Sorry, Trump Supporters, But You Lost The Right To Lecture America On Civility

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Ever since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up her copy of Donald Trump’s State of the Union address this past week, the MAGA world has been holding round-the-clock TED talks about decorum and civility.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, one of Trump’s favorite boot-lickers, even plans to file ethics charges against Pelosi.
The real beauty of their implosion is that they expect us – the majority of the country that voted against Trump in 2016 – to take them seriously.

I hate to break it to supporters of the fake billionaire and reality TV president, but you lost the right to be outraged by anyone’s behavior when you hitched your wagon to an amoral sleaze-bag who has spent a lifetime demonstrating that he doesn’t possess a single redeeming quality – not a one.

To read more:

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/02/09/opinion-trump-supporters-lost-right-to-lecture-america-on-civility.html

The same Trump voters who scream about "political correctness" cry about the supposed rudeness of Nancy Pelosi.

[bronxiteforever]

1. K&R. Also values and dignity and violent rhetoric.

[guillaumeb]

2. Conservatives love to speak about free speech, as long as that speech is their speech.

And yes, so much of Trump's language revolves around threats of violence.

[DENVERPOPS]

16. Agreed.

With out exception they all quality as knuckle dragging neanderthals (sp) He is just bringing out their animalistic tendencies......

[Newest Reality]

3. We should let them know that...

We should let them know that, throughout history, virtue has been used to justify the most horrendous acts imaginable and it seems that they going to repeat history because they are ignoring it or, more likely, ignorant of it.

We won't be buying that Barnum Facade this time. The sheep's clothing is full of bed bugs and you can smell the wolves a mile away.

[guillaumeb]

7. Thye called themselves the moral majority,

when in reality, they are neither.

[ck4829]

4. K&R

[Different Drummer]

5. They definitely have lost that right.

However, I'm guessing that won't stop the lecturing.

[Faux pas]

6. Kicketty Kickin'

With an extra helping of

[guillaumeb]

8. That is more appreciated than regular kicking.

I felt that kick from here.

[Faux pas]

24. Lol

must be from my soccer playing days!

[blm]

9. Cannibals complaining about someone biting their fingernails.

[guillaumeb]

10. Now THAT is an interesting image.

They have no shame, and no sense of how they appear to others.

[MFGsunny]

29. WOWZA and thanks for such an awesome framing.

image worth a million other words

[GaYellowDawg]

34. Oh, I'm gonna use that.

Nice one!

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Wait a minute.........

Isn't this the guy that led a group of other "wing-nuts" into a closed Congressional hearing/meeting, violating Congressional rules?
And they did disrupt the meeting as well as breaking other rules such as using cell phones in an area designated as "off limits!"

Yeah, Gaetz should be a leading model on decorum and rules.

[SWBTATTReg]

17. Yes, and the powers that be in FL have filed a ethics complaint against matt gaetz too, in ...

this day's news...oh joy! I hope that they yank away his license ...

[guillaumeb]

20. Well........yes.

But Gaetz, like Trump, has no sense of shame.

[Salviati]

12. In general, the bloviating assholes who bluster the most about the respect that they are due...

... are those who least deserve it.

[jayschool2013]

13. I'm so tired of

conservative snowflakes.

[Ponietz]

14. Can't cry about manners after smearing mango mucous everywhere

[MyOwnPeace]

19. Eeeeewwwwwwww - MANGO MUCUS!!!!!

Quite the disgusting alliteration there, for sure!

[smirkymonkey]

15. Their hypocrisy is legendary.

It really astounds me how they can be so blind to their own horrid behavior. They honestly think they are morally superior.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. It truly defies any logic or rational thought. Self-righteous indignation and zero empathy at best.

[guillaumeb]

21. Or, they correctly judge the intelligence of many of their voters. eom

[dalton99a]

22. They need to shut their holes.

[guillaumeb]

23. That would require that they demonstrate a sense of shame.

Good luck waiting for that.

[Blue_Tires]

25. co-signed

[2naSalit]

26. That's the truth!

[Poiuyt]

27. Remember when republicans used to be know as the "family values" party?

Their idea of what constitutes family values has totally become warped

[guillaumeb]

30. I do remember when the GOP called themselves the family values Party.

But their actions revealed what they really valued.

[Malmsy]

28. This president and his supporters are creating very real trauma for women

for the kids who are terrified that their family will be deported while they are at school, for the kids in cages, for the women who have experienced sexual violence, and the planet earth, too.

I have told Trump supporting family members back in the midwest they will not see my kids again if they start in with the MAGA comments.

[guillaumeb]

31. Welcome to DU, and this conversation.

Neither Trump nor his supporters really care about the trauma that their actions cause. For them, it is about demonizing people of color, and attacking anyone who opposes their plans for this country.

[Initech]

32. And family values.

They support the most corrupt, vile, ammoral, anti-family president in US history.

[guillaumeb]

33. And that support shows far more than their words what they most value. eom