To My Friends Across the Political Divide
To My Friends Across the Political Divide
A New Year’s plea to those who support the old regime
We are a nation of rules and the rules are boring. Embrace that. In times of difficulty, go with the boring option. When faced with a frightening crisis, tamp it down with ultra-boring moves. No matter what, stick with the rules.
I can’t avoid talking about Donald Trump but I’m going to make it brief. I know you don’t like him; neither do I. But let’s assume he’s only a politician. He’s not Hitler, Godzilla or the Beast of the Apocalypse—just a guy with a loud mouth and a desperate need for attention. Most Americans think of him that way.
This is not about him. It’s about you.
Let's not assume he's "only" a politician since he incited an insurrection directly against the most salient Democratic process in the country, committed electoral fraud, declared ethnic bans, and had expressed admiration for dictators and explicitly has stated his intention to be a dictator.
He isn't " just some guy", he's a piece of s*** wannabe dictator with terrible domestic and even worse foreign policies. Or maybe terrible foeign and even worse domestic policies.
You sound triggered and emotional. I'm no Trump fan but the moral outrage drama surrounding him is just as excessive as he is himself
The outrage against trump is a perfectly justified and measured response to his behavior and stated intentions.
Trump is a rapist, he directly tried to commit electoral fraud more than once, he convinced others to forge election documents, without even touching his awful policies.
Nobody cares if you are a "trump fan", giving Trump another chance is a vote in support of rape. You're giving direct electoral fraud and the attack on American representative democracy another chance.
No, being upset that millions of people support rape and electoral fraud is not excessive, it is perfectly rational.
When you demonize those who disagree with you, you invite treatment in kind.
That's funny, because people around here have used the r slur against me multiple times despite me never using it.
And statements like this fail to understand that there is often legitimate reason to demonize someone you disagree with. For instance, overthrowing democracy in Germany got Hitler demonize, and rightfully so. You don't get to get off scott free from criminal allegations just because of some hope of playing nice in politics.
Please report anyone using the r-slur. It's one of the few things I will just remove immediately.
I'm aware you will. But that's not the point I was trying to get across.
My point is that this writer is saying "you get treated how you treat others, so democrats don't be rude", but no matter what I do I am met with insult.
If only you actually removed the problem users here that fast
So sure, there's a person who didn't follow rules and did some outrageous things, like give away classified info to foreign governments and steal classified materials and show them to random people and kept them in the bathroom and whatnot, but this isn't about him, it's about you. We are a nation of rules, and you should always stick with the rules.
While maybe there was a person who had a clear conflict of interest in holding a government office and profited from it and tried to illegally withhold congress approved aid to another nation for help in possibly fraudulently prosecuting a US citizen for personal gain but you should focus on boring things and no matter what, you should stick with the rules.
This isn't about him, this about you. So you need to follow the rules and be nice and focus on boring things because this is about you and your behavior.
Ok, thanks for the advice there chief.
He’s not Hitler, Godzilla or the Beast of the Apocalypse—just a guy with a loud mouth and a desperate need for attention
I do think this is true.
For some reason many people bought into Trump is an Uber conservative. He’s not. Why I was pleased with her performance. His policies were a mix of Republican and democrat policies. My trans friend says Trump is anti trans. He’s so anti trans he told Jenner she can use anyone bathroom she wants. Shudder. Trump has a lot of good policies but it’s his mouth that screws things up
He’s so anti trans he told Jenner she can use anyone bathroom she wants.
I don't think that reflects the politically strategic demonization of trans people that is so critical to the Republican brand.
Specific trans-folk, particularly rich ones, are more than likely to be on Trump's side. And if he is indeed some guy with a desperate need for attention, then once he gets it, it's fine, Jenner can use whatever bathroom she wants.
I don’t think that reflects the politically strategic demonization of trans people that is so critical to the Republican brand.
For reference, anti-trans bills have skyrocketed in count.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-HEALTHCARE/TRANS-BILLS/zgvorreyapd/
The quote was about Trump.