I'm glad you're going to try and at the same time I also firmly hope you're going to also try to be extremely careful for your mental health sake! You are important to me and many other people!!!
Thanks, Sue. If I had published what I wrote early this morning, when I was in a spitting rage over Trump’s response, it would have been far different. Instead, I found other things to do and let it rest. I thought about it all day and finally finished it after dark. I’m glad I waited. This is how I really wanted it to read. So, yes, I’m going to try to be in charge of my mental health! ❤️
Thank you for writing about and sharing the entire video, Ramona. I gleaned something about this on the Borowitz Report today but when I tried to find more information on what was actually said or who said it, I came up empty-handed. Your reporting set me straight. This is the first time I forced myself to sit and watch the orange menace since before the election but it was worth watching, mainly for the reaction of other members of the family and the Vances. I found it especially interesting to watch the reactions of Melania and Usha, both immigrants not so long ago.
Bishop Budde’s words were so gracious and kind. Such a contrast to his nastiness. Nothing new though for Trump as he has no love in his heart. I loved her response as to whether she would apologize. A shero for sure!
I sent Bishop Budde an email thanking her for her courage and her compassion. I also thanked her for being the model of what a Christian should be instead of (as is all too common these days) a performative one. I hope she gets my words of support among what is sure to be a wave of hate. Sigh.
What have we become? Or were we always this way and some people were just better at hiding it?
As I said in my last post, look for the helpers. She’ll be right up front in the years ahead, a leader as we try to make sense of the cruelties inflicted by our so-called leaders who will have the support of millions of Americans.
Have we always been like this. Underneath, yes. I lived through the McCarthy witch hunts and the civil rights movement, where unreasonable hate surfaced with tragic results. And of course WWII.
This is shocking and scary, but we’re not all hiding or sticking our heads in the sand. My sincere hope is that Trump’s days in the White house are miserable. We can all help to make it so by never letting him get away with anything.
When I heard her speak, I was reminded of Dr. King and how he was treated. The president’s reply sounded more like Governor Wallace. History is rhyming.
I think Bishop Budde was speaking to all of us as much as to him. She’s showing us how to be courageous and speak truth in this era when we all need to do that. A beautiful example of what we can all do, in our own lives.
Thanks for your message. I wish we had a president who wasn’t acting like a baby. Rev. Budde didn’t say anything in a “nasty” way, and the sermon was normal and Biblical-based. That anyone would criticize her or say she’s a bad pastor is just plain wrong. If that sermon made President Trump uncomfortable, perhaps he protests too much. Here’s my latest poetry take on this:
Thank you so much for making thus record! I deeply appreciate you!!!!
I didn’t do enough of this during Trump’s first debacle. I’m going to try to do more this time!
I'm glad you're going to try and at the same time I also firmly hope you're going to also try to be extremely careful for your mental health sake! You are important to me and many other people!!!
Thanks, Sue. If I had published what I wrote early this morning, when I was in a spitting rage over Trump’s response, it would have been far different. Instead, I found other things to do and let it rest. I thought about it all day and finally finished it after dark. I’m glad I waited. This is how I really wanted it to read. So, yes, I’m going to try to be in charge of my mental health! ❤️
Oh I'm relieved to hear that!!!!! Thank you!!!! I'm trying hard to do the same...
He and his cronies did walk into her church.
I know! What were they thinking! Like lambs to the slaughter. 😄
Thank you for writing about and sharing the entire video, Ramona. I gleaned something about this on the Borowitz Report today but when I tried to find more information on what was actually said or who said it, I came up empty-handed. Your reporting set me straight. This is the first time I forced myself to sit and watch the orange menace since before the election but it was worth watching, mainly for the reaction of other members of the family and the Vances. I found it especially interesting to watch the reactions of Melania and Usha, both immigrants not so long ago.
Bishop Budde’s words were so gracious and kind. Such a contrast to his nastiness. Nothing new though for Trump as he has no love in his heart. I loved her response as to whether she would apologize. A shero for sure!
She’s wonderful. We’ll be looking to her throughout this mess.
I sent Bishop Budde an email thanking her for her courage and her compassion. I also thanked her for being the model of what a Christian should be instead of (as is all too common these days) a performative one. I hope she gets my words of support among what is sure to be a wave of hate. Sigh.
What have we become? Or were we always this way and some people were just better at hiding it?
As I said in my last post, look for the helpers. She’ll be right up front in the years ahead, a leader as we try to make sense of the cruelties inflicted by our so-called leaders who will have the support of millions of Americans.
Have we always been like this. Underneath, yes. I lived through the McCarthy witch hunts and the civil rights movement, where unreasonable hate surfaced with tragic results. And of course WWII.
This is shocking and scary, but we’re not all hiding or sticking our heads in the sand. My sincere hope is that Trump’s days in the White house are miserable. We can all help to make it so by never letting him get away with anything.
She was brilliant. And brave,
It didn't take much to realise what his response would be. Have a look at the hate manifest in the faces around him. It says it all.
The oligarchy is here. It's Imperial Rome all over again.
It’ll be awful. I hope we don’t back down or let up. It’s going to be exhausting.
If you want to send the bishop a thank you card for her message yesterday. Here’s her address:
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
Episcopal Church House
Mt. St. Alban
Washington, DC 20016-5094
Thanks! Great idea. ❤️
You’re welcome. We need to support people willing to speak out. Like the bishop and you, Ramona. Thanks for your post.
Bishop Budde is a national treasure. She said what needed to be said.
Burned into our brains, her quiet fire and solid brimstone.
When I heard her speak, I was reminded of Dr. King and how he was treated. The president’s reply sounded more like Governor Wallace. History is rhyming.
I think Bishop Budde was speaking to all of us as much as to him. She’s showing us how to be courageous and speak truth in this era when we all need to do that. A beautiful example of what we can all do, in our own lives.
Thanks for your message. I wish we had a president who wasn’t acting like a baby. Rev. Budde didn’t say anything in a “nasty” way, and the sermon was normal and Biblical-based. That anyone would criticize her or say she’s a bad pastor is just plain wrong. If that sermon made President Trump uncomfortable, perhaps he protests too much. Here’s my latest poetry take on this:
https://open.substack.com/pub/caroleroseland/p/youre-fired?r=3myco9&utm_medium=ios
Thank you. Your poem is perfect!