EP64: From Mugshot to Mugs, a Donald Trump story - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Bipartisan Boom in Trump Mug Shot Merchandise Demonstrates the Healing Power of Commerce https://reason.com/2023/08/28/bipartisan-boom-in-trump-mug-shot-merchandise-demonstrates-the-healing-power-of-commerce

That's an article by Christian Britschgi of Reason about Trump's Atlanta arrest. It offers a real grace perspective, so...

We need to salute this wonderful bit of journalism!

Haters and lovers of the former president can both express their diametrically opposed views with a Trump mug-shot mug.

Bill Protzmann and I highlight the best of this wonderful article. We explain...

* The way partisanship is failing in this instance

* How people on each side won

* Why freedom helps us get along and increases harmony

* The way democracy encourages division and ugliness

* Why we need relief valves, such as laughter and grace

Plus, we pave a path to Post-Statism. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/mental-lever/post-statism/

0:00 Intro

0:43 Finding Grace in a Trump article

2:48 Look at all the winners

6:13 Prejudicing jurors?

7:07 WHY this became a "free flow of fun"

9:04 Freedom helps us get along

10:26 Grace is NOT sweetness, politeness

11:19 Democracy becomes the Conflict Machine

12:11 The beauty of laughter in politics

15:12 Etsy harmony vs divisive democracy

17:11 Path to Poststatism

Anti-fragile and the discussion of Trump as a political creation is found in episode 61: https://youtu.be/u9uDzshGuGI

Bill Protzmann is your moderator.

ZeroAggressionProject.org is the sponsor.

Be grace-full to each other.

Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/

We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme.

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