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Gods don’t exist.
For those confused about the headline, it's a reference to Kipling's "The Man Who Would be King" >

My dumbass thought it was referencing The Road to El Dorado. Granted, that is a movie about some white men who go and trick a bunch of people into thinking they're gods and try to swindle them out of a bunch of wealth. >

In fairness, The Road to El Dorado is basically a retelling of The Man Who Would Be King. >

What does God need with a space force? >

What does god need with prayers?  I think gods have ego issues and a space force may feed that. >

Riff on a quote from Star Trek V (the bad one), “what does God need with a starship”. >

If Trump is your God, you have a pretty shitty religion. >

In short Trump isn't the almighty God Emperor that many on the right were espousing back in 2016 but a loser that lies, and politically bleeds and eventually hopefully incarcerated >

We keep telling them that and showing them evidence but they won't listen.
Who is NY times trying to convince now? Or just getting clicks and giving him exposure? >

I'm sure it's just ketchup. >

It's gotta be ketchup, he is way past well done. >

So nice, you said it twice! >

lol reddit made me do it >

The best thing trump ever did was fragment the Republican Party so horribly that they are currently eating their own to try and salvage what pieces of it are left. >

Eh, they just took back the house.  I'd like to see a proper implosion >

This is the dumbest title I’ve ever read. Yeah, no shit, trumps not a god he’s a blubbering idiot. >


This is the dumbest title I’ve ever read. Yeah, no shit, trumps not a god he’s a blubbering idiot.

The headline isn't for you. >

The people that think Trump is a god would never read the New York times. >

But what about Hunter Biden’s hawg? Hillary emails? I’m getting confused as to what the real news is here. >

What the fuck, not even as a joke NYT. Never for any reason refer to the Stay Puft Marshmallow man as a god, not even you Ray. >

When someone asks you if you’re a god you say yes. >

Not this time Winston! Not this time. >

Why the fuck would you even entertain the idea of him possibly being a god? Holy fuck NYT >

This guy has entered the chat >

Trump isn’t enough. The fascist fringe of the GOP has displayed its ability to pivot from one avatar to the next almost seamlessly, without ever losing their enthusiasm (because they’re not interested in Trump or DeSantis or any politician individually - they are excited about the prospect of doing evil to others with impunity.)
It’s great Trump looks like he’s about to get harpooned by the justice system, but most of the right in this country needs to be held to account beside him. >

The fuck does this even mean >

They are riffing on a movie quote

“If you could make God bleed, people will cease to believe in Him… there will be blood in the water, and the sharks will come.” Ivan Vanko (actor Mickey Rourke), Iron Man 2. >

The movie has issues, but damn all if I didn't love Whiplash and his setup. This quote was a part of it. >

“Nobody makes me bleed my own blood!” >

If you can dodge an impeachment, you can dodge an indictment. >

This is the dumbest title >

I'm not sure how it is 2022 and we're still publishing pieces that infer there's a tipping point for when people will leave Trump or that Trump is unraveling or bleeding or melting down or whatever. 
Melting down is his default. He cries, kicks and screams, whines and rages as a matter of course. He whines when he wins, whines when he loses, whines when his pudding cup won't open. This was always ever a feature-not-a-bug and it attracts people who likewise whine and cry their way through life. (Karens in modern lingo)
Like sure, there is a hypothetical 'Trump looks weak' point at which conservatives might reluctantly leave him to his fate, but we didn't make it this far because Trump was ever 'strong'. The central point of Trumpism to begin with is that Trump can say and do whatever he wants without consideration or consequence and that the world is obliged to make way. Within that, Trump is the only one entitled to define 'weak' or 'strong' or whether or not either even matters. 
People follow it/him because they want to behave in the same way in their own lives or at the least live vicariously through his example. 
The piece isn't wrong to tie Trump to something of a folk hero, media (including this piece) largely treated him like the main character of the 2016 election and throughout his presidency. To some extent he's not receiving the same treatment today, but he's still the presumptive Republican Nominee, he'll likely easily dispatch DeSantis and then we'll be right back to where we started. >

Pls bleed out >

Our education system really does allow for cult followers to rise to very high levels in our society. >

Well that's a headline