The hard core MAGA voters don’t give a shit until it happens to them. There are so many stories about entrenched Trump districts having their local economies collapse because ICE rounded up all the brown workers in their town. They were happy to vote for Trump making excuses, “Trump doesn’t really mean that,” or, “Trump will only go after the bad ones.” Suddenly it’s, “This wasn’t what I voted for,” shocked pikachu face. Finally, there are a subset of people that once it does happen to them, will say things like, “Trump isn’t hurting the right people.” There were plenty of voters that were brown themselves, thinking they were part of the in-group. Some of these people are incredibly hateful. I can’t say that these people will deserve their comeuppance, but they absolutely need to experience it to have any hope of learning anything and adjusting their attitude and hate towards others.
None of that makes it OK for people to be subjected to torture, arbitrary imprisonment, beatings, death.
If this changes some people’s minds? Great, yeah I should fucking hope so, but I am gonna go out on a limb and state that I am not pro-crimes-against-humanity no matter who the target is
Yes, exactly, the fascists are the ones perpetrating the crimes against humanity that I am saying I do not wish to be happening to anyone, regardless of who they voted for
I’m sorry, are you in effect saying that the innocent non voting population of a town deserves to be brutalized because the voters in the town they live in are assholes? The people who voted for him are, by and large, not the ones getting snatched, being beaten, denied medical treatment and sleep, starved, and killed by ICE. They’re their neighbors and employers, maybe their friends, and occasionally their spouses.
The hard core MAGA voters don’t give a shit until it happens to them. There are so many stories about entrenched Trump districts having their local economies collapse because ICE rounded up all the brown workers in their town. They were happy to vote for Trump making excuses, “Trump doesn’t really mean that,” or, “Trump will only go after the bad ones.” Suddenly it’s, “This wasn’t what I voted for,” shocked pikachu face. Finally, there are a subset of people that once it does happen to them, will say things like, “Trump isn’t hurting the right people.” There were plenty of voters that were brown themselves, thinking they were part of the in-group. Some of these people are incredibly hateful. I can’t say that these people will deserve their comeuppance, but they absolutely need to experience it to have any hope of learning anything and adjusting their attitude and hate towards others.
None of that makes it OK for people to be subjected to torture, arbitrary imprisonment, beatings, death.
If this changes some people’s minds? Great, yeah I should fucking hope so, but I am gonna go out on a limb and state that I am not pro-crimes-against-humanity no matter who the target is
Not people, fascists.
Those need to be put down, as soon as possible, by any means possible, before they cause further harm.
Yes, exactly, the fascists are the ones perpetrating the crimes against humanity that I am saying I do not wish to be happening to anyone, regardless of who they voted for
Neither am I.
I’m sorry, are you in effect saying that the innocent non voting population of a town deserves to be brutalized because the voters in the town they live in are assholes? The people who voted for him are, by and large, not the ones getting snatched, being beaten, denied medical treatment and sleep, starved, and killed by ICE. They’re their neighbors and employers, maybe their friends, and occasionally their spouses.
Where in the comment did I say anyone deserved anything?
That’s why I’m asking, because that seemed insane. What does “need” mean in this context?
Sometime the only way you grow and learn is by making mistakes and experiencing the consequences of your actions.