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Did I say that though? I don't think I did... Not liking someone and not criticizing them because they are a bad person is not the same thing as wishing they were a better person... You can do those things at the same time...
No one said be nice to Nazi... You just want them not to be... And maybe if you can do something to help them. instead of you know wishing that they would suffer.
Especially when all of the wrong a lot of these people did was vote for someone because they were told lies about how things would be better...
ok you're trying to defend trump voters as if they're somehow "victims of dishonesty." again, no.
after the first trump term, the abysmal covid response, the 2 impeachments, J6, the classified documents, and on and on and on, while normal people were doing everything they could to convince these people that they've been hoodwinked, FOR YEARS, demonstrates that the "let's talk about it and compromise" approach DOES. NOT. WORK. mockery and ridicule and unwell wishes it is.
again (and again and again), fuck trump, and fuck trump voters. yes i fucking do want them to suffer the way everyone else is suffering. i don't know what gives you the impression that you're going to change my mind about that, but i guess...go get'em tiger...?
You're turning this into something it's not about...
Just do better and help people be better man... How is that too much to ask?
trump and his sycophantic goons are actively wrecking this country and democracy. it could be reasonably argued that the point of no return has already passed. it's really rich that you're telling ME to "be better" in this situation, but i'll bite: what's your suggestion for "help people be better"? inform people who deliberately dismiss facts and evidence they don't like as "fake news" that they've voted for a conman? be specific, because people have been trying the "let's respect the viewpoint of the rapist felon voters" approach for years, and look at where we are.
so EXACTLY what is it that you think everyone should do?
if you sit down to dinner with 8 people and 1 of them is a nazi, you're eating dinner with 8 nazis