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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI want it to be serious enough that he learns a lesson, and
issues a mea culpa and a better pandemic plan from this point forward. I want him to learn empathy and compassion. I want him to think about others and the consequences of his words and actions. (Probably a stretch given the narcissism and sociopathy, but it's my hope. I want him to somehow come out of this a better person, so that others might live.)
LisaL
(44,974 posts)WTF should we care if he comes out of this a "better person."
With any luck, he isn't going to be making any decisions on how to better handle the pandemic, whether he dies or not.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,382 posts)whether we like it or not. A lot of people could die or be debilitated for life. between now and then.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)has no correlation with what you personally want. None whatsoever.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,382 posts)50 years old and I believe it.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)It's not up to us. Whatever will be, will be.
And nobody really cares what we personally want to happen to Trump.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,382 posts)and feel like expressing them. Feel free to not open posts like these if they bother you.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)NT
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He will NEVER become a better person. If he survives, the only thing he will take away from it is that the virus isn't that serious and it's nothing worse than the flu. He will double down on everything he has ever said before and become even more defensive and hateful.
HE WILL NEVER CHANGE. Take that to the bank.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,382 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I'm just afraid we are stuck with a horrible person for whom there is no redemption.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,382 posts)effected change up until this point.
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Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)Those who know him, like Mary Trump, all say he's missing the internal mechanisms that facilitate positive emotions and genuine human connection.
Silver Gaia
(4,547 posts)He is simply incapable of empathy or compassion. Mary Trump presented a very convincing case that her uncle is not wired the same as most of humanity. He simply cannot be or do the things the OP suggests.
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Just one more inconvenience among the many he's been rescued from over his entire charmed life. It would be further proof in his mind that he really is as fucking invincible as he thinks he is.
Alas, reality: for once, he's facing and adversary that he can't buy off, bully, or blackmail. And it WILL fuck him up, for the rest of his life. There is no cure for COVID, and he wasn't a healthy man going into it.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Not even from his own experience. Hes that dumb.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)He won't learn a thing, he is a monster who is running a death cult, nothing matters but him... the others won't learn a thing either.. anyone who hasn't understood this after almost 4 years is just as delusional as they are.
Voltaire2
(13,213 posts)agingdem
(7,865 posts)did you just emerge from a four year coma?...
C_U_L8R
(45,025 posts)He ain't gonna start now.
JI7
(89,279 posts)might be too weak to hurt others.
Vinca
(50,318 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,917 posts)That is the most that I can hope for.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,382 posts)Piasladic
(1,160 posts)Why do people keep seeing the same thing over and over and expecting a change?
He doesn't care, and the sooner we are rid of him, the better.
PirateRo
(933 posts)Ive seen people like this guy before. They wont learn anything. They will twist the thing around so it leaves them still in the right, facts be damned. He will remain unaffected even through the loss of close family members brought about by his worthless decision process.
I simply do not have the time to spend on people like this.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)He doesnt learn