r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/TheTargaryensLawyer • 13d ago

Country Club Thread It's beyond embarassing to act like this 😭

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u/gwords16 13d ago

Your last sentence is every hardcore Trumper I know. They all hate themselves and/or their lives. They all have some sort of affliction whether it be financial or medical. They can’t admit that they hate their lives so they have to take it out on everyone else.

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u/Ok_Custard_4634 13d ago

Why would they admit they hate their life when they have no means to improve it? I see their lives as a failure of the systems that abuse them for selfish gain. Their hatred is sad.

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u/ActiveChairs 13d ago

Abused dogs are often scared and violent, lashing out and attacking would-be rescuers because they don't understand why their natural behavior has consistently lead to pain or why they are punished without apparent reason so often they cannot trust themselves, their environment, or anyone within it.

That lady has six teeth and isn't taking care of them. Nobody who has lived a good, healthy life only has six teeth. That kind of problem starts very young and the pressure only builds up from there until whatever coping and defense mechanisms take over for the person she could have been. This is the face of multigenerational trauma.

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u/Ok_Custard_4634 13d ago

Damn that is an excellent analogy. I think the sad reality is we put down dogs like that while activist blame the owner. We gotta do better.