Where do you see that it’s someone that voted for Trump?
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'Please don't make this political' should read as 'I know my politics caused this to happen, please don't show me i helped do this to myself'
Imagine if this were happening under a Democrat admin, would this person even consider not making it political?
Before the current administration government workers were one of the most secure positions under the largest employer in the country. People would take a pay cut to avoid the more volatile private industries for the security and benefits of a government job. Now our allies abroad and internal workers no longer can trust in those securities.
Suddenly they don't want to talk about political opinions? Fat fucking chance of that, bud.
They are still blaming Biden and Obama, though 😮💨
That feeling when you find out YOU are the government waste
Just like all those people with their spouses getting deported going "I thought they were only going to deport the bad ones!"
Bet they'll still vote for that R no matter what. Absolute bootlickers.
Oh I'm sure. They just don't want to talk about it any more.
Hahahahahahaha
Wait, they're serious? Let me laugh harder!
He may not be interested in debates, but his choices show that he has terrible judgement.
Also, what’s the betting that they were very interested in “debates” before the negative consequences affected them directly?
Also, there wouldn't be "a debate" if he admitted making a mistake.
Literally all it takes.
Alternative facts means never having to say you're sorry.
I hope all republican voters lose their jobs ❤️❤️❤️ maybe starve too 😁
I think "have the day you voted for" is the best thing to say here.
I've noticed it's always "let's not make this political" when their faces are being eaten.
It's always 'R' voters who "don't like politics," or "aren't political," or "don't want to make this political."
Nope, no sympathy or empathy here for you. You should have known better cause you're a fucking adult.
there's a point to sympathy kindness and compassion.
it feels good, makes you a better person, and creates a better, kinder, more resilient world.
except when you apply it to nazis. then it feels shitty, makes you a worse person, and contributes to the well being of nazis that helps them destroy everything that has ever been decent or virtuous.
They don't want to talk politics because their political belief was in hurting other people.
Fuck em. If they voted for this shit they deserve the suffering.
The 2nd part about "don't mention politics" is twice as long as "I've lost my job".
And still ends with:
Remember that government employees are humans too and it is a very scary time for most of us and our families.
As if that isn't the left-wing (most countries would call centre) modus operandi: people are people
do you wanna stop fascism? want to see trump and elon musk lose power?
working class solidarity is the first step
our entire lives, we've been tricked and manipulated into fighting among ourselves, because they know if we worked together, we would be able to take them down.
why do you think, every time that something bad happens, there's all the media spin about who we should blame?
they love to do this for age, think about all the boomers vs. gen X vs. gen Z articles and social media posts you've seen
but they do the same shit all the time with different things. their aim is to split the working class into as many splinter groups as possible.
we need to stop letting the assholes in power divide us like this.
unfortunately, that means extending solidarity to people who haven't earned it, including people who chose to vote for Trump.
most of these people were tricked and manipulated. many of them have been fed a steady diet of misinformation. many of them are proud, insufferable bigots.
but being smugly superior, insulting, rude or intolerant isn't how we change people's minds. the best way to do that is by having a two-way conversation.
we are all so busy yelling at eachother. it doesn't work. we need solidarity.
No, it does not mean extending solidarity to people who are ok with hurting everyone but themselves, they can go and fuck right off. So whatever solidarity you have in your mind, I for one won't be a part of that
yeah. it's not bad to help them incidentally-as a byproduct of helping everyone, but helping them specifically, even by extending a momentary gesture of compassion, is a moral failing.
working class solidarity is the first step
There is a reason every time FOX News brings Bernie Sanders in to debate socialism or some such tripe, he ends up converting the entire panel to his ideas and it turns into the hosts asking him questions about things they weren't even aware of in terms of class divide.
Seriously, this is LITERALLY THE REASON WHY THEY ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE US WITH RACE. If we don't realize that the very same deluded idiots who believe these lies are also our best bet for kicking the assholes out of government, we're JUST as bad as they are. Yes, they are doing atrocious things and they are reprehensible.
But even if a magic genie appeared and gave us a new, amazing, socialist president who wanted to bring our country to the 24th century and beyond, we would STILL have to live next to the millions and millions of dumbfounded fools who will always believe the simpler story. Education may help, but not for generations. We have to work with the hand we've been dealt.
Start spreading the story that it's rich versus poor, that it's wealthy elites crushing us all, left or right, that we're all being fooled and played against each other. Read up on economic distribution in the US and listen to some of Bernie's speeches and take fucking notes. We CAN change this, but we have to make a better story for the morons to follow.
You cannot extend solidarity to people unwilling to recognize or engage with it. It's the ratchet effect/overton window. We stand up for their rights, they don't stand up when we exercise those same rights. Medication gets more expensive? Everyone is incensed. Viagra is taken off the expensive list, but HIV/birth control meds stay on it, where'd the outcry go? VA benefits slashed? Huge mobilization. Benefits for women's shelters slashed? Crickets from them. We end up in a situation where only white men have rights because that's the only time we're all standing together. Until I see more white men fighting for women and minorities, I'm gonna have to ask why you think this strategy is working. (Obviously, #notAllMen or whatever)