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Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer (www.independent.co.uk)

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President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon for loyalist Michele Fiore, who paid for her plastic surgery with funds that were meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A friend years ago clued me in to the Rosetta Stone for understanding conservatives: At base, they have a deep, abiding self-hatred. Yes, people often say it's fear, but everybody's motivated by fear of something. The conservative is motivated specifically by fear that they're worthless, that they don't measure up.

It makes so much sense when you game it out: They're constantly needing external validation that they are good, or at least, better than somebody else. The basis of racism becomes clear as day in this light, and the desperate need to be special is just kind of axiomatic.