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It's so cute that some of y'all are out here bein all smug about not wishing harm on 45 or delighting in his diagnosis.
A thread.
A thread.
1st: Responding to an abuser who doesn't give a fuck about you by placating yourself with your own righteousness in the face of his abuse... honestly makes me a little sad for you.
He and his ilk are COUNTING on you continuing to play nice while they dismantle everything that keeps us safe. They want you to be playing checkers while they play chess. They do not have your scruples, and they are using your scruples to achieve their own ends.
It's one of the big failings of the Democratic party that they are continuing to act like this game is somehow fair while Human Orange Drink and his fucking cronies go to town on the facade of our democracy.
2nd: The Orange Fascist doesn't give a fuck about you. He has worked hard to prove that by attempting to defund your healthcare, nominating pro-life judge to SCOTUS, and - I dunno - DOWNPLAYING AND MISHANDLING A DISEASE THAT HAS EFFECTED AND/OR TAKEN THE LIVES OF 200K+ PEOPLE.
It's all well and good to be on the "when they go low, we go high" train, but there has to be a fucking breaking point. And even if there isn't one for YOU, being smug and shitty to people who have hit theirs is profoundly dickish of you.
PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE AT THEIR LIMIT.
A lot of people are well and truly past theirs, and you holding on to your self-righteous stance and looking down on people who are well and truly done with being kind in the face of Drumpf's bullshit is... not a good look.
A lot of people are well and truly past theirs, and you holding on to your self-righteous stance and looking down on people who are well and truly done with being kind in the face of Drumpf's bullshit is... not a good look.
3rd: You really don't have the right to tone police other people in their outrage. People have a right to their outrage. And their anger. And to expressing it however makes sense for them.
I don't know about you, but I know what happens when I tell an enraged person to calm down. Or when someone tells me to calm down when I am Feeling A Way. And it is... not pretty.
4th: Ask yourself what the point of you throwing out comments like that is. Are you trying to get people to come around to your side? Because, if so, see point the 3rd. And if not, what is it?
When you tell other people that you "COULD NEVER" wish harm on another person the way that they are, are you just trying to set yourself apart from their anger? Are you trying to prove you're better than them? Make them feel guilty? Assuage your own guilt for feeling similarly?
Conclusion: Whatever you're feeling about D-Rump's situation, it's probably best that you just sit down and let other people have their feelings. It's just polite. And honestly, no one gives a fuck about how much better than us you think you are.
