How far do things have to go before “humble empathy” towards those actively supporting the US regime becomes inappropriate? Gas chambers? War against Canada? Nuclear war?
The stakes have never been higher, and personally I’m not willing to humbly give the benefit of the doubt to someone who literally voted for Hitler. They are either dumb as a fucking brick or more likely (according to Trump’s polling) they are actively seeking harm against their own neighbors and relishing on the fact that the regime is gleefully committing as many human rights violations as it can get away with.
We’ve done the “just forget about it and move on” strategy, and it led to Trump being reelected even harder. Maybe when this is over (whenever that is) we go back to the tried-and-true strategy of fucking shaving everyone of these wastes of breath down to the bone to expose their crimes.
I am by no means saying we “forget about it and move on.”
Empathy is not forgiveness. Empathy is not returning to the status quo. There is rampant mental illness in this country on “both sides” and we need to learn how to move forward together without forgetting what happened or we aren’t going anywhere. We barely knew what mental health even was after WW2.
There will be those that are too far gone and those who actively wished for the pain of others. Those are special cases, but the majority of Trump voters voted out of fear, not hate. If you believe it was more about hate; Congratulations you’ve been successfully propagandized.
How far do things have to go before “humble empathy” towards those actively supporting the US regime becomes inappropriate? Gas chambers? War against Canada? Nuclear war?
The stakes have never been higher, and personally I’m not willing to humbly give the benefit of the doubt to someone who literally voted for Hitler. They are either dumb as a fucking brick or more likely (according to Trump’s polling) they are actively seeking harm against their own neighbors and relishing on the fact that the regime is gleefully committing as many human rights violations as it can get away with.
We’ve done the “just forget about it and move on” strategy, and it led to Trump being reelected even harder. Maybe when this is over (whenever that is) we go back to the tried-and-true strategy of fucking shaving everyone of these wastes of breath down to the bone to expose their crimes.
I am by no means saying we “forget about it and move on.”
Empathy is not forgiveness. Empathy is not returning to the status quo. There is rampant mental illness in this country on “both sides” and we need to learn how to move forward together without forgetting what happened or we aren’t going anywhere. We barely knew what mental health even was after WW2.
There will be those that are too far gone and those who actively wished for the pain of others. Those are special cases, but the majority of Trump voters voted out of fear, not hate. If you believe it was more about hate; Congratulations you’ve been successfully propagandized.