What The Fuck?!?

[malice_n_wonder]

It's a sad, seditious day when BLM protestors in their own cities are met with more violence than a rioting mob invading the United States Capitol building. These people should be in police custody.

There is something very wrong in America.

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[sleepybadger]

I am glad that there has been at least *some* taking this seriously and I read that the people who stormed the Capitol are suddenly realizing that they might actually *gasp* get in trouble and now they're panicking/backpedaling. The Nation interviewed a woman at the riots who was sobbing that "they're supposed to shoot BLM people, not patriots!" No, and no, lady. They're ABSOLUTELY NOT "supposed" to shoot BLM people and you are ABSOLUTELY NOT patriots, no matter how much you keep telling yourself you are. The thing that really blows me away about trump supporters is the complete god-like worship of everything he says and does. If you like his tax policies or whatever, that's one thing, but when there's this like slavish obsession that he can do no wrong and only he can save us and he has never said or done anything that wasn't 100% true and perfect, etc. I've supported plenty of candidates in the past but never once have I felt that they could do no wrong, and they did nothing anywhere near as wrong as the insane things Trump has done.

My mom was a republican for most of her life and I am SO THANKFUL she hates trump. A few of my extended family members are the kind of people that I 100% would not have been surprised if they were at the riots, and they are SO wildly un-self-aware. It makes me insane. One of them posted something the other day about how they'd rather lose honestly than win with lying and cheating, followed by a diatribe about how everyone knows Trump won. Like, how do you even deal with that level of denial?

I just don't think you can. I think if you've gone that far down the rabbit hole, and you're not even willing to entertain the possibility that your godking has done anything wrong, there's no coming back from that. Ironically, some of them are really upset now that he left them "holding the bag" after the riots. Hm, maybe if some of them get convicted of felonies (as they should), they can also learn the hard way how hard it is having a life post-felony.

[malice_n_wonder]

I read that the people who stormed the Capitol are suddenly realizing that they might actually *gasp* get in trouble and now they're panicking/backpedaling.
I confess, I do receive a certain amount of bitchy satisfaction in watching the implosion of their so-called values. The were the Blue Lives Matters crowd...until the police started arresting them. They were the party of law and order...until they decided to storm the Capitol. They were worried about the deficit...until they weren't, and now they are again. Their total inability to come off as anything other than the self-centered hypocrites that they are is just delicious.

A few of my extended family members are the kind of people that I 100% would not have been surprised if they were at the riots, and they are SO wildly un-self-aware. It makes me insane. One of them posted something the other day about how they'd rather lose honestly than win with lying and cheating, followed by a diatribe about how everyone knows Trump won. Like, how do you even deal with that level of denial?

I had a huge argument with a (formerly) very close family friend about a year ago because he's so wrapped up in Trump. He was (and probably still is) very into that QAnon idiocy, and whenever I would point out the factual contradictions in his copy&paste conspiracy drivel, he'd just ignore me or accuse everything of being "fake news". I finally told him we could no longer be friends because he was literally turning into a Nazi, and he acted like he was the wronged party. I've been tempted to check on his social media to see how he's dealing with all this, but I've resisted so far. I think you're right, once you get sucked in so far, there's really no going back.

Ironically, some of them are really upset now that he left them "holding the bag" after the riots.
When the best possible outcome is for you to wake up and realize that you were being used, you're gonna have a bad time. ;)