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tulipsandroses

(8,234 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:27 PM 6 hrs ago

I am not obligated to forgive regretful trump voters. So there's this video floating the internets

A regretful trump supporter posted a video crying that she is still getting hateful comments despite apologizing. She says she has been making videos to warn other trump supporters, but it still feels that it will never be enough for some people. There are response videos sympathizing with her, warning that we should be welcoming people like her. Others have said they can't forgive her. I fall in the latter camp. Her crying about not being forgiven pretty much ticked me off.
Her biggest problem is people on the internet making comments that hurt her feelings. Meanwhile, people are dead, families are being ripped apart. People are terrified to leave their homes. Countless people have died after USAID was ripped away. Over 300,000 black women lost their jobs due to Doge cuts. The ripple effects of that will be felt for years to come.
So sorry, if I can't empathize with this lady crying about mean comments.
I am glad she's apologized and making videos to warn people. Doesn't mean I have to forgive her. A victim does not have to forgive their abuser, even when the abuser is truly sorry.

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I am not obligated to forgive regretful trump voters. So there's this video floating the internets (Original Post) tulipsandroses 6 hrs ago OP
Add the latest news that Doge "kids'" compromised our social security numbers vapor2 6 hrs ago #1
To choose to forgive or not, that's a personal moral choice that I won't judge. markodochartaigh 6 hrs ago #2
Some acts are beyond forgiveness PJMcK 6 hrs ago #3
Because Kamala had a funny laugh! Thunderbeast 4 hrs ago #25
Hopeless batch of idiots CountAllVotes 4 hrs ago #26
Awwww her feelings are hurt durablend 6 hrs ago #4
What brought about the change of heart? Demobrat 6 hrs ago #5
Most of these people saying they were wrong are only going so far to say that they RockRaven 6 hrs ago #6
Old movie, I think it was John Wayne, Genghis Khan. Norrrm 6 hrs ago #7
John Wayne played Temujin/Genghis Khan in The Conqueror (1956) RockRaven 5 hrs ago #9
I lived in kanab utah in the late 50s Lifeafter70 3 hrs ago #38
I was talking a guy today that was a big Trump doc03 5 hrs ago #8
Likewise. taxi 5 hrs ago #14
We'll see more of that. yardwork 5 hrs ago #16
If forgiveness is what is desired... Morbius 5 hrs ago #10
She should yeet herself into the nearest volcano durablend 5 hrs ago #11
According to the most recent notice from the USGS. . . Collimator 5 hrs ago #13
You voted for Trump because you thought the sh*t would happen to other people. Intractable 5 hrs ago #12
Exactly this. EarthFirst 4 hrs ago #20
If you hate all Trump voters... biocube 5 hrs ago #15
Precious. n/t flvegan 5 hrs ago #18
Not about hate BunnyMcGee 4 hrs ago #27
What an absolutely adorable, insightful, non-judgemental piece. niyad 3 hrs ago #35
piece of what? ;) BWdem4life 2 hrs ago #39
The internet: BEFORE and AFTER usonian 5 hrs ago #17
Let me be clear.... We don't need videos of Republican voters Lamenting..... Bread and Circuses 5 hrs ago #19
And she's only coming around to realizing it now? calimary 4 hrs ago #21
Let's take a look at her social media posts. BidenRocks 4 hrs ago #22
What is she... skypilot 4 hrs ago #23
She should be crying for all of the people who died or will die GoCubsGo 4 hrs ago #24
She's only sad because people do not like her any more Scalded Nun 4 hrs ago #28
My question is..... BeneteauBum 4 hrs ago #29
Absolute forgiveness is on a different path than most of us. Prairie_Seagull 4 hrs ago #30
Trump is bad for healthcare bmichaelh 4 hrs ago #31
Sending healing vibes. Joinfortmill 3 hrs ago #34
It was about her Keepthesoulalive 4 hrs ago #32
She seems to be unbelievably self centered. Joinfortmill 3 hrs ago #33
... Dave Bowman 3 hrs ago #36
I haven't talked to my tRumpster brother since the russian agent orange's first term yaesu 3 hrs ago #37

vapor2

(4,388 posts)
1. Add the latest news that Doge "kids'" compromised our social security numbers
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:32 PM
6 hrs ago

and who know the damage of this. (our personal data stolen)

markodochartaigh

(5,450 posts)
2. To choose to forgive or not, that's a personal moral choice that I won't judge.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:32 PM
6 hrs ago

But to forget... Well, anyone who forgets what Trump and 95% of the Republican party has done, and is doing, is a damned fool. And no, damned fools do not deserve to be fooled again, no one deserves that. But damned fools make damned poor allies.

PJMcK

(25,027 posts)
3. Some acts are beyond forgiveness
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:34 PM
6 hrs ago

I’m not saintly and do not have to be merciful.

Fuck these fools. They are responsible for this disaster and destruction of a great country. We knew Trump was trash so why didn’t they?

Fuck these fools.

CountAllVotes

(22,192 posts)
26. Hopeless batch of idiots
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:51 PM
4 hrs ago

How can anyone have such poor judgment?

We do not need nor want people like this involved in our lives!

Demented Donnie is going down but what a way to go!

He is the epitome of sheer evil!



Demobrat

(10,289 posts)
5. What brought about the change of heart?
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:35 PM
6 hrs ago

Did one of his hateful policies affect her personally?

RockRaven

(19,191 posts)
6. Most of these people saying they were wrong are only going so far to say that they
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:37 PM
6 hrs ago

were wrong about him as an individual, not about their values or goals which they used as their original justification for supporting him.

IOW, they are saying "oh, I was lied to!" not "oh, my priorities are fucked up and I am cruel, ignorant, and selfish"

As far as I am concerned, such people are pretending to be victims while issuing notpologies. Screw that.

Norrrm

(4,833 posts)
7. Old movie, I think it was John Wayne, Genghis Khan.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:51 PM
6 hrs ago

(Even though the guy is now on your side) never trust a traitor.

RockRaven

(19,191 posts)
9. John Wayne played Temujin/Genghis Khan in The Conqueror (1956)
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:33 PM
5 hrs ago

I can't confirm the quote source as I haven't seen it myself.

But that film is notorious for two reasons, one being Wayne's yellow face and cringey dialogue, and the other being the supposed exposure of cast and crew to fallout from nuclear tests upwind of the desert film sets.

Lifeafter70

(943 posts)
38. I lived in kanab utah in the late 50s
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:40 AM
3 hrs ago

I remember seeing the ash thinking it was snow. I was 5 at the time. My sister and a cousin passed from leukemia in 1960.
I have two sons with rare diseases. One acc cancer and the other dermatmyositis. I have always wondered if there was a connection to my being exposed to fallout from those test.

doc03

(39,045 posts)
8. I was talking a guy today that was a big Trump
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:18 PM
5 hrs ago

supporter last election. Trump's war was mentioned and he said he didn't vote for Trump. I know damn well that was a lie. He said Trump was nuts. I just let on that I had no idea, apparently he thinks I don't remember.

taxi

(2,692 posts)
14. Likewise.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:59 PM
5 hrs ago

This past week a customer volunteered that he voted for the clutz the first time but not this time, and added that he could never vote for a woman or a Democrat.
I said nothing. Nothing.

Morbius

(979 posts)
10. If forgiveness is what is desired...
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:40 PM
5 hrs ago

...it's gonna take more than tears. Try doing something. Actions > apologies.

Collimator

(2,108 posts)
13. According to the most recent notice from the USGS. . .
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:59 PM
5 hrs ago

. . . Kilauea in Hawaii is slated for another eruption episode sometime between March 28 and April 6.

For those seeking to throw themselves and/or others into an active volcano, modern seismological measurement technology has made it a great time to be alive. Such a time saver!

Intractable

(1,971 posts)
12. You voted for Trump because you thought the sh*t would happen to other people.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:54 PM
5 hrs ago

FAFO

You have to have hate in your heart to like Trump.

EarthFirst

(4,100 posts)
20. Exactly this.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:19 PM
4 hrs ago

The tearful regret is wholly remorse over circumstances that personally affect self-preservation.

I hear no evidence from many of these revelations that their moral or ethical convictions that are deeply rooted in racist, xenophobic conviction have been altered.

Nothing that indicates their compass directionally exhibits empathy towards the lives of others; merely their own plight.

Trump voters were moved only by an agenda that cast hate against those who they thought were lesser beings.

Their regret is meaningless in my opinion until they’ve demonstrated they are willing to advocate for the collective good of all; not only who they feel deserving.

biocube

(205 posts)
15. If you hate all Trump voters...
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:03 PM
5 hrs ago

I *promise* you I can find a Trump voter that's a better person than you.

I will blame voters when Dems give their best efforts and still lose. The entire 2024 election cycle was a shit-show. Blaming voters is what LOSERS do.

BunnyMcGee

(483 posts)
27. Not about hate
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:55 PM
4 hrs ago

It's about not forgiving some people when they had so much info on 47 before electing him President and causing so much harm and losses.

Bread and Circuses

(1,938 posts)
19. Let me be clear.... We don't need videos of Republican voters Lamenting.....
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:14 PM
5 hrs ago

What they won’t do is ….

1 Change parties …become an Ind or Dem!
2 Donate to the Democrats, campaign for democrats
3 Tell their Republican friends and family , why they must wake up
4 Apologize to people of color, Immigrants, women, LGBT, and disabled persons
5 NEVER vote Republican again
We’ve seen this before, Republican voters will complain and may flip.

But they always go back for the Republican hate and lies

calimary

(89,827 posts)
21. And she's only coming around to realizing it now?
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:22 PM
4 hrs ago

I’d like to hear her (and others like her) explain why it’s taken so long.

What was it that finally woke her up?
When it started to affect her personally?
When she finally started noticing she was losing friends?

It would be most educational to know.

BidenRocks

(3,183 posts)
22. Let's take a look at her social media posts.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:25 PM
4 hrs ago

Nothing bad in her history, right?
Right?
She drank the Kool Ade!

If she wants forgiveness she can go to confession!

GoCubsGo

(34,877 posts)
24. She should be crying for all of the people who died or will die
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:42 PM
4 hrs ago

because of her vote, those of every person who voted for that motherfucker, or stayed home. We have a fucking war, people are being murdered in our streets by his thugs, they're dying in concentration camps, or because he made health insurance too expensive, or because their rural hospitals are being shut down due to budget cuts. And, don't get me started on the millions who will die because USAID was gutted, and because he gutted environmental regulations? She wants us to forgive her. Nope. Go to hell, lady.

Scalded Nun

(1,670 posts)
28. She's only sad because people do not like her any more
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:55 PM
4 hrs ago

I'm guessing she's probably not liked by most people anyway.

If she wasn't getting shit for this she'd be rubbing Trump in our faces every chance she could.

If they cannot live with what they have done to this country, then there are quick, easy remedies.

Dead or alive...they can all fuck off forever.

BeneteauBum

(420 posts)
29. My question is.....
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:01 AM
4 hrs ago

Will the ‘regretful’ MAGAt actually learn something and attempt to make more informed decisions in the future? Some might but most are too entrenched to see their folly and will continue to wallow in their absurd right wing rhetoric.

Peace ☮️

Prairie_Seagull

(4,652 posts)
30. Absolute forgiveness is on a different path than most of us.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:02 AM
4 hrs ago

We have to get by with doing the best we can.

bmichaelh

(1,158 posts)
31. Trump is bad for healthcare
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:07 AM
4 hrs ago

Many of them live in a different reality.

I explained to MAGA family members before the election that Trump almost killed me in his first term.
In 2017, he tried to repeal ACA but failed.
I told them my lymphoma returned in 2019; it was first diagnosed in 1990.
A cardinal rule with my lymphoma, is that each time it returns it is always in a different place and is more resistant to prior therapies.
This time, it was near my spinal column.
I went through four different therapies over 2 year, they all failed.
ACA saved my life because it made the fifth therapy, which worked possible due to its ban on lifetime limits.
There was a strong possibility that I would have experienced paralysis if I did not find a successful treatment.

Many of his followers discounted COVID; they should not have.
Trump is ill equipped to handle another pandemic.
Many act like nothing like it will happen again.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,258 posts)
32. It was about her
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:09 AM
4 hrs ago

She didn’t give a damn about those babies in cages or women dying because they couldn’t get medical care, and she didn’t care about them trying to overthrow our government. She only cared about herself and her social group. Show us positive action towards others not your self serving bull hockey.

yaesu

(9,252 posts)
37. I haven't talked to my tRumpster brother since the russian agent orange's first term
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:39 AM
3 hrs ago

no interaction at all, I will never forgive those idiots.

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