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kentuck

(111,104 posts)
Wed May 26, 2021, 08:01 PM May 2021

Republicans are apathetic. (Not pathetic)

They are indifferent. They are capable of blocking out reality.

In Wikipedia, "apathy" is defined as: Apathy is a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern about something. It is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, ...

That seems to be where the Republican leadership, in Washington, is at this time.

They are so "apathetic" that they went five days before they were capable of criticizing one of their own for comparing the wearing of a mask, (for health purposes), to the Holocaust.

You can't help but feel sorry for them. They have sacrificed everything to follow a cult of personality. They can no longer distinguish between a lie and the truth. It is beyond cognitive dissonance.

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Democrats are....??

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Republicans are apathetic. (Not pathetic) (Original Post) kentuck May 2021 OP
Why Can't They Be Both? SoCalDavidS May 2021 #1
Can we just say they are pathetically apathetic. n/t Bev54 May 2021 #2
No. They get off on the harm they are inflicting. LuvLoogie May 2021 #3
They are clearly pathetic. TwilightZone May 2021 #4
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