Comment on [Politics Warning] Make Armus Great Again
dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 2 days ago
I’ve known Republicans, and while the people they give their support to frighten me, most of the ones I’ve know aren’t demons.
I take issue with this. Most Republicans have friends, family, and loved ones. A lot of them simply believe that whatever they’re advocating for with their vote won’t happen to them or won’t happen to “the good ones.” Critical thought ended with an ideal and when the consequences finally come, when they’re finally felt, do they realize they laid the dominos that toppled onto them.
It’s an unsettling thought, but a fair portion of the country are friends or family with people who can’t realize they’re hurting others. Just because the Republican is nice to you / others in public doesn’t mean they don’t privately have problems with or hate people who look/think like you and vote against those people.
data1701d@startrek.website 2 days ago
I agree with all your points. I don’t deny or absolve them of their wrong; they should very much be aware they’re hurting people.
My definition of “demon” is Hitler/Stalin/Mao/Pinoche level, and despite the evil they do and the fact that they collectively enable “demons”, I don’t think they themselves rise to that level of evil. There are shades of gray.
dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 2 days ago
I agree on shades of gray. Some are downright evil and malicious, others are uninformed, misinformed, or honestly too stupid or ignorant to care.
I just, at times, find it really difficult to care about the difference between a voter who wanted a white ethnostate, a voter who “only wanted to get rid of the bad ones,” and a lifelong Republican. All of their votes led to this authoritarian, you know?
data1701d@startrek.website 2 days ago
Yeh, I feel that. As much as I try to be hippy here, I can’t disagree with that.