Yesterday, a Trump supporter told me I was hateful. He was surprised when I agreed with him. I am a hateful human being… johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/confession... - ThreadSky

johnpavlovitz.bsky.social • 11 hours ago

Yesterday, a Trump supporter told me I was hateful.

He was surprised when I agreed with him.

I am a hateful human being…

https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/confessions-of-a-hateful-leftist

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rolandwall.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Thanks, John. Simplest and most meaningful summary of where many of us find ourselves.

johns3785.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Well stated. I wish love could counter the current hell we are enduring.

I mourn what could have been.

rosebudnm.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Well said. I feel all of this too. 😔

cdespres.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I think you are a profoundly disappointed human being. I am as well. We know the human potential is vast and cooperative. What we are seeing is not new, but the level of depravity is overwhelmingly depressing. As a single person I am relatively powerless. Together we are not.

blueskypeg.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Never was, but I am now!

Jesus didn’t have to deal with this madness.

ladygingermint.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Pay him no mind. He's obviously projecting his own crap on you!

hockeyfan78.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Oh I'm very hateful, fuck all the magas

loveharley.bsky.social•11 hours ago

You are not alone. I am hateful too!

kimwynne11.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It's not hard to hate HATE.

g-money-levine.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Hating people who intentionally, maliciously, and GLEEFULLY cause harm to others is a moral obligation as far as I'm concerned.
Bless you, pastor. 🙌🏼

spanish-dog.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Yes! I can’t offer “love” and forgiveness to what they’re trying to do to people i love.

lisajyarde.bsky.social•10 hours ago

So am I. Very intolerant of intolerance.

guillotinewit.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Me too, and vindictive.

micahscottwinters.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I love that you say the way I feel way better than I can.

bluecandace.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Love your new book 💙

dquiettoon.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Self reflection isn't their strong suit.

reinoutengel.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Excellent!

catbutlersr.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I fucking hate idiotic traitors.

moneyordemocracy.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Remember:

Every slur, every slander coming from a Trump supporter...
is a CONFESSION.

doctort1973.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Yes I’ve never been more hateful until Trump came on the scene and changed my worldview

trs33.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Absolutely! I am no longer a nice human. I will remain a good human but I will no longer be a nice human! If you voted for that traitorous felon because he hates who you hate than we will never speak. I do in fact hate them all. Traitors to their country and all of our communities.

earlgrey765.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Beautiful words. ❤️

I am a hater.

proteccmeg.bsky.social•11 hours ago

A much needed article.

This reminds me of how when people in my life criticize me for being "too angry," I just agree. Yes I've been deeply enraged since I was a child, how haven't you?

undeadjohnnyz.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Trump supporters are traitors just like him. They picked their side and they picked wrong!!Fuck Trump!!

phx58.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Sadly we are all hateful now. ☹️

magpie4life1892.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Same.

katmarie.bsky.social•11 hours ago

@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social He’s made us all this way. We did not become this way on our own, he drove us here.

thasteele.bsky.social•7 hours ago

This is so perfectly said. Thank you @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

waxwing25.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Ditto. They make you that way.

sarah-fl.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I’ve never been this hateful before.

davidicouldbewrong.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I think of you as patriotically left. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/?m=1

erbwayne.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Thank you, John. It was great listening. Have a blessed day.

chrisch383.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I hate all of this too.

pattiagood.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Becoming that way

sharonlindsey.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I would take that comment as a compliment coming from a Humper! ✊✊✊

boygranny.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I asked God to make more room in my heart so I could hate MAGA more.

dfiantmom.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Unfortunately, yes to all of this. The photo in this article is a perfect illustration of my life right now.

markmarstaller.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I am with you in the fight to convince Christians that we should care about the poor and disadvantaged. My wife and I lead a tiny Baptist church and try to have discussions with Fox watchers.

I hate having to fight a battle against hate in our country.

time4sanity.bsky.social•54 minutes ago

You are always so good at expressing what's in my heart!

discofornow.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I hate Nazis.

misro84.bsky.social•7 hours ago

If you don't feel some amount of hate and rage at the people doing this, you might need your moral compass adjusted.

transitfossil.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Yes. Agreed. I hate them, their racism, homophobia, misogyny, anti-intellectualism, alpha male bro bullshit.

I hate what they’ve done to this country and the world

Siding with a murderous autocrat.

Lying about incessantly.

You bet your ass I hate them.

akeithclarke.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Yet, that person had no issues voting for scump?! Fascinating!

kaschew.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Holy cow you nailed this for me. This is exactly how I feel. That and a lot of confusion at how others I thought I knew don’t feel the same.

feraldodie.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Whenever someone has told me it is wrong to hate, that I’ll be just like “them”, I defend the word’s existence. Hate.
How can you love if you cannot hate?
Hating a thing is how humans set up their morals.
Hate is necessary.

dotbarbbrad.bsky.social•11 hours ago

It’s hard to be happy go lucky when you’re watching things around you crumble and nobody seemingly able to stop it. Being happy to even muster up a smile in these times is a challenge and happiness should never have to be a challenge!

sararar.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Thanks for this. Our household is very much in alignment with your thinking, and it can grow lonely at times. I try to remember (as you mentioned in the piece) that the hate comes from the same place as the love. I wouldn’t be so angry right now if I didn’t love so hard.

cdespres.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Yes

kayvotesblue.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Consider me a hateful human being because I hate everything the Trump Administration is doing.

spursiceman.bsky.social•3 hours ago

My response is always the same “And what exactly is your problem “

isledbynone.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I think the moral of the story is this: Don’t be a hater; except for all things Tr*mp.

tochinoshin33.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Me too

plus2otto.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I can give this attribution because I found it somewhere and the person I stole it from cut the sender.

plus2otto.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I hate what they are doing to my country.

I hate that they are tearing apart families.

I started to riff and put together ten things I hate about you, but realized I don't have enough space.

randolphgibbs.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I’m hateful because stupid is winning !!!

spacemtn.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Hate means never having to say your sorry…

michaelyarbrough.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I would have told them that the sheer irony and hypocrisy of them claiming that could possibly tear a hole in time and space...

spanish-dog.bsky.social•6 hours ago

It’s their strongest skill: the double standard.

marciabee.bsky.social•11 hours ago

That is the new term for the right wingers to use, I noticed. I was thinking about how to respond yesterday, so this is tremendously helpful! Thank you!

spanish-dog.bsky.social•6 hours ago

When it comes to juvenile snarl words, they’re gold medalists.

mrtruscott.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I was not surprised when my anger about the latest Arlington debacle caused tornadoes.
And I always considered myself a pacifist, born too late for the peace movement.
Wow. Things have changed.

justleeg.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I agree.. I am a truly hateful bitch when it comes to bigots, nazis,magats and racists

magpie4life1892.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Same.

mikkifree.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Yesterday a maga called me racist and questioned my Faith. As a Black woman I was amused by both comments.

lexultimaveritas.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Trump supporters are demons in human skin and that’s no hyperbole. I really don’t give a shit anymore. It is what it is, monsters. God bless America! ♥️🤍💙

dangerousfruit.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Thank you for so eliquently stating what I’m feeling right now. In addition, I’m constantly filled with rage. I keep it bottled up most of the time but lately, it’s been slipping out…and it terrifies me when it does.

dangerousfruit.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Anyone else?

spanish-dog.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Me. I’ve been in a rage since Nov 5. So much so that I can’t be near certain people out of a risk they’ll make a stupid comment at me and I’ll explode.

dangerousfruit.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I hear that. If I see a Trump decal on someone’s car in the parking lot, I say something to them…it’s usually something along the lines of me yelling “you stupid, hateful piece of shit.” But while I despise MAGA, my contempt for people that don’t give a shit goes higher.

stickywicket58.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Yes, to what you wrote. This rang particularly true for me: "I hate being reminded daily of the white supremacy that my former church friends are so terribly afflicted with."

brnqqsusie.bsky.social•11 hours ago

📌

chiasm.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Well said!

archiloke.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I am with you on this. Decent human beings should be!

armadillo1.bsky.social•11 hours ago

What a surprise! Can I join that club?🖕

peaceenthusiast14.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Thank you for your article. It captured my feelings perfectly. I hate that there is so much to hate!

danwellman.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Religion will always be a tool of the far-right and a road to bigotry because it trains people to unquestioningly accept fantasy as truth. If you can believe that an invisible, magical being impregnated a mortal human woman, then I’m afraid you can believe anything the far-right want you to believe

mementomori4950.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Not just hateful, dangerously violent 😏

janet-40.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Seems most of us are so DISGUSTED, we appear hateful!

talibkweli.bsky.social•10 hours ago

When we hate, they win. Revolutionary love is key. Trust people of color on this one.

doremaus77.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I’m black and I love Black Star, but I hate these MAGA white supremacists that are trying to erase black folks and take us back to Jim Crow. I hate Donald Trump for trying to take our truth and reality away based on his whims. I wish I was better, but I’m not. I have to work on that love part.

talibkweli.bsky.social•9 hours ago

doremaus77.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I hope Trump is dead every morning when I wake up so I’ve got a lot to work on. Thanks.

goat1336.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I ordered a t shirt that says Is He Dead Yet? Everyone instantly knows.

talibkweli.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I don't wish death on anyone. I call for accountability instead.

brenteakin.bsky.social•9 hours ago

100% with you!

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