must swallow god’s will, hook, line, and sinker because it is sinful to question god or to go against god’s will.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
62. Interestingly enough Bible belt states
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:45 PM
Jun 2019

the most conservative and religious, specifically, use more online porn than other less conservative/religious places.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2017.1278736?journalCode=hjsr20

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
65. Trump was installed by God to be our president...
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:56 PM
Jun 2019

so no religious person has any right to judge Trump or any people associated with him.
To do so would be to think you are more moral than God himself.

So there you have it.


Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
66. It shouldn't boggle your mind
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 04:16 PM
Jun 2019

They are the highest and worst kind of hypocrites. Don't think for a minute they really give a shit about the crap they preach. What they care about is control, and they will use any means to get it.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
70. try to imagine if Michelle had accidentally killed someone when she was a teenager
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 05:48 PM
Jun 2019

the right would have crucified her endlessly but we never heard a peep from them about Laura Bush

hypocrisy is SOP for repukes

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
73. I thought I read somewhere that online pornography-viewing is highest in states with
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 10:42 AM
Jun 2019

a large population of evangelicals or otherwise "religious" people.

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