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Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 11:50 AM Jan 2021

When a conservative talks about reconciliation, unity, fidelity or healing...blah, blah, blah

it is the same as a rapist telling his victim to just lay back and enjoy it.

The right wing in this country is only interested in trying to play us with such noble terms but they don't mean them.

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When a conservative talks about reconciliation, unity, fidelity or healing...blah, blah, blah (Original Post) Thomas Hurt Jan 2021 OP
No talk of "moving on" Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #1
Only when they are beaten do they want unity. pwb Jan 2021 #2
Fucking true. Fucking true. Baitball Blogger Jan 2021 #3
To the public they say "unity, healing, bla bla" Archetypist Jan 2021 #4
They truly believe that they are above the law. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #5
How do you reconcile with this? Dread Pirate Roberts Jan 2021 #6
"I won't do it again." Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #7
We should show them the same bipartisanship central scrutinizer Jan 2021 #8
If we do they will only take that as weakness anyway. Thomas Hurt Jan 2021 #9
And privately chortle, "sucker" central scrutinizer Jan 2021 #10
"Now that we've unsuccessfully unleashed a cop-killing mob on the Capitol to overturn the election, struggle4progress Jan 2021 #11
Well impeach him and they will be fatal. CanonRay Jan 2021 #12
See this call for so called reconciliation for what it really is - Enoki33 Jan 2021 #13

Archetypist

(218 posts)
4. To the public they say "unity, healing, bla bla"
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 11:58 AM
Jan 2021

Behind the scenes, to their base, they signal their devotion to the cult.

Wounded Bear

(58,653 posts)
7. "I won't do it again."
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:00 PM
Jan 2021

Yeah, remind me again how sincere that promise is. Better yet, run down to your local woman's shelter and ask around about it.

We need to get out of our Stockholm Syndrome and prosecute.

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
11. "Now that we've unsuccessfully unleashed a cop-killing mob on the Capitol to overturn the election,
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:09 PM
Jan 2021

you ought to move on"

Enoki33

(1,587 posts)
13. See this call for so called reconciliation for what it really is -
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:18 PM
Jan 2021

a political ploy for evading their culpability. It also deflects from the fact that they have chosen not to do what their constitutional oath demands of them. They continue to betray this nation in the most sickening- pun intended - of way. They have lost their moral authority, along with the compass they gave to the TRump family to keep as a trinket.

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