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tulipsandroses

(8,297 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 10:40 PM Feb 2021

I adore President Obama and Mrs. Obama. None of them could have convinced me to attempt a coup [View all]

Maybe I should be more sympathetic. I know I've heard that you have to give people an off ramp
I'm just not so convinced when it happens so quickly after being arrested. Are you really sorry? Or just sorry you got caught?

Just watched the Qanon Shaman's lawyer on CNN. He went on about the Shaman and others really admired trump. The shaman feels trump let him down, blah blah blah. Poor innocent kid was brainwashed just like the people in Guyana under Jim Jones' spell.

I'm not interested in feeling sorry for him or anyone else that claims they were brainwashed and did horrendous things because of trump.

Like I said, as much as I admire President Obama, and there are others that I consider my heroes, heroines. None of them could convince me to participate in a violent coup or anything heinous.

These are adults.
I had sympathy and empathy for Lee Boyd Malvo who was a child when he was given away by his mother to the DC Sniper and subsequently brainwashed to commit horrific murders as a child. I have sympathy because this kid never had a chance. Never had someone to mold him so that he had a choice to think differently.

These grown ass folks have no excuse.

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