a seemingly universal sense, from dems to journalists to pundits, that because trump campaigned on doing illegal, immoral, harmful things it's only fair that he be allowed to do at least some of the illegal, immoral, harmful things unimpeded, he's earned it, and it is melting my brain - ThreadSky

parsnip.bsky.social • 29 days ago

a seemingly universal sense, from dems to journalists to pundits, that because trump campaigned on doing illegal, immoral, harmful things it's only fair that he be allowed to do at least some of the illegal, immoral, harmful things unimpeded, he's earned it, and it is melting my brain

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jerseypatrick.bsky.social•25 days ago

Mary Louise Kelly (npr) doing exactly that.

parsnip.bsky.social•29 days ago

in some cases, particularly with elected dems, it almost seems self-flagellating, like "we deserve this for losing 😔," but it's not you who's doing the suffering! you just feel bad in a fancy office building! get it together!

bakerblue.bsky.social•25 days ago

💯🔥

ralphhhenson.bsky.social•25 days ago

Except, in this case, we do.

We got here because Joe Biden felt he needed to pick a black woman as VP in order to sew up his nomination, leaving no other logical successor for his aging and demented self.

Besides, if a white woman can't bead Trump, surely a black one will!

edburmila.bsky.social•25 days ago

It’s worse than self-flagellation; some of these people seem actively excited to watch others “get what they deserve”

Hell of a way to try to win people over to your side!

jaytingle.bsky.social•25 days ago

Very definitely, there is a segment of the population that will pay a premium for the opportunity to punish another social group.

tylerh3.bsky.social•25 days ago

They’re not the ones who will feel the brunt of trumps awful policies, so they feel okay moping around

mikeinhouston.bsky.social•25 days ago

The old guard Democrats (Schumer, etc.) are firmly in the "please don't hurt me" camp.

eleonu.bsky.social•25 days ago

It’s a really bad time for the Democrats to act like they were the first party to ever lose an election.

cv-danes.com•25 days ago

They are certainly the first party to lose an election to a twice impeached felon who is a known Nazi pest, and who ran the worst campaign in modern history.

slashanon.bsky.social•25 days ago

did you vote

cv-danes.com•25 days ago

I did.

slashanon.bsky.social•25 days ago

For Harris?

eleonu.bsky.social•25 days ago

I know. It is embarrassing and disgraceful. But they have to get over that and start protecting their constituents.

dennis-see-sea.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'd argue with the idea of pundits & journalists taking part in any amount of self-flagellation. All I've heard is a concerted CYOA "Where are the Dems?" finger pointing from folks who spent the campaign treating "They're eating your pets" as Trump-being-Trump, while treating the question "Did Walz

dennis-see-sea.bsky.social•24 days ago

retire with that rank, or did he merely hold that rank at the time of his retirement" as character defining questions voters needed to ponder with the seriousness of "What did Nixon know, and when did he know it?"

stochasticooze.bsky.social•25 days ago

They can have some felonies as a Treat

martinthemess.bsky.social•25 days ago

They all think this is what the American People, capital letters very much intended, wanted. And so the folks who thought of themselves as serving the good or the will of The American People either can't justify going against The People, or are afraid of what The People will do to them if they try.

kimoco.bsky.social•25 days ago

It is really hard to be a very empathetic person right now, my heart and head hurts so much.

dodgeintercept1.bsky.social•24 days ago

you're channeling Chuck Schumer

fuzzymike.bsky.social•25 days ago

recalling when josh barro said that if Trump campaigned on outlawing the Democratic party, and voters elected him because a majority of them wanted opposition parties outlawed, and he did it, that's consistent with the principles of democracy

richarddwyer.bsky.social•25 days ago

Man, there really should be some constraints on the government's ability to do something like that. You could call it the Bill of Rights or something...

daniele-gaither.bsky.social•25 days ago

Operative word is “seemingly.”

fgw.bsky.social•25 days ago

And there is almost admiration that he specifically disavowed, or did not run on, much of this in his campaign. As if his malevolence is interpreted as mastery.

kedwards.bsky.social•25 days ago

Laws are murky, mutable, and prone to conflicting interpretation. But campaign promises? Those are ironclad, unambiguous, and binding.

viraldonutz.bsky.social•25 days ago

I'm assuming huge doses of sarcasm here

kedwards.bsky.social•25 days ago

With my posts, always.

premonitions.bsky.social•25 days ago

(Unless you’re a Democrat in which case it’s just stuff you say to get elected)

Keep in mind I’ve voted blue as the leader of two evils for a long while now but still

sillynut.bsky.social•25 days ago

I'm not surprised at all at what he's doing. That does not mean he gets to do it. I fervently hope he doesn't get to do it anyway.

aubreygilleran.bsky.social•25 days ago

Even if you think that all the people who voted for Trump wanted the whole package, it simply doesn't matter! We have a Constitution and a system of checks and balances as a protection from the whims of the majority.

reverendjesus.com•25 days ago

Those checks & balances are bein' sorely fuckin' tested.

linneaharts.bsky.social•25 days ago

There are laws and a constitution for a reason and that is to put limits on what a majority can enact!

And majorities have supported evil many times! That doesn't mean you roll over

plankysmith.bsky.social•25 days ago

It does seem like this is one of their operating principles

tylerh3.bsky.social•25 days ago

There is no mandate for fascism no matter how much they want us to believe that

taghivscience.bsky.social•25 days ago

To state the obvious, they need to be reminded that:

1) there's no such thing as a voter mandate for fascism
2) people were voting for the Office of President, which has a specific job description and Constitutional role

mardukkur.bsky.social•25 days ago

I see exactly none of this sentiment from elected Dems and exactly all of it from the hot take industry that was once called the media.

speakermikej.bsky.social•25 days ago

Wake up, get coffee ... turn on local news: "President Trump is doing this absurd thing, but you *can't* be surprised by this he ran on these issues."

I gotta stop beginning my day like this.

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