▲ 744 ▼ Wife of dead rally-goer says she hasn’t heard from Trump (www.rawstory.com) submitted 2 years ago by TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to c/politics@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 95 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why would you have any respect for Trump supporters going to a Trump rally? Just because they were unlucky? They're still shitty people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lennybird@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a little more complicated for me considering my family once was Republican during Bush's first term. Rural, Appalachian, Pennsylvanian. I know some of these people most likely. Dumb people who know no better. Manipulated by rich interests. Feeling many pressures no doubt but too uninformed to point the finger at the right problem. They Thought Were Free is a great book that explores this ignorance endemic in the Third Reich. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elbucho@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ok, I get that you have a strong desire to humanize them. But humanizing someone doesn't mean you automatically respect them, other than affording them the basic level you'd give any other semi-sentient being. What is there to respect in people who cheer on an addlepated, narcissistic, fascist manbaby? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lennybird@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yeah I'll admit respect probably wasn't the best choice for words, but as a father I respected his shielding his family from bullets, which is probably what led to use of that word. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bricklove@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago Thanks for the new word addlepated. It's like a fancy way to say shithead permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a little more complicated for me considering my family once was Republican during Bush's first term. Rural, Appalachian, Pennsylvanian. I know some of these people most likely. Dumb people who know no better. Manipulated by rich interests. Feeling many pressures no doubt but too uninformed to point the finger at the right problem. They Thought Were Free is a great book that explores this ignorance endemic in the Third Reich. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elbucho@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ok, I get that you have a strong desire to humanize them. But humanizing someone doesn't mean you automatically respect them, other than affording them the basic level you'd give any other semi-sentient being. What is there to respect in people who cheer on an addlepated, narcissistic, fascist manbaby? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lennybird@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yeah I'll admit respect probably wasn't the best choice for words, but as a father I respected his shielding his family from bullets, which is probably what led to use of that word. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bricklove@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago Thanks for the new word addlepated. It's like a fancy way to say shithead permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ok, I get that you have a strong desire to humanize them. But humanizing someone doesn't mean you automatically respect them, other than affording them the basic level you'd give any other semi-sentient being. What is there to respect in people who cheer on an addlepated, narcissistic, fascist manbaby? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lennybird@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yeah I'll admit respect probably wasn't the best choice for words, but as a father I respected his shielding his family from bullets, which is probably what led to use of that word. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bricklove@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago Thanks for the new word addlepated. It's like a fancy way to say shithead permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yeah I'll admit respect probably wasn't the best choice for words, but as a father I respected his shielding his family from bullets, which is probably what led to use of that word. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bricklove@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago Thanks for the new word addlepated. It's like a fancy way to say shithead permalink fedilink source parent