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vlyons

(10,252 posts)
Sat May 12, 2018, 05:12 PM May 2018

Hey John Kelly, just give it up

It is not worth the heartache. It is not worth that anxious knot of dread in your gut that you feel every morning on your way into work. There is no honor to be gained by working for such a corrupt regime. Surely you are better than that.

I had a beloved teacher in high school (class of 1965), who once told me the importance of working within my limitations. You should check out the Greek legend of Prometheus, the champion of humanity. His fate for his championship was to be bound to a rock and have an eagle feast on his liver every day.

Do you want to be a real hero? It's easy. Just walk away. Hold a press conference and decry the corruption and stupidity of the regime that you have served. Pick up the phone and ask John McCain to cover your back. Somewhere inside you, there is a little piece of you that can never be dishonored or tarnished. It is your right to just say "No! I won't do that, say that, or be that." Redeem yourself. Just walk away.

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Hey John Kelly, just give it up (Original Post) vlyons May 2018 OP
Kelly loves this shit. He's not suffering for the good of the country or any other BS. NightWatcher May 2018 #1
I think kelly is all in. spanone May 2018 #2
I think he's been assimilated into the corrupt, racist Borg that is the Trump administration. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #3
The Borg vlyons May 2018 #6
John Kelly is a bigoted piece of shit. John Fante May 2018 #4
And always was. KatyMan May 2018 #5
He is staying there to push for the harshest anti immigration policy JI7 May 2018 #7
Kelly is a true believer, he is as bad as Trump. Blue_true May 2018 #8

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
1. Kelly loves this shit. He's not suffering for the good of the country or any other BS.
Sat May 12, 2018, 05:16 PM
May 2018

He's an asshole in an asshole administration.

He's a rascist and misogynist who lies.

He has zero honor or credibility. He loves being close to the Ruler.

I'm sick of anyone making excuses for anyone in this administration. If they had honor or duty they'd quit and run to Mueller and tell them what they've seen.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,615 posts)
3. I think he's been assimilated into the corrupt, racist Borg that is the Trump administration.
Sat May 12, 2018, 05:32 PM
May 2018

He might not like his actual job very much, but lately I've become convinced that he likes being part of an administration which has white supremacy as a major goal. He's not likely to walk away, at least not for reasons of principle. He doesn't have any of those.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
8. Kelly is a true believer, he is as bad as Trump.
Sat May 12, 2018, 10:45 PM
May 2018

To Kelly, America belongs only to White people, everyone else has to prove that they belong here.

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