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A HERETIC I AM

(24,321 posts)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 07:57 PM Nov 2020

The cruelty is the point.

The recent stories about Trumpy wanting to re-start the Firing Squad as a method of capital punishment, the fact that Mnuchin is hiding billions of relief funds, all of it....

The dis-alignment from the "Open Skies" treaty and destroying the planes....

The separation of children policies at the border...

ALL of the things that we will read about in the coming weeks that will seem ridiculously mean spirited and cruel and petty......


The cruelty is the FUCKING POINT.

Trumpy was never qualified to be the leader of this nation, and the fact that he has brought so many tens of millions of fucking unabashedly cruel assholes to the forefront in American society....


Is just simply scary as hell.

I have said this before, but it will take decades to undo what has been done to us in 4 short years by this asshole, and if Biden is unable to tick every single box needed to satisfy enough of the electorate to get him and Kamala a second term, this country is utterly screwed.

Forgot to add the link;

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/

BTW, I know the linked article is old, and the title of my OP has been said before; in fact was a chapter title in Mary Trumps book, if I am not mistaken, but the bullshit with Mnuchin is what prompted me to write this.

The depth and breadth of this utter cruelty and nastiness will astound reasonable people for centuries.

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Hanzzy72

(51 posts)
3. The odds are against him/us.
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:01 PM
Nov 2020

If Republicans maintain control of the senate then we're looking at two long years of nothing getting done...at the very least. If we don't win the mid terms then I'd say the prognosis for this country is terminal.

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
4. He justifies it all with his Victimhood. He's textbook.
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:03 PM
Nov 2020

"Everyone is so unfair to me they deserve to suffer."

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
6. Biden must feel like Lincoln?
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:05 PM
Nov 2020

When Lincoln did not know if the Union was going to hold together or not after his election of 1864?

A HERETIC I AM

(24,321 posts)
8. Exactly
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:20 PM
Nov 2020

I would wager in his heart of hearts, Biden is confident he can bring this country together and move us forward, but I have serious doubts. Certainly not if McConnell stays put, and if he does, he will be there for another SIX FUCKING YEARS!

I think it is a safe bet that easily 60 million people in this country are CONVINCED Biden somehow stole the election from their tangerine god.

For fucks sake, we aren't even going to be able to get past this pandemic, because of Trumpy's poisoning the waters so effectively. How many people will continue to refuse to wear a mask? How many will refuse the vaccine?

The biggest problem with COVID 19 is that it doesn't kill quick enough, and it kills smart people as well as morons.

FM123

(10,050 posts)
7. I remember the hair standing up on the back of my neck the first time I read that article.
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 08:12 PM
Nov 2020

Yes. 100%, the cruelty is the point.

bullwinkle428

(20,627 posts)
11. I literally have nightmares over the idea that 11 million ADDITIONAL people saw what
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 09:57 PM
Nov 2020

this animal did over the past 4 years, and said to themselves, "I WANT 4 MORE YEARS OF THAT!!!"

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