• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    If I find out you voted for Trump in 2016, I will judge you but I could forgive you.

    If I find out you voted for Trump in 2020, I will judge you and will have a hard time forgiving you.

    If I find out you voted for Trump in 2024, you’re dead to me. Friend, family, doesn’t matter.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I did in 2016. I was younger and angry at the world. That judgment is deserved. By 2020 I realized that I had made a terrible mistake and was sure not to repeat it. It’s good to read that you can at least understand the perspective of how someone could have at that time.

      Some people never learn. This would appear to be the case for most Americans.

        • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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          2 years ago

          This may not be a satisfying answer, but I went through some hard times between 2016 and 2020 and gained more compassion for how close any of us are to destitution. It became really difficult for me to be as selfish after those years because, well, I appreciated that happens to good people and we don’t have a social safety net.

          Experience showed me you can make the right choices and still get fucked. I just wish there was a way to teach that lesson that’s a little less uh painful.

          • Teppichbrand@feddit.orgEnglish
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            2 years ago

            That’s something I think about a lot. These people need to be humbled, big time. I don’t wish them all the bad there is in the world, I don’t want them to suffer and die. But I want that fucking selfish arrogance and the entitlement slapped out of them. Experience their fragility.