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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI 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.
vapor2
(4,388 posts)and who know the damage of this. (our personal data stolen)
markodochartaigh
(5,450 posts)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)Im 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 didnt they?
Fuck these fools.
Thunderbeast
(3,810 posts)CountAllVotes
(22,192 posts)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!
durablend
(9,210 posts)How's it go again? "Fuck you and your feelings"?
Demobrat
(10,289 posts)Did one of his hateful policies affect her personally?
RockRaven
(19,191 posts)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)(Even though the guy is now on your side) never trust a traitor.
RockRaven
(19,191 posts)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)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)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.
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.
yardwork
(69,269 posts)Nobody ever voted for Nixon.
Morbius
(979 posts)...it's gonna take more than tears. Try doing something. Actions > apologies.
durablend
(9,210 posts)For starters.
Collimator
(2,108 posts). . . 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)FAFO
You have to have hate in your heart to like Trump.
EarthFirst
(4,100 posts)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 theyve demonstrated they are willing to advocate for the collective good of all; not only who they feel deserving.
biocube
(205 posts)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.
flvegan
(66,206 posts)BunnyMcGee
(483 posts)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.
niyad
(131,895 posts)BWdem4life
(2,991 posts)usonian
(24,878 posts)
AFTER

Bread and Circuses
(1,938 posts)What they wont 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
Weve 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)Id like to hear her (and others like her) explain why its 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)Nothing bad in her history, right?
Right?
She drank the Kool Ade!
If she wants forgiveness she can go to confession!
skypilot
(9,120 posts)...warning Trump supporters about?
GoCubsGo
(34,877 posts)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)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)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)We have to get by with doing the best we can.
bmichaelh
(1,158 posts)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.
Joinfortmill
(20,976 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,258 posts)She didnt give a damn about those babies in cages or women dying because they couldnt get medical care, and she didnt 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.
Joinfortmill
(20,976 posts)Sadly, not surprising.
Dave Bowman
(7,094 posts)
yaesu
(9,252 posts)no interaction at all, I will never forgive those idiots.