The Whimper: Difference between revisions

4) i speak with many people across the political spectrum, more so (i gather) than most. i suspect this was the inglorious whimper that marks the end of Trump-worship. Trump was loved for two things: his presumed willingness to use force (and the vicarious feeling of empowerment enjoyed by so many frustrated working-class, as if he might drop a guided bomb onto the Asian factories that had replaced their union jobs), and his vile appeal to white tribalism by a shrinking white majority that sees itself as more deserving and righteous than those of color, one that feels denied the small explicit assistances that seek to address centuries of generally less explicit privilege. well, that strongman just had his Capitol overrun with barely a magazine emptied in response. motherfucking longhairs took the Capitol podium. one of them might have been a furry. he might have egged it on, but he's not celebrating what would be, by any measure, a tremendous victory on the part of his Y'all-Qaeda forces. i've seen that "he's Commander-in-Chief; he ought have been defending the Capitol to his last bullet." i've seen shock and dismay; i've seen Trump recognized as a big fat pussy jabronie by people who've worshipped him for years. something like half the country is waking up with a terrible hangover today, for they have gazed into the abyss, and they have seen themselves therein, and they are having some come-to-jesus moments.

they'll post BLM whataboutism rather than answering your smarmy Karen Kalls to "denounce"--this remains America, sorry--but trust me, a great many True Believers are feeling real embarrassment and sadness.

5) when you post two carefully chosen images of unrelated events, and grin like a simpleton and ask "SEEEEEEEEE? this proves my point", know that i am wincing, and actively hating you, and praying that your student loan is not forgiven: you clearly never learned a goddamn thing about critical reasoning or anything else.