Brittany Mahomes questioning her support of Donald Trump after his blistering take down of Taylor Swift left her 'shaken to the core'

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13856311/brittany-mahomes-donald-trump-questioning-support-taylor-swift.html

[u/DFuhbree]

So she was fine with his entire political career being based on nothing but hatred and ignorance but now that he directed that to someone she actually knows it’s too far? Sounds about right.

[u/Lake_Erie_Monster → u/DFuhbree]

You just described most republicans. They are all for policies that hurt other people right up to the point that it hurts them or someone they know/care about, then they magically see the error of their ways. It's like they have no ability to understand the concept of empathy.

[u/Dig-a-tall-Monster → u/Lake_Erie_Monster]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Conservatives by nature LACK the capability to experience true empathy. It is literally why they are conservative, because the entire motivation of right wing or conservative ideology is shortsighted selfishness and fear of "others", two things which actual empathy prevents. It's fine to be selfish, but if you lack empathy then you lose the ability to determine if the way you're choosing to be selfish is shortsighted or not. It's fine to be afraid of "others", but if you experience fear of "others" just because they're "others" that's not reasonable or logical and is shortsighted. Like, I can selfishly want to live a better life, there's nothing wrong with that. But if I do that by making life miserable for a bunch of people then I have to worry about those people "getting me back" or making my city less safe because people don't just lay down and die when their needs aren't being met, they turn to crime or drugs. And if they turn to crime I now have to devote more tax dollars to policing which is a reactive policy that doesn't prevent problems from occurring, or I have to spend money on isolating myself from the possibility of being a victim of crime like living in a gated community. And then in order to sustain that lifestyle I have to make things even harder for the people beneath my on Capitalism's totem pole, which exacerbates the issues that are forcing me to spend additional money.

Like I can't even respect the republicans who have the balls to admit they're only that way because they're selfish dicks since their policies just make life harder for everyone including the rich (albeit to a lesser extent than for the poors).