(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . hoisting candidates on their own petard (updated with the 10 MAGAmandments) [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-20 The conservatives in Louisiana are now requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms. I’m not here to write about how doing so violates the separation of church and state (it does) or that it is a cynical political ploy. I’m writing to suggest a way forward: the conservatives who advocate what the Ten Commandments stipulate absolutely need to abide by what they advocate. Every single conservative Republican candidate needs to answer to their own standards. Republicans, billionaires, disaster capitalists, private equity, producers of forever chemicals, spewers of greenhouse gasses. producers of toxic wastes, rabid law enforcement, weapon manufacturers, the entire military-industrial complex (to name a few groups) are in deep shit, according to the Ten Commandments. Take Donald J. Trump for example. Let’s hold him up to the standards endorsed by the conservative Republicans he claims to represent. How does he measure up to even a few of those commandments? Does “You shall not kill” apply to all those who died of covid-19 as a result of his incompetent response and failed policies when the pandemic hit? Does it apply to his doing nothing for three hours except watch the deadly violence unfold during the January 6 attack on the Capitol? Does “You shall not commit adultery” apply to his sexual abuse conviction or any of his well-documented sexual misconduct (including his own Access Hollywood bragging)? Or how about his public coveting of Ivanka his daughter? Does “You shall not steal” apply to his not paying contractors, fraudulent bookkeeping maneuvers to avoid taxes, use of interlocking corporations and LLCs to avoid liability, falsifying business records to get better interest rates or lower insurance premiums, or to using campaign money to pay personal legal fees? Does “You shall not deceive/bear false witness” apply to the thousands of documented lies he has vomited up non-stop? Does it apply to his entrenched pattern of denials and false accusations? I am totally against posting the Ten Commandments in public spaces, but if that’s the game they’re playing, then let the own-petard-hoisting begin. The sanctimonious hypocrisy is beyond appalling. It’s so sanctimonious, and so hypocritical, it has become downright evil. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW and IMPROVED: the 10 MAGAmandments Then the Trump spoke all these words, I am the Trump your god, who brought you out of the land of crime, out of the house of horrible cities; you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is not MAGA, or anything that is not endorsed by me, or anyone running against me, or anything that is not me. Especially if it’s Taylor Swift. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Trump your god am a jealous Trump, punishing children (especially immigrant children) for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who did not vote for me, but also showing steadfast disregard to the thousandth generation of those who contributed to my campaigns. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Trump your god, for the Trump will not pardon anyone who misuses his name but will instead lawsuit your ass into oblivion. Remember that all days are the Trump day, keep them holy. Six days you shall labor and do all the Trump your god’s work. But the seventh day you shall also work for the Trump your god; you shall not do any work - you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slaves, your livestock, or the alien resident in your horrible towns - for anyone else but the Trump your god. For the Trump made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; therefore the Trump is blessed and consecrated, the likes of which the world has never seen before. Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Trump your god is giving you. Unless they are not MAGA, or are losers, and then to hell with them. You shall murder with impunity if you are the Trump your god (completely botching the pandemic response, letting rioters rage through the Capitol, or shooting someone on Fifth Ave.) It is okay to execute immigrants, Democrats, LGBTQ persons, Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence, or anyone from a shithole country/horrible city, preferably through neglect, destruction of social safety nets, environmental destruction, systemic injustice, or militarized police departments. If you are male, you shall commit adultery and fornicate as much as you want. If you can snag some underage girls go for it. Just remember, don’t get caught, be able to buy their silence, and if that fails, to deny, deny, deny. If you are female, just remember your place, it’s a privilege to be grabbed by the Trump your god. You shall steal but do it cleverly. Claim your contractors did shoddy work and don’t deserve to be paid. Fudge your accounting. Create fraudulent financial reports. Use confusing layers of interlocking LLCs and corporations to evade taxes. And remember - you can always offload all that debt into a new shell company and file for bankruptcy. You shall bear false witness against anyone any time if it’s to save your ass, steal an election, or place the blame with anyone but yourself. It’s not a lie if it’s an alternative fact. It’s fine to covet your neighbor’s house, covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female offspring, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Hell, it’s even okay to lust after your own daughter if you think she’s hot. Just remember that only losers sit on the sidelines and covet. Get out there and grab what you want! 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