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kelpie_returns@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Sometimes we only learn better by first playing out our stupidest ideas. It’s not common, but I personally know a couple people that were raised to hard-headed racists, but later grew into self-reflecting, socially-concerned types. Minds can be changed if you encourage the right behaviors in the right ways.

I don’t see any reason to think this change will fully follow through on her, but she has been one of the loudest advocates for all this insanity, so hearing her change tune is kind of an uncomfortable w. Lots of women living the gop life know exactly how hard it is to be in that culture while not also being a man, and she’s starting to speak up on that bullshit. People are going to be reconsidering things about their lives because of her recent choice in words, and that is a good thing.

She should not be trusted or welcomed into the fold or anything like that, but this recent strain of behavior should definitely be welcomed. Encouraged, even. Even if not for the good it could do for individuals in this cult, then it would still be worth encouraging for the simple fact that accelerating the splintering of their base helps to clear the path toward moving past all this nonsense. Disillusioned gonna disillusion, as has always been the game.

Tldr; she can’t be trusted, but it seems likely to be a net positive to encourage this behavior, and only this behavior.

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