Comments - July 1, 2024
From what you say here, you believe the falsehoods that stream from the mouth of a convicted felon, as repeated by Fox, Newsmax, and OAN. Also from what you say here, you have received your opinions and talking points from the same sources. I’m certain you believe that they are very good indeed.
No president has ever had absolute immunity. No president has never needed absolute immunity to act decisively, especially in times of war. Trump pursued absolute immunity because he knows that he committed crimes while in office and plans to do so again. Yelling “no” loudly and repeatedly doesn’t change that.
I watched the insurrection. The president did not call the National Guard until 3 hours until after the insurrection started—after the entire Congress was forced to flee, and after the mob shouted that they going to hang his own vice president. (Perhaps you may be tempted to say that “Hang Mike Pence” was just a joke, or that they didn’t mean it. That would be a lie. They erected a noose in front of the Capitol. You can’t shake the Devil’s hand and say you’re only kidding.)
Trump never contacted Pelosi during the insurrection. That is a Big Lie—a whopper that Trump repeats over and over and over because he knows that if he does, people will believe him. People like you.
Maybe it’s cognitive dissonance. Maybe it’s sunk cost. Maybe your life is frustrating, you don’t feel great about yourself, you’re casting about for a direction, so Trump telling you that you are both superior to everyone else, and a perpetual victim to everyone else is intoxicating. (Hearing that you are the best ever, and all your problems are someone’s else’s fault is a VERY tempting message.) Maybe it’s that he hates the same people as you (the ones that you are both superior to and a victim of), and you look forward to seeing him make those people suffer. Maybe you are so afraid of anyone who is different from you that you don’t care about the truth anymore. Maybe you just want lower taxes, and think all his talk about jailing opponents and setting up concentration camps is nonsense for the hoi polloi.
Whatever the reason, you’ve fallen for one Big Lie after another. I know it hurts to hear. You’ve been conned. You’re still being conned. It’s sad for you, and terrifying to the rest of us that there are so many like you.
Someday, in spite of fighting against it, you may wake up from this fever dream. Depending on what has happened until that point, you’ll be anywhere from ashamed to mortified to suicidal to haunted for the rest of your days. You don’t want it to happen because you know that once it does, it’s going to suck. No one wants to admit that they’ve been conned, especially if they’re smart. That’s why folks who perpetuate cons are called “con artists.” They’re good at what they do. And Trump is one of the best con artists that exists.
In the meantime, until you come to your senses, stop sealioning. Leave us alone. If you don’t want to do that, then ask yourself why you believe that trolling is the best use of your time.
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