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In reply to the discussion: I think we are missing the most damaging aspects of the shutdown to the right... [View all]calimary
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Oh the government I hate the government government baaaad sucks awful ick who needs it cut it back and cut it back some more and horrible horrible and how dare they tell us what to do and my freedom-freedom I hate the government
lets blow it all up and burn it all down and why do we have to have the government and its terrible and unamerican and shrink it down so small you can drown it in the bathtub and ...
Okay then! Hows the last month or so been workin out for ya, eh? You got your wish! You hate the government and so your precious donald shut it all down. Howd that work out? Happy now? You got your wish. Great stuff, eh? Were all free free free!
So howd it work out for ya?
Maybe this turned out to be a VERY useful and instructive exercise. One of those teachable moments. Maybe some of these Deplorables needed to learn the hard way. Its a shame, really. But reality can be a hard taskmaster and a harsh and unmerciful teacher. Reality takes no prisoners. And sometimes it kicks you right in the teeth. Which is what some trump-humpers may have needed. Maybe this nightmare is the kind of thing it takes to get through to some of these bubble-dwellers. Maybe.
But Im afraid I dont have a whole lot of confidence that some of them will learn this difficult lesson. And for those really ardent and unreachable trump supporters, Im afraid I dont have a whole lot of sympathy. I wish I did. But when the wound is self-inflicted and eagerly embraced despite multiple urgent warnings and all the supporting facts in the world and they STILL think the thing to do is blow it all up and burn it all down, well, maybe this dreadful and entirely avoidable calamity is what WILL happen.
Anybody think theyll learn anything from this, other than in trump we trust?