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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she was ‘naive’ for believing Trump is man of the people
(www.theguardian.com)
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You're doing that thing where you think everyone is the same as you. And you saw it coming.
Some people saw it earlier, some saw it later, some still havent seen it.
But empathy isn't a weakness it's a strength. So please stop acting like a Republican and understand our opponents even if the only reason is it helps us win.
What you're doing now hurts our chances of winning, even though that's probably not your intent you're helping trump.
Username checks out.
While I agree with the broad strokes of what you're saying about empathy, it's important to remember that people like this (or if we're being generous, the people she was like until just now) see empathy from their adversaries as a weakness to be exploited.
One can be empathetic without being a naive chump. When anyone has caused the amount of harm MTG has, forgiveness comes only after they have atoned. If she puts half as much money and effort into repairing the damage she's done as she put into causing the damage in the first place, then and only then can we talk about letting bygones be bygones.
If that atonement never materializes (and call me a cynic but I doubt it will) then this is just the same old conservative playbook of "now that I've stomped all over other people to get what I want, it's time for togetherness".
I'm not saying to feel sorry for her...
I'm saying these people hold their views out of ignorance and none of them are a lost cause.
And unless someone is doing something to prevent them from voting, they're still going to ignorantly keep voting R.
It's not about if they deserve to be helped, it's that everyone else deserves to stop being hurt by them. And if we don't understand how they think, well never change enough of their minds.
The billionaires want blind tribalism, doing what they want only helps them.
You're doing that thing where you believe what a republican is saying. This bitch has learned nothing, but has realized she has more to gain by breaking ranks. She is abusing your empathy, and you are letting her. Stop it.
"She hasn't learned anything except this thing she just learned!!"
Zero logic and pure emotional angry is exactly what the billionaires want, something they've spent longer than either of us have been alive combined pushing ..
And you're just gobbling it up and regurgitating it all everyone else, and managing to act smug because you thing divisive propaganda most of us ignore is a secret knowledge only a chosen they can see...
But I'm sure none of that is gonna sink in.
And I'm sure you'll keep preaching to come together and love the people who want to murder innocents because of their sexuality, skin colour or religion. You can't reason with fascists, it has never in the history of the world worked.
What?!
Do you think we had to kill every German citizen after WW2?
Or do you ascribe to reality and understand after we broke the propaganda virtually all of them came around?
And despite all of that, and there's a lot of that...
Rather than actually do anything you've chosen to spend you time only discouraging people?
Buddy...
If you understood what you're doing, I'm pretty sure you'd be very disappointed in yourself.
Germany put the responsible people on trail, executed the worst of them and imprisoned the rest. We're talking about one of the major politicians behind the fascist takeover, yes, she should be put on trial and be imprisoned for crimes against the people, and she should be met with the exact same fate she would throw her opposition to, like when she called for the execution of Nancy Pelosi. She should absolutely fucking not be excused with "Oh I know she has been lying every single day throughout her career, spreading hate and fear, but I'm sure she's really sorry now!". Fuck your bullshit, and fuck that fascist cunt.
She is breaking with Trump, because she knows she will never be able to get the power she wants through him, so she is trying to act like she has always been a moderate. She has never been a moderate, she is just as bad as the rest of them, and she is lying to you.
And you seem to be drastically overestimating how many that was, even counting the ones that weren't done by Germany
But clearly I was talking about German citizens...
I dunno man. I just don't think there's anything I can say to help you understand anything. Best of luck though.
We're not talking about some random citizen here, we're talking about Marjorie Taylor Greene. One of the most wellknown Republican politicians. She has a far larger sphere of influence than your average politicians, and she has used it for nothing but spreading fear, anger and hate towards people with different skin colour, people with different sexual desires, people with different gendernorms, people who just want to not fucking die from a pandemic, people who dared to question Trump. This batshit crazy bitch has been at the front of ALL of it.