so after a day of processing this...
i've come to a conclusion. this conclusion seems obvious to many of you, but you know, sometimes it takes time to get there for some of us.
the republicans are evil.
like, really evil. the kind of evil that you sort of expect to tear off its skin and reveal some kind of bellowing reptile beneath kind of evil.
look, we all live very complicated lives. and life is not easy. we all have family members living very complicated lives. we love or loathe them or something in between, but they are family, so we try to understand them. i have family members who support trump. it blows my mind trying to understand WHY they support this cretin. hell, we have fucking SENATORS who support trump. why? i don't know. i once thought john cornyn was a man of integrity. hell, i thought republicans were a party of (mostly) integrity. no. and i am trying to understand.
but understand this: they are not trying to understand you. they are seeking to MINIMIZE you in the easiest way possible.
that includes your family members, your friends, you acquaintances, your work colleagues. it includes your republican representative, your fucking texan senators, your fucking president. it includes the next white nationalist who wants to shoot something up and murder some people because of your republican representative, your fucking texan senators, your fucking president.
they. do. not. care. about. you.
they. do. not. care. about. me.
they care about them. and their world view, and nothing else matters.
think about the number of times your opinion has been dismissed or MINIMIZED by people who support trump. that's their power. you can see it on this board, you can see it in your family and friends, and you can see it in your republican representative, your fucking texan senators, your fucking president.
YOU ARE MINIMAL.
it's two letters away from animal.
and animals sometimes need to be put down, right?
that's how these shooters think. and it is how your trump family supporters, your republican representative, your fucking texan senators, and your fucking president thinks.
fuck republicans. i'll never vote for another.