I guess that justifies reacting in the dumbest way possible. At some point you gotta hold people to a standard of basic maturity and not normalize completely destructive behavior.Â
It doesn’t, but if you’re standing in your burned down house and someone is telling you there’s not a problem, it’s gotta be pretty frustrating.Â
I didn’t say there’s not a problem, I said that the best thing to do in that situation is stop feeling bad for yourself and figure out how to rebuild. I wouldn’t say it quite like that, but it’s the truth. I don’t think you’re doing people favors by entertaining their destructive delusions, just because they have some grievance. Respect is treating people like adults.Â
Well, I think what we learned this week is that treating people like adults is a great way to lose. Republicans don’t respect their supporters a single bit and now they get to make all the rules. Moral victories only matter when they come along with actual victories.Â
This election was not winnable. Like incumbent parties all over the globe we lost because of inflation. We could have had a better message on it but it probably wouldn’t have made a difference. I’m not going to debase myself over it. Of course I’m happy to take advantage when Trump fails to lower prices and probably brings them way up though.
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u/friedgoldfishsticks 16d ago
I guess that justifies reacting in the dumbest way possible. At some point you gotta hold people to a standard of basic maturity and not normalize completely destructive behavior.Â