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When your spouse or a family member is swept up in the largest mass deportation event in the history of the world, I don't want to hear any complaints from the 40% of Hispanic males who voted for just that. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done different now that it affects you and yours.
When you, your daughter or grandaughter has miscarried and is bleeding out in an emergency room parking lot or has to carry to term a fetus that resulted from rape or incest, I don't want to hear any complaints from the majority of white women who voted for just that. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done different now that it affects you and yours.
When Donald Trump gives Israel and its corrupt leader cart blanche to bomb the shit out of Palestinian men, women and children and provides them weapons of mass destruction to do so, I don't want to hear from the pro-Palestinian Muslims who could not bring themselves to vote for Harris; because you voted for more death, more destruction, and no consequences for Netanyahu. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done differently now that it affects you and yours.
When poor Americans lose their health care, Medicare, social security disability, school lunches, and food stamps. When for-profit insurance companies are allowed to kick you off their plans for pre-existing conditions again, I don't want to hear whining and complaining because when you voted for Trump, you voted for that. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done differently now that it affects you and yours.
When police officers are given legal permission to go wild and have one very violent day with no consequences and are given total immunity for their actions, I don't want to hear any complaints from the record number of black men who voted for just that. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done differently now that it affects you and yours.
When working class and poor workers lose time pay for overtime, the ability to unionize, and federal mandated benefits, I don't want to hear about how your boss is screwing you and you lost your job and seniority because it was cheaper to hire someone who would take less money to do the same thing. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done differently now that it affects you and yours.
When the price of imported goods skyrockets because of 25%, 50%, 100% or even 1000% tariffs and the cost of everything you buy on Amazon and Walmart goes through the roof and you pay $5000 more a year for basic products, I don't want to hear the people whose primary issue was the price of eggs and bacon wonder how they will afford to provide for their family. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done differently now that it affects you and yours.
When Trump reverses President Biden's prescription discounts on life-saving drugs like insulin, I don't want to hear any diabetics who voted for him wail about having to ration their life-saving medicine. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done differently now that it affects you and yours.
When your kid's teeth rot in their skull because there is no fluoride in the water they drink and you can't afford to take them to the dentist, When your child is crippled or devastated by a vaccine-preventable disease that comes roaring back, I don't want to hear about your Go-Fund-Me to raise enough money to get their cavities filled, or leg braces, life-saving treatments, or intensive care. You will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done differently now that it affects you and yours.
If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary. When you give unlimited power to an arsonist, don't be surprised when your town burns to the ground. I no longer have the capacity to care about what happens to selfish, cruel, and ignorant people. I will be too busy fighting for the ones I care about, the ones I sought to protect by voting for Kamala Harris and who did the same for me and mine.
The rest of you are on your own. If you need help, maybe reach out to Trump directly. I am sure he will be more than willing to stop golfing, taking bribes, and building his empire of greed and gluttony to help you.
Ocelot II
(128,732 posts)you will get no sympathy from me about your regrets and how you shoulda, woulda, coulda done differently now that it affects you and your face. And don't tell me you didn't think they'd eat your face.
synni
(656 posts)I just wish that the rest of us sensible people didn't have to go down in flames with the low-information voters who voted for Trump.
Mortos
(2,454 posts)we are the United States of America and we will burn together in the conflagration that was ignited on November 5th, 2024!
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