Is it a sin to hate Trump?

Unholier Than Thou

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week, Phill has a question on his mind -- is it okay to hate Trump? In a week in which Trump nominated a conservative judge to the Supreme Court, defended paying only $750 in taxes and gave orders to white supremacists during the Presidential debate, Phill asks Reverend Broderick Greer and Abby Stein, an ordained rabbi, how they process their feelings towards Trump. They talk through their philosophies of forgiveness and the responsibility of standing up against Trump.

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0:00.0	From Crooked Media, this is unholyer than now. I'm your host, Philip Picardy. Let's get right out there
0:15.2	and say it, y'all. This week was a doozy. As in more of a doozy than any of the other weeks
0:21.0	we've managed to survive in the literal living hell of 2020.
0:25.4	We started off with the news of Donald Trump only paying 750 dollars in taxes.
0:29.8	A stunning New York Times report on President Trump's tax returns shows he pay just
0:34.7	750 dollars in federal income tax in 2016 and 2017 and none at all for 10 of the previous 15 years before that.
0:45.0	And then the news that coronavirus deaths had surpassed 1 million worldwide.
0:49.0	Tonight the confirmed global death toll from COVID just reached 1 million, a staggering figure though the
0:54.3	World Health Organization believes the real number may be even higher.
0:58.5	And oh yeah, there was that awful presidential debate.
1:01.5	I'm not going to answer the question because the question
1:04.3	the question is the question is the radical left will you shut up man who is on your
1:09.8	list Joe and that only takes us to Tuesday. But as the election draws closer, as in we're one month away from determining the future of America closer, I can't shake a feeling that makes me very uncomfortable.
1:21.0	Maybe you felt it during the debate this week too. I mean, how could you not?
1:24.3	It's a mix of outrage and resentment. The feeling that your blood is boiling, except
1:30.4	it never comes down to a simmer. Maybe it sometimes results in either rage fantasies or complete rage blackouts.
1:36.0	It's hatred. Plain and simple.
1:39.0	I can't help it. I hate President Donald Trump, like a lot. But on top of hating him and wishing bad things would happen to him, I also feel guilty for hating him. You know the whole when they go low, we go high and all of that. I feel like I, especially the host of a religious podcast, should be better than this. But you know what? Maybe I'm not. After all, why should we go high?
2:03.3	Especially when people's lives are on the line.
2:05.4	Especially when we've had all the evidence to vote this man out and yet he's still
2:09.2	holding a close margin in the polls, especially when the future is at stake.
2:13.7	To help me parse through some feelings, I wanted to consult some clergy.
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