Autistic guy here and sorry for the political rant. There is a lot of intense and horrific things happening all over the world like the recent war with Iran. But let me say this. If you voted for Trump and your friends and family cut you off because of it, then I do not feel any sympathy for you.
Especially if you have a loved one who is neurodivergent or is special needs. The amount of grief and hopelessness this administration is bringing to thousands, if not millions, of families in the USA is indefensible. Families have been torn apart because of his draconian policies towards immigration. Legal immigrants and regular tourists are being jailed because they committed a minor infraction. Education and social safety programs are being gutted, while the ultra-wealthy keep getting richer and richer.
Canada, Australia and Europe, which we have seen as friends for the previous couple decades, are moving away from the USA after Trump’s annexation threats of Canada and withdrawing from several agreements. And I don’t fault them for boycotting the USA as there are other friendlier countries to travel to and buy products from. Compared to Europe or Asia, the only good things we have going for us here are the universities and the national parks. Yet Trump and most of his cabinet want to dismantle the national park system and remove all federal funding from these universities. I’m not sad that Canadians and Europeans (and Australians) are boycotting the USA, and at this point, I would happily boycott the USA as well if I didn’t live here. I’m sad because I really enjoy talking to international people. Plus many of these cultural ties between certain states and certain provinces (like BC and the NW USA, or Quebec and the Maritimes with New England) have been severely damaged and will be very difficult to repair. What makes traveling fun for me is having fun conversations with international people from all over the world.
All of this to make the USA safer?! Really?!
Now that Roe v. Wade has ben overturned and many states are implementing harsh laws preventing women from getting abortions, the USA will very likely its own Mahsa Amini. And when that happens and another wave of nationwide protests happen, Laken Riley will really be turning in her grave when she finds out her death was used for far-right authoritarian policies to dismantle healthcare for millions of women.
Safer from school shootings and gun violence since Republicans want to ease all gun restrictions? Safer from diseases since there is an anti-vax skeptic who is the secretary of the US health and human services and wants to remove all vaccine requirements? Out of fear that vaccines cause Autism which has been debunked countless times by countless scientists? Safer from pollution now that several environmental regulations have been eased? Safer for plane travel now that majority of the FAA has been fired? Safer traveling out of the country because American citizens (who even have Global Entry) are being put into waiting rooms for hours.
You voted for him to lower the cost of groceries and gas prices?! How is $2.80 per gallon of gas expensive, unless you casually drive a large pickup truck? Due to the tariffs and now the war in Iran, gas and gadgets are going to become A LOT more expensive. People in Oklahoma are going to be in for a very nasty shock when they are suddenly paying Massachusetts prices for utilities and food in a matter of time, unless the entire world can forgive the USA at this point.
If you voted for Trump in 2016, I would still think you have a good heart, even if our political opinions are different. If you voted for Trump in 2024 after Trump proved to the entire world that he has no respect for his political opponents, the constitution and law by putting members of the entire US cabinet in danger on 6 Jan 21, then I don’t think you have a good heart and you deserve to be ostracized.
This is why I have such a heard time sympathizing with those who lost friends and family connections because they would rather die of heart failure or cancer than have a well-qualified woman be president, and instead sympathize with those that did cut off friends and family if they voted for Orange Man. I hope everyone who voted for Orange Man will financially suffer. Because we don’t have a difference in political opinions. We have a difference in morality and ethics.
The democrats logo should just be a bridge that’s on fire.
Does the fact that the democrats are shitty politicians somehow negate the fact that trump is an incompetent manchild with apparently no checks and balances ?
Or are they, in fact, two entirely unrelated things that can both be true ?
An unrelated strawman is a poor distraction from you not actually addressing what is being said.
Though i suppose if you don’t actually have anything to say on the subject a strawman is better than nothing, for a given value of “better”.
Is this where I’m supposed to convince you I’m right? You won’t even talk to your mother, what chance do I have?
I think you have me mistaken for someone else.
You don’t need to prove anything, and judging by the replies so far I wouldn’t expect any level of good faith discourse so no need to worry about my expectations.
You are right, I am less serious than you are, sorry :/
No need for apologies, you don’t mean it and i don’t really care about your opinion enough to warrant it.
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Responding with a deflection is on brand though, so kudos for consistency.
Stop it you are making me feel worse now!
I’m European so not any part of the flawed American two party set up.
I just know when people have done things which are too severe in consequence to forgive from a human perspective
Surely youll make for a perfect judge.
Why should I aspire to something like that? Looking at how inhuman, corrupt and incompetent the current judges in America seem to be under Trump I’m not surprised you regard it as a noteworthy profession.
Now if we were speaking about a country where judges are actually trying to create a better country… But alas, we are talking about America where even the police is more evil and racist than helpful on average.
The average american is trying to follow their values and be good to each other. Your rhetoric is self fulfilling.
Yea, sure and so why are you trying to distract by stating a general rule?
We are talking about those who fucked up the lives of millions, including in other countries, by voting for a felon, rapist, sexist, dictator.
That he is that was well known before he was elected again, so there is no excuse to pretend they didn’t know so yes, they are easy to judge by that action as to having deplorable, disgusting personalities and clearly acted in misguided, selfish interest and not as you suggested “be good to eachother”.
They have a very broken understanding of “each other” which excludes an extremely large portion of the humans around them.
The majority of those who votes for trump are good people, same as democrats and third party or non voters.
If they are good people how come they voted for a bad person to get power?
Trump didn’t make a secret of his opinions and personality AT ALL.
So stop trying to defend the assholes who proactively are responsible for the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people already due to the actions of the individual THEY VOTED TO POWER, who is on a trajectory of even more worse stuff.
Really, stop, think, and have the balls to grasp the reality of the situation even if you don’t like it.
Wow, maybe you should go talk to some of these people and ask these questions. Sort of ironic how intolerant of people you are.