Yep. This is absolutely the time to ask yourself: what is more important, saving our country and all the people who will be devastated by Trump and Musk's actions, or getting my anger off my chest/being RIGHT AGAIN you fools!, and acting accordingly. - ThreadSky

hilzoy.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Yep. This is absolutely the time to ask yourself: what is more important, saving our country and all the people who will be devastated by Trump and Musk's actions, or getting my anger off my chest/being RIGHT AGAIN you fools!, and acting accordingly.

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monkeyes2.bsky.social•14 days ago

But are you really saving the country if hordes of people never admit to the truth? Truth and Reconciliation are both essential to moving forward.

hilzoy.bsky.social•14 days ago

Priorities. I suspect a number of them will be forced to learn the truth through suffering.

monkeyes2.bsky.social•14 days ago

And when they admit the truth then there can be reconciliation not before.

monkeyes2.bsky.social•14 days ago

The crocodile tears while they cry out “this policy is hurting ME” is not admitting the truth about all the harm. It is still simply the selfishness that got us here in the first place. And as soon as they can they will harm us all again.

clepro.bsky.social•14 days ago

And ... what would you have done to or about them to prevent that? Bunch of people here seem to see no ground between demanding some undefined proof of groveling contrition—apparently votes don’t count—and pandering to shit values. I don’t need to “forgive” someone personally to welcome their vote.

monkeyes2.bsky.social•14 days ago

if they do not have any idea of the harm they have caused to others and are only changing because THEY are being harmed then they will do it all again and we are right back where we started. Truth and reconciliation is the only path forward. And it requires both Truth and Reconciliation.

thefool37.bsky.social•14 days ago

Y'all can quit clutching your pearls. None of these morons are going to read me calling them morons on Bluesky.

mrpaulymac.bsky.social•14 days ago

The people who will be devastated by Trump's madness are, in large part, the people who voted for him. You don't get to vote blow up the country and say "oops" after it gets blown up.

hilzoy.bsky.social•14 days ago

No, you don't, and if you voted for Trump, you should reflect on that fact. But if, as I suspect, you did not, then imho it's time to focus on what you should do, not what others should do.

mrpaulymac.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yeah, your president keeps threatening to annex my country and your media has started to normalize the idea. I know what we're doing.

karenandmaisie.bsky.social•14 days ago

There are so many people who don't pay attention to politics and vote on a single issue or because someone seems popular or they heard a couple things they liked. These people are not hardcore MAGA and could be persuaded to vote differently next time. That's the goal.

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