I don't feel sorry for my Trump-voting neighbors

[RAB910]

Forgive me if I don’t jump to embrace the people who wanted to ‘make liberals cry again’ and ended up disappointed

I was taught not to be a sore winner, but this election feels like an exception.

As I drive past what remains of the Trump front yard shrines throughout my southeastern Wisconsin community, I feel no compassion for my neighbors. They use political ideology and religion as an excuse to express unwavering support for a man who has unequivocally done more harm than good during the past four years. They voted for him despite whatever moral objections they may have had regarding his egregious behavior because conservative power and control are more important to them than American lives.

If this isn’t true, why else would they support someone who routinely demeans, degrades, and dehumanizes the most marginalized among us, discounting the lives of people of color, mocking people with disabilities, and bragging about sexual assault? Why else would they attempt to re-elect a president with no regard for the rule of law, the brave service and sacrifice of our most beloved military veterans, and the critical importance of a peaceful and cooperative transfer of democratic power?

Since Biden won the election, there have been repeated calls for “compassion” toward downcast Trump voters. Democrats should hold off from “boasting”, they say, and instead extend a hand of friendship to the people who laughed and cheered as Donald Trump Jr told them on a rally stage to “make liberals cry again”. But there have been psychological studies on what motivated people to vote for Trump, and they are well worth reading.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-voters-disappointed-liberals-democrats-sympathy-b1721498.html?utm_source=reddit.com

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. I give them the exact amount of compassion they gave us 4 years ago!

Zero!

Fuck ' em!

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. +1

[Hotler]

14. Plus the compassion they showed us during the Bush/Cheney years.

So many memories.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Fuck their feelings.

I don't really care, do U?

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. for me, right now, all repubs/trump culters can go fuck themselves.

I'll never be ready to play nice.

[gratuitous]

5. The Beatitudes: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy

It would be against Jesus and the Bible to show mercy to Trump supporters, for they showed none when Fortune's Wheel had them on top.

[TigressDem]

10. Yes, blessed are the merciful....

IF you decide who deserves mercy and who does not, THEN you are in violation of "Judge NOT lest ye be judged." "Judgement is MINE saith the Lord."

It is NEVER against Jesus to show mercy.

Jesus DID throw the Money Changers out of the Temple and he DID give the Pharisees a lot of direct talk about their hypocrisy.

HOWEVER, he gave forgiveness to the thief hanging on the cross next to him.

He told everyone he met to turn from their evil ways and follow him.

IF someone is willing to see the truth, forgiveness is available. Facing the truth as a Christian really DOES suck though and it won't be easy for them. So being merciful isn't actually letting them off the hook. When a Christian actually SEES how much their sinfulness has hurt others it is emotionally soul wrenching.

NOW when these RICH IDIOTS arrive in Hell surprised as all get out... they will face Luke 16:20

Still expecting that those lowly people are their lessors, they will get a shock when the least are finally given their due and those who lorded themselves over others in life get what they deserve.

[TigressDem]

6. They are "told" all the bad things are LIES and what he says to them is the truth.

Yes, they are stupid/paranoid to believe that. But with the way social media works and ads/media skew to what you "want to hear" they are stuck in a cycle of propaganda.

Yes their motivation is skewed. On purpose against them externally, magnifying what is already within.

However, in the final analysis they are still Americans who live in the country with US.

IF there is anyway to pull the blinders off and get them to see the truth, that would be good. Some may respond to compassion, some may need to see the light of day and burn up like vampires under the fullness of truth.

US being compassionate isn't really about THEM, it's about being the kind of people WORTHY of putting the country back together.

They can pull their heads out of their asses or not, but WE have work to do. Start polite, stay firm and kick ass when you have to, but no reason NOT to start polite if that works.

[JHB]

9. Yup. What I want more than anything else is...

...for them to stop swallowing horseshit like it's chocolate and coming back for seconds.

[TigressDem]

11. Yeah. Getting the work done, may require working together.

So ANY of them who will see the truth and budge any fraction, will start the changes.

Like ripples in the water, it may not seem like much and I guess I am not above CARROT AND STICK.

So what the rest are saying, I get. I just think you give them a chance to pick Carrot or Stick. So be it.

[LakeArenal]

7. No quarter. If they are repentant that would be one thing...

But they are as aggressively horrible as always.

It’s one thing to be a gracious winner,
but sore losers don’t allow for much grace.

My Republicans congratulated us and are comforted by their success on the down ballots.

One is pretty irate. I told him that people hate trump. Even many Republicans.
But he still congratulated us. He’s my favorite living Republican. Weird

[C_U_L8R]

8. They supported caging children. There is no forgiveness for them.

Rot in hell, magats.

[cwydro]

12. I feel no sympathy, nor would I expect any for me if Biden lost.

I don’t feel the need to boast either however.

[Paladin]

13. Rub it in and be ugly to them---as long as they aren't armed. (nt)

[Hotler]

15. Don't forget their moto;

"The only good Liberal is a dead Liberal."

[Hotler]

16. +1 Democrats have been playing nice-nice with repugs for 20 + years.

We walked on egg shells for fear of upsetting them. We reached across the isle over and over and over only to get bit. Time and time again we bent in the wind for those assholes. They are not our friends, they're not our esteemed colleagues. They hate us. It's time to turn their own playbook on them. Treat them the same way they treated us. If they don't like it they can go pound sand. There is nothing wrong with standing up to bullies.