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An eloquent and apt comparison: the fallen angels to the fires of hell, with all Trumpers doomed to a similar fate. One major difference: Miller's satanic outcasts are immortal, to suffer for all of eternity. They hang around to torment forever.

On the other hand (a purple hand?).....Trump and McConnell are OLD and one day they will wither on their Vine of Vengeance and actually die. A done deal.

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Jan 24, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

I have a recurring dream in which #MangoWanker Turdking is at a rally, pisses himself, and has a massive stroke...

Disabling and debilitating, unable to type or tweet, incontinent and helpless and unable to speak, fed through an IV and pooping into a bedpan, but fully aware of the prison hospital, for the rest of his life.

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Your description brings me great joy and comfort, all the more if I replace "a bedpan" with "his bedding." I've never claimed to be charitable.

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Hahahaaaaha!

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Mortal demons, yes yes!

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Jan 24, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Very interesting. But I wonder why the media never discusses that Trump is a criminal SOCIOPATH.

Society desperately needs an open discussion about Trump's derangements, and why we must never place those people in a position of power.

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I suspect it's because it would violate the first rule in their Style Guides which is "Don't hurt white people's feelings."

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So true. Sounds like "kicking the people below you on the hill, because those above are kicking you, too"

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Nice. The restoration of Charles II to England’s throne was the social and political backdrop of Milton’s epic, and Ogg’s 2 vol study is a beautiful discussion. Basically, a significant portion of the British public—including most of its wealthy individuals—really wanted a king. That’s why I am scared by what we’ve seen. We’ve had no shortage of traitors and miscreants here, but thankfully we’ve avoided kings. This recent insurrection looks exactly like the rise of royalists, who seek a divinely appointed king incapable of doing wrong.

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My actual reading of Paradise Lost, apart from the excerpts here, is that it is secretly a pro-democracy, anti-monarchy tome. It's all about politics, with religion as a cover.

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