“Biden has suspended all attack ads against Trump while he’s in treatment. This is what’s called being a decent human being. If their positions were reversed, Trump would spend all his waking hours crowing on Twitter and making fun of him.”
—Greg David
Fuck the fictitious high road. Trump’s team is still running attack ads even tho Biden pulled his.
Hell, some of y’all would send a “Get Well Soon” card to the guard with sniffles that forced you and your family into the gas chamber.
It’s been four years of republicans showing you every minute of every day what they are.
And I get that “Fuck your feelings” is low-hanging fruit but it deserves slightly deeper exploration …
I had the sniper pinned down. At this point he’d taken out a dozen people. I had the kill shot ready. But then I thought, ‘what about *his* feelings.’ I mean, this guy has a family.
When the right almost monolithically (and for all intents and purposes, *absolutely* monolithically) makes caring a weakness, makes empathy a weakness, makes a central pillar of their brand trolling those with empathy but then expects endless amounts of empathy when the danger they themselves provoke gets too close to them and things they care about?
Well that’s classic textbook abusive bully behavior.
And you can suggest that empathy is an immutable and that it should exist universally but doing that only really makes it a useful tool for weaponization by those with an elastic moral compass (read: the American right wing) and it isn’t incumbent on the empathetic or tolerant to offer that weapon up when you know for a fact that it’s just going to get used against you, probably immediately.
Bad faith actors know what you will allow and that which you will allow then becomes the playing field. To not cover that field out of some one-sided nod at a sportsmanship that you’re the only side abiding by is not only false but stupid.
In sum: They know you’ll be the bigger person and they will use it against you as they stoop ever lower. And if by some chance you do beat them they will use that to pretend they were always on your side after.
“I’ve gotten a lot of joy today from accusing Trump supporters of virtue signaling when they post their messages of support.”
—Rob Montgomery
Do you honestly believe these shitheads actually have the courage of their supposed convictions?
Meaning they cry “muh rights” about protecting themselves and others from a virus but only so far as they believe that virus is harmful.
They think it’s a hoax and that allows them to pose like they are choosing Liberty over Death.
But they don’t actually believe in the Death which makes them cowards.
NOW MORE THAN EVER
Trump’s inner circle needs to visit his people in Placerville and give them the COVID Hoax Freedom Hugs they all deserve.
Here’s how wrecked Trump’s credibility is at this point: I’ve got a cellphone full of texts from people who aren’t sure whether to believe Trump actually has covid. “He lies so much,” one friend just texted. “Is he just doing this to get out of the debates?” others are texting.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 2, 2020
Don’t miss how insane the situation is.
Miss me with that “buh all politicians lie” shit cuz thats like comparing a light drizzle to a hurricane.
This is the president.
This is the cost of lying *constantly*
I have empathy for the people whose lives were ruined by this monster. That’s proof that I have empathy. I don’t need to have it for the monster as well.
“They didn’t even contact the Biden campaign about possible exposure. They’re still despicable people doing despicable things. They deserve no empathy or sympathy.”
—Julie Lynn
“Wasn’t it just a few nights ago turnip was mocking VP Joe Biden for wearing a huge mask?”
—Tom Bishel
A L S O
We must find the man that punched Rick Moranis.
And we must make him suffer.
—jason malmberg
Flommist Jason Malmberg is a simple man who believes in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art sometimes. Copyright © 2020 Jason Malmberg. Top image source.
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