should we forgive the GOP

[rdking647]

The answer is NO!!!

written by a long time friend of mine.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2020/11/18/when-it-comes-to-the-gop-its-all-unforgivable/


ill say the same thing in not as delicate language

Fuck the GOP. burn the party down

[onecaliberal]

1. No no no no no!

NO!

[TheBlackAdder]

15. After 4 years of hell, dismemberment of federal stewardship & risking lives for Trump's reelection.

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A resounding FUCK NO!

The GOP is no longer a political party for the betterment of the country, but a self-serving set of scumbags.

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[onecaliberal]

16. They're the murder party afaiac.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. While most of them are actively engaged in treason, hell no

And sedition

[MLAA]

3. They made 666 little babies and kids orphans among other atrocities against humanity and democracy.

So my answer is NO.

Here is the tough part. The Republican Party is really 70 million unrepentant people. It is made up of our family, neighbors etc. So we have to treat the individuals the same way we would treat trump or McConnell himself.

No more ‘we just don’t talk politics, or they are really good people other than voting for trump, they are friends of 30 years.

I think they should all face the tough consequences of destroying lives and our democracy. I’m in the shun and shame crowd.

Maybe some will come around when they are faced with the consequences of their actions. Most likely will not.

Do you really want to be around these people?

[mfcorey1]

4. No. They at this moment are trying to twist a knife in the gut of every democratic

establishment. They will not change!

[lpbk2713]

5. Prosecute the GOP.

Fuck those assholes.

We have seen what they are capable of when they have a numerical advantage.

[DBoon]

6. Did Chile forgive Pinochet? Did Argentina forgive Vidalia?

[BlueInPhilly]

7. We cannot

We cannot forgive anyone who has not asked for forgiveness

[OneBro]

8. Forgiveness seems a bit premature.

They're still holding matches in one hand and a gas can in the other as the house burns.

[rdking647]

9. i want to see every trump appeaser in goverment face a court of law

no hiding behind executive privledge. no refusing to testify.
haul them into court and if they refuse lock them up
preferably in an unairconditioned texas prison in summer

[ooky]

10. Sure, like we should forgive cockroaches if we find them

running wild in our kitchen.

[crickets]

11. NO! and I enjoyed your friend's editorial piece. It's well written and spot on. nt

[stillcool]

12. We don't even know the extent...

of what they've done, and are still doing. They've suffered zero consequences, while putting a world of hurt on the American psyche, that will last for generations. They don't want 'forgiveness', they just want it all.

[lame54]

14. Investigate to find out what they've been hiding...

For the last 4 years

Many worse crimes than we are aware of

[lame54]

13. That's like forgiving termites inside your house

[Blue Owl]

17. Hell no!

[meadowlander]

18. Have they acknowledged that they've done anything wrong, apologised,

accepted the consequences, or undertaken in any way not to do it again?

If not, then forgiving them is just enabling them to try another coup in four years.

[peggysue2]

19. Never forget, never forgive

Otherwise, they'll groom another wanna-be mobster/despot, someone more clever and competent to sell the same snake oil. We now know about 47% of the American public is susceptible to the strongman propaganda having swallowed the Trump line willingly, happily. Bring in a younger, more articulate and seductive fascist barker and anything could happen.

So, no. No forgetting nor forgiveness, not until at the very least the country has a Truth and Reconciliation committee to expose everything and everyone involved. Then we can move forward. With or without the GOP.

[davekriss]

20. Absolutely not

[sarcasmo]

21. 250 thousand dead Americans, never forgive, never forget.

[Leith]

22. Fuck their feelings

They danced around and taunted us for 4 years about "liberal tears" and insisting that their real life version of the cartoon Tasmanian devil is presidential cannot be hand waved away.

[totodeinhere]

23. Nobody in this thread so far wants to forgive the Republicans. And I don't either. But

President Elect Biden wants to unify the country and he has said that he will be president of everybody including Trump voters. And he has said that he will make an effort to work with Republicans. So where does that leave us?

[SlogginThroughIt]

24. HELL NO!