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I disagreed with that cartoon.

1. The Pope was seen to have erred when he addressed walls from nations whose citizen are invading the United States. Trying to cast the evil light on the builder of walls to protect his own nation, while giving a pass to those contributing to it’s destruction was dishonest and favored the lawless rather than the lawful. The Pope was morally wrong > IMO. So using him to cast Trump as anti-Christian was twisted.

2. Hate, bigotry, and racism are the wild-cards the Left always pulls out to trash Conservatives. Trump doesn’t hate Hispanics, Blacks, or even for that matter Syrians refugees. He does view these groups realistically based on things some of them do that cause harm to the U. S. Illegals, gangs, terrorists, these are concerns. They need to be addressed. Race has nothing to do with it.

3. Torture is not something that is accepted based on the Geneva Convention which was the basis for how active combatants should be treated when captured. Terrorists are not identifiable military combatants in the legal sense. They don’t abide by Geneva Convention standards. They are not the legitimate unformed combatants of a recognized government. They are not covered by the Geneva Convention. Trump said he would not only approve of water boarding, but would go farther. If some guy can be forced to give actionable information to stop a city from being nuked, do we error on the side of his comfort, or the protection of millions. Torture is tossed in here for shock value. “Trump is in favor of torture. Be aware of that!” Trump is a reasoned man who will have to deal with chaos with millions of lives on the line. Terrorists get no breaks!

4. Vulgarity is not something we desire to see in our leaders. I don’t want kids picking it up. I don’t want adults to place those sorts of examples out there for them to pick up. So I am not in favor of Trump or anyone else using this sort of language. Now, that being said..., we have had nothing but namby pamby leaders for decades. Terrorists have picked up on it, and so have our other enemies. That has to stop. Trump and his language leave no room for misunderstanding, this guy is a mother fletcher and he’s not going to put up with any nonsense. That doesn’t mean we’re always going to win, but it does mean the days of us being walked on constantly, bowing, and submitting to abject humiliation on the public stage are over, when Trump resides in the White House. It is true, but he and I need to work on our base language utilization.

5. As for Trump being a Christian or not, he’s the only guy that has stood up to the anti Christmas and other religious matters in public movement. That alone tells me he will be a lot better for Christians than some folks who claimed to be some of the best Christians. This was an attempt to belittle Trump on Christianity, and it was an example of how the Devil works, not how Christians work.

Frankly, I hope he pushes back hard on the issue of the Confederate flag when he’s in office.

It’s a source of pride in the South, and Whites there have a right to a culture of their own that hasn’t been sanitized out of existence.

At the same time, racism should not be tolerated and as a people we should recognize the historic past and try to reach out to each other. If the Confederate Flag had been solely a racist flag, I would object to it. It isn’t. It is seen by many to be a sign of Southern individualism and retention of pride despite being on the losing end of a terrible conflict. It is a reminder that the rebellious spirit did not end with the Civil War. Acknowledging the pride of the Southerner and living in peaceful co-existence is a tribute to our nation. The denial of that is the real objectionable goal.