Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

CoffeeHorse

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I always wanted to see what would happen if we had an atheist president. I didn't expect it to be like this.
 

CoffeeHorse

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He still might be the reincarnation of Nero. There was a prophecy.

Of course there's also a tradition that Nero is the Antichrist, so these options aren't mutually exclusive.
 

Pocket

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Huh. I didn't realize there was a way to reconcile the "Revelation is a prophecy of the distant future" and "Revelation is just describing the then-current reign of Nero" theories. Where does the "reincarnation of Nero" thing come from?
 

CoffeeHorse

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People have always been people, and people have always loved conspiracies. Nero got a very subdued funeral, and not a lot of people saw the body. So rumors got around that he wasn't dead but somehow escaped. The lore grew, and soon the rumor said he was building an army, and would one day return to retake the throne. And burn stuff.

His fans obviously liked him a lot, because they held on to this hope for hundreds of years. This divided into two traditions. Some thought he would return from the dead. Others thought he never died at all but was still just hiding, mysteriously not aging in the meantime. Yes, that was a thing. He was supposedly not aging while in exile, so when he retook the throne he would pick up exactly where he left off.
 

Pocket

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People have always been people, and people have always loved conspiracies. Nero got a very subdued funeral, and not a lot of people saw the body. So rumors got around that he wasn't dead but somehow escaped. The lore grew, and soon the rumor said he was building an army, and would one day return to retake the throne. And burn stuff.

His fans obviously liked him a lot, because they held on to this hope for hundreds of years. This divided into two traditions. Some thought he would return from the dead. Others thought he never died at all but was still just hiding, mysteriously not aging in the meantime. Yes, that was a thing. He was supposedly not aging while in exile, so when he retook the throne he would pick up exactly where he left off.
Hmm, not quite a reincarnation as such, then. Would line up nicely with the "appearing as if he had a fatal wound but survived" description of the Beast, though.

I also had no idea Nero had such a cult of personality. But I guess the more things change...
 

Pale Rider

...and Hell followed with him.
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Imagine the first judge who actually has the guts to throw him in jail. If only for a few hours. Someone needs to break that seal and do it. Set the precedent.
 

KidTDragon

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Nothing to see here, folks! Just a presidential candidate quietly endorsing the kidnapping of his opponent. Not sure why we're even mentioning it.
 

wonko the sane?

You may test that assumption at your convinience.
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Which means nothing, because trump has already called for imprisoning his political rivals. Any other candidate: immediate disqualification. Trump gets a pass.
 


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