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Teary Trump voters regret after brother who fought with US Special Forces dies in ICE custody
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Nope. Anyone dumb enough to fall for MAGA's blatant, obvious lies and immorality deserves their consequences, full stop. That ship sailed a long, long time ago.
None of this "can't we all just get along" horseshit. Fuck that. MAGA can and should be shamed back into the shadows where they belong.
Real world means real people. Real people includes tons of people who have made mistakes and have regrets. You guys are the political equivalent of 19 year olds who are certain they are right and don't know what its like to either make a big mistake or have family make mistakes and try and move past it.
Should we just execute all current and former trump supporters in the street? They aren't just going to dissappear if trump leaves office. We need a pathway to citizenship for immigrants, and a pathway to redemption for idiots.
In college I was a 9/11 conspiracy believer. Thought the implications of Loose Change were all true. Explosive charges put in the building beforehand, etc. Even wrote articles about it in the school paper.
I also took a philosophy course on critical thinking.
Not long after, I saw the cracks in the theories and now know better.
I made mistakes and had regret and now I'm a lot older and wiser.
So I know intimately what it's like to get sucked into a belief emotionally as opposed to factually.
I say that so I can wholeheartedly say to you, fuck that. MAGA is utter poison. The literal worst that humanity has on offer. The only MAGA I'll tolerate in my life is a MAGA that spends the rest of their lives dedicated to allyship for gay/trans people, fighting climate change, and so on. That's for even a chance at redemption.
Honestly....fuck anyone who can see how things have gone in the last 10 years and think it's the fucking left that must be tolerant.
Fuuuuuuuck that.
People who voted trump in 2016? Sure. People who voted trump again in 2020 and/or 2024? Fuck 'em.