"But I just cared about the economy (more than civil rights, democracy, the rule of law, or basic human decency.)"
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2025
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For me, this is the most maddening comment about our situation. The economy has done better under democratic leadership since we’ve kept track.
It's worrying. This demonstrates (again) how people can be manipulated into supporting anything if tickled the right way.
I know some very good people who voted for the incompetent, confused and weak Jabba-the-Orange. I judge them to be extremely stupid.
All this, except change "Trump" to "literally any Republican in the last 50 years"
They've been dog whistling at racists to try to win elections their "kill the new deal and bring back feudalism" economic platform couldn't at least since Goldwater ran for the presidency
I told a former friend of mine that I’d lost so much respect for her judgment of character that I couldn’t continue pretending not to look down on her and that it would be best if we stopped hanging out together.
No regrets.
I judge you for all that and also for your choice of political party because they represent all those things.
If they were capable of feeling shame, this might hurt them.
They're capable of feeling shame, just not for what you or I feel shame for.
The trick is to find out what hurts them.
You’ve got to make them an outcast to their in group.
So stupid shit like pointing out their hands are nicely manicured (if they are a man) that’s why they wear lifts and shoes too large for their feet.
Or for women you call them a man. That’s why they do it to every woman they hate.
Just observe them. They lay their cards right on the table.
The problem, of course, lies in striking the balance between speaking to them in their own terms, and reinforcing the values that many of their terms reflect.
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