Here’s a fun little Facebook game; I call it “The Trump-scuse Scavenger Hunt!” Scroll through your Facebook feed and look for the following infantile non-rebuttals to the latest Trump scandal (bonus points if it’s from a professing Christian):
– “That was [x number of] years ago! I have literally no evidence to suggest that he’s changed even a little since then, but I sure WANT to believe he has, so that’s what I’ve decided I believe now!”
– “That’s not what he meant at all! You’re letting the media spin your perception of this, even if you watched/listened to the raw, unedited recording devoid of commentary and drew your own conclusions, somehow this is the media’s fault! Because Donald said I couldn’t trust them, that’s why.”
– “We’re electing a national leader, not a Sunday school teacher! Back in the early 2000s when I lauded George W. Bush for his Christian faith and moral fortitude? Just messing around! That time I found Bill Clinton’s infidelities and moral failings to be so odious that he ought to be removed from office? Just a gag, man! None of that matters anymore!”
– “Hilary is no better! And as we all know, when faced with the choice to support (in both words and action) one of two individuals I find corrupt, repugnant, and unfit to lead, the only morally justified course of action is to suspend my convictions entirely and align myself with the one who’s the angriest at whoever I’m also angry at. Sure, my faith is important, but this is more important! Jesus forgave Peter for denying him three times; I should be able to get away with just the one, right?”
– “He never said that. What recording? That’s not true. Nope. You didn’t hear it with your own ears. You’re talking nonsense here, dude. Never happened.”
Find them all and win our fabulous prize package: complete loss of faith in your fellow humans, a creeping sense of existential dread lurking always at the back of your mind, and a brand new Blendermatic 7000, now available from The Sharper Image.
