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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (10 children)

His problem wasn't that he lost, it sounds like his problem is that TFG admitted he lost.

So why did we do stop the steal? Why did anyone go to January 6th? Why is anyone sitting in jail? Why did anything bad happen to anybody? Why did everyone get censored? Why is everything bad that has happened to the people that are involved? Why did that need to happen? If you’re just going to walk it all back and say, “oh, I lost.”

[–] CountVon 59 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

The part where he complains about how "it's such a callous indifference to the sacrifices made by (Trump's) supporters on (Trump's) behalf" just sent me. He thinks Trump is being callously indifferent now? Amazing that they'll never allow themselves to realize or admit that Trump never gave a shit about them in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Surely this orange leopard won't eat my face?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How dare you besmirch the good name of leopards like that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

If they act surprised then they can pretend that they were fooled by some great conman, the same as having a deepstate that makes sure bad things happen to them that they can’t control. The second they need to acknowledge that it was obvious and they missed it they’re basically broadcasting how fucking stupid they are and that’s too much for them to handle.

I mean, I’m 100% sure it’s happened to everyone who ever lived at least a couple times but usually it does get to “supported Trump’s coup attempt” so we don’t notice it as much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, I noticed that as well. And I've come to understand something about karma, which is really just life lessons. We keep doing a thing, and somehow it's never wrong until someone does it to us. After that, it's still never won't when we do it, because "it was different/they deserved it/they're weird," any number of self-justifying excuses we have ourselves in perpetuating cycles of abuse, all the while not understanding why it keeps happening to us all the time! Stepping off the hamster wheel is not only understanding that if it's wrong when others do it to us (who are justifying what they do to us with the same weird excuses), but also stopping the behavior.

We will stumble. We will fall. But if we really understand that bullying is never acceptable, and we really understand that "hurt people hurt people," then we take steps to address in ourselves the same behavior we find so easy to address in others. Will people still be mean to us? Probably. It gives us opportunities to stretch and grow, along with those who may not be as far along. If we resist, the cycle continues, until every person decides to step off the hamster wheel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I really don't care, do U?

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