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Vogon_Glory

(10,453 posts)
11. I've noticed a lot of loss of empathy this year
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:38 PM
Oct 2025

A lot of progressives and moderates were willing to give Trump voters some empathy and the benefit of the doubt during and just after the 2020 election. We excused them for being uninformed or inexperienced.

Not this time, though. The empathy and sympathy has evaporated. The Trump voters had a decade and more to see what 45/47 was. They went through four years of chaos with the rest of us. They gave in to their worst impulses and chose to vote for Orange Julius again. Clearly they learned nothing.

I am one of those people who lost any sympathy for those people. They went for the clown show and p*ssed on common decency and the foundations. My sympathy has gone. Voting is a serious business, a task to vote for what is good for our country now and in the future, and these guys treated it like American Idol. Anyone so hateful and careless as to vote for Orange Julius deserves no pity as the (excrement) hits the fan.

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When trumps policies really hit maga wallents HARD, we might have some hope--maybe. riversedge Oct 2025 #1
Snowbirds are slow returning here..if they're coming, Canadians or not. We depend on them as they volunteer Deuxcents Oct 2025 #2
Believe it or not- we get Northern Canadian snow birds in Cleveland VicNEO Oct 2025 #4
In the immoral words of SecDef Kegbreath. thomski64 Oct 2025 #5
Floridian here. Have dear friends in Calgary, Alberta, Canada NCDem47 Oct 2025 #3
I almost kinda understand why some Floridians voted for Trump. What I really don't understand is why so many soybean Fil1957 Oct 2025 #6
Right. Woodwizard Oct 2025 #9
There was no way these people were going to vote for a woman... Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #10
I've noticed a lot of loss of empathy this year Vogon_Glory Oct 2025 #11
Reading Comments modrepub Oct 2025 #12
You may not need book smarts to be a farmer, but you do need wisdom. travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #20
West Central Fla here. We host the Toronto Blue Jays and I'm wondering if they will come? mitch96 Oct 2025 #7
I've met a number of people while traveling who have said they won't spend a dime in Florida dlk Oct 2025 #8
Sucks to be you, Florida! Aristus Oct 2025 #13
Hey, we love our moth, mosquito, chigger, mite, gnat, flea, fly, bed-bug-bitten asses. Lochloosa Oct 2025 #19
The one year the hurricanes give you a break to boot malaise Oct 2025 #14
Thanks my foul weather friend! tavernier Oct 2025 #17
Thought about that when I wrote that malaise Oct 2025 #18
If it comes, we will be fine. We are practically neighbors. tavernier Oct 2025 #22
LOL malaise Oct 2025 #23
AMEN--- but I don't think even the MAGATS thought they were voting for a trade war with CANADA! Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #15
Well, 'thought' is the operative word. He told them directly he would be doing this. travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #21
kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #16
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