WaPo: She hoped Trump's victory would change her life, but not like this

[thucythucy]

153. I understand what you're saying,

but I think people should take some responsibility for thinking through their choices, especially when they have the potential for such deadly consequences.

She lived through the first Trump era. If she was paying any attention at all she would have heard claims such as "Mexico will pay for the wall," "the virus will disappear in the spring, it'll be a miracle," "My health plan -- to be announced in two weeks -- will be so much better than Obamacare..." "People will be so tired of winning..." and on and on and on... For her to believe after all that any promise from this habitual liar demonstrates a willful ignorance I find very difficult to excuse. Had she spent half an hour tracking down the reality of the "free IVF" claim she could easily have seen it for the scam it was.

I'm sure you know the adage, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me."

The fact that she's a rape survivor willing to see an adjudicated rapist in the White House is just icing on the cake.

People need to be confronted with the reality of the misery their votes have and will cause. Like others in this discussion, I'm beyond weary with all the calls for our understanding, our empathy, our willingness to forgive and forget when those in MAGA world most often respond with a celebration of "liberal tears" and "fuck your feelings." And yes, I know this particular person isn't hard core MAGA, but she was an enabler. Without people like her we wouldn't be in this horrific mess.

And yes, one vote may not make a difference, but this person stands in for many thousands like her who seem willing to see pain and hardship and even death inflicted on others, as long as they think they might benefit in some way.

I too hope we can turn this around. I just hope it happens, if it does, before too many innocent people have to pay with their lives. That's my hope, but I fear the reality will be otherwise.

And I apologize for my anger as it wasn't directed at you... well, yes I have to admit some of it was. Mostly though this story--and others like it I've seen--have me fuming. I'll work through it, but when I think of what a contrast a Harris presidency would have been, and how absolutely unnecessary the pain now being inflicted is and will be, it tears my heart in two. I just wish the Bezos Washington Post would spend some time documenting the horrors being visited upon innocent people such as my friend, as opposed to the disillusion felt by all those poor sad Trump supporters who suddenly realize all the many warnings they heard about the man were true.

Peace and best wishes to you as well.