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To: Mariner
Any man willing to lead his people is worthy of being called a hero. Especially when faced with such diverse antagonism.

You may not accept it, but for millions who need reassurance, Trump has been that hero.

7 posted on 10/05/2020 10:45:42 AM PDT by Wizdum
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He showed that Covid isn’t always so serious. The left is angry that he’s recovering.


8 posted on 10/05/2020 10:55:29 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: Wizdum
The man whom we believe is necessarily, in the things concerning which we believe him, our leader and director, and we look up to him with a certain degree of esteem and respect. But as from admiring other people we come to wish to be admired ourselves; so from being led and directed by other people we learn to wish to become ourselves leaders and directors. And as we cannot always be satisfied merely with being admired, unless we can at the same time persuade ourselves that we are in some degree really worthy of admiration; so we cannot always be satisfied merely with being believed, unless we are at the same time conscious that we are really worthy of belief. As the desire of praise and that of praise-worthiness, though very much a-kin, are yet distinct and separate desires; so the desire of being believed and that of being worthy of belief, though very much a-kin too, are equally distinct and separate desires.

The desire of being believed, the desire of persuading, of leading and directing other people, seems to be one of the strongest of all our natural desires. — Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)

Any man willing to lead his people is worthy of being called a hero.
Sounds like everyone " is worthy of being called a hero.”

;-)


16 posted on 10/05/2020 11:09:48 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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To: Wizdum

ECHO


22 posted on 10/05/2020 6:51:56 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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