Oh you won’t see me disagreeing that he’s made bad decisions in the Senate but I do think we should keep some things separate such as politics and wishing someone’s health doesn’t get worse.
I think you’re on a false moral highground. I used to be up there with you, saying stuff like this feels like the right thing to say. Its civil, its kind, and it has no place in modern politics. He is barely a human in my eyes. He lacks any and all compassion and will sell out his state the second that he can, and has done so before. He is a lying pile of grease and greed that has no place in the world.
Nah. I hope the fucker dies, soon. An enormous piece of shit that has made millions of people's lives soooo much worse, resulting in plenty of deaths, too. The world would be better off the sooner he dies. Maybe he can go visit desantis and they can get in a car accident together... something something two rats with one stone.
I don't know, maybe I'm just naïve, but it feels like dehumanizing the other side (which, yes, is what they do to us) drives us further apart. I'm not saying "when they go low, we go high", but I can't help but feel like it's harmful to my own psyche to dehumanize others.
Then again, I wouldn't say, "I wish Hitler hadn't killed himself" (except for him to face a harsh and public punishment for his crimes) and, though I'm not up on what McConnell has particularly done, if he's anything like the middle to most extreme of the R party, it's probably still fascist activity.
I agree with a lot of people who disagree with you and your sentiment. But don't stop.
At the end of the day we're stuck on this planet together. Regardless how much of a d!ck someone is in real life, you don't have to sink to their level.
As much as I dislike Mitch, I have to feel for all of his close family members who must be concerned for his health this evening. I might not care about that turtle, but that doesn't mean I don't feel bad for his family who saw their loved one experience a stroke on live television.
all humans deserve sympathy to an extent. we dont choose to be dropped into whatever environments shape our psyche... until later.
there are absolutely humans who have wreaked so much havoc on the rest of us, they do not deserve our ongoing sympathy, they not only do not deserve it, they have lost whatever humanity they were born with.
mitch is one of those people.
we need to turn our backs on people like this, not continually elect them 'because its just politics'
Why not? It costs you nothing to be empathetic of others, regardless of their misdeeds. We’ve gotta do better if we’re going to make it as a society/species.
I’m not arguably the most powerful person in government playing at best an obstructionist role and at worst actively destroying the freedoms of the people I’m supposed to serve.
He doesn’t deserve any kind of sympathy and the world would be a better place without him. If we’re going to do better as a society, we have to call out the hatred and despicable behavior. Not by pretending we care about those knowingly and willingly destrying people’s lives.
I agree with you, but I don’t think empathy = sympathy, and one can call out hatred without being hateful. Wishing death on others only steepens the divide.
Having read Man’s Search For Meaning myself, I think one would have to have serious brainworms to take that message away from the book.
The message that I will away was that under the worst circumstances, you have to dig deep down within yourself to find a reason to keep going. It might be hard to understand that message if you’ve never really experienced any kind of difficulty in your life.
That said, I often apply the opposite of Hanlon’s razor when talking about GOP operatives: never attribute to stupidity that which can be ascribed to malice.
This was exactly what they argued during covid when they wanted to open things up early. Elderly and immunocompromised people don’t contribute to the economy.
Statements like that are the most gross things a person can say, honestly. It implies so many, many horrific things and belies such a horrific mindset.
It’s like the kind of shit an abusive parent says to their child victims when they complain.
These restrictions on bodily autonomy are both heartbreaking and infuriating, but I am very glad to read that they are having consequences for the states who are rolling them out. Losing out on doctors, losing out on college students, losing out on vacationers. Their governments and people can start to see the results of their actions.
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This is infuriating as fuck that Republicans are just allowed to abandon any presumption of governing and just subject citizens to these endless campaigns of outrage that always seem to end up putting some group of people in the crosshairs. I am really tired of politicians being allowed to waste tax dollars on this meaningless bullshit. You should not be allowed to go after any specific group of citizens for pursuing “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.
I want these cruel crooks to be punished for their constant culture war battles.
Tbh, we have so many migrant workers and people in California, let alone LA, that a fourth bus is still barely a blip. It’s just kinda sad that they thought this would be a cool stunt, and to be clear, I mean sad in the same sense as a German making a joke. What’s next on their pathetic prank list, are Abbott and DeSantis going to come and re-arrange Newsom’s mail? Come and drink some of our tap water without us noticing? (spoiler alert: don’t, it tastes horrible) Oh, maybe they can send us some completely blank postcards.
I feel bad for them to be such sad people that they thought this would be a cool win. And I feel bad for the folks they did this to, but hey, consolation prize, you’re no longer in TX or FL.
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