You may not be a neo-Nazi, belong to the KKK, or join white power marches but if you still vote Republican, you've consciously chosen to stand with the absolute worst people in America. Why the fuck w
"Can I still be friends with Republicans who support Donald Trump? Should I be? Are they inherently bad people? I still believe in treating all people with respect and kindness, but can I actively be friends with people who show such callous disregard for others?"
No.
No.
No. Not inherently. But they have consciously chosen to be. And (and this is an extremely important bit) they will continue to be as long as people respond to their evil with the naive notion that treating them with kindness is a virtue.
NO. Not without condoning what they're doing. Which is nothing short of supporting genocide and the destruction the Constitution. (No, I won't mince words. Refusal to not just acknowledge that blacks are being killed by police but to actively deny it and support the killers *IS* supporting a genocide (to pick just the most obvious example. The systemic racism that results in more people of color suffering lack of health coverage and poverty in disproportionate numbers would be a less obvious but no less deadly one.).
"Can I still be friends with Republicans who support Donald Trump? Should I be? Are they inherently bad people? I still believe in treating all people with respect and kindness, but can I actively be friends with people who show such callous disregard for others?"
No.
No.
No. Not inherently. But they have consciously chosen to be. And (and this is an extremely important bit) they will continue to be as long as people respond to their evil with the naive notion that treating them with kindness is a virtue.
NO. Not without condoning what they're doing. Which is nothing short of supporting genocide and the destruction the Constitution. (No, I won't mince words. Refusal to not just acknowledge that blacks are being killed by police but to actively deny it and support the killers *IS* supporting a genocide (to pick just the most obvious example. The systemic racism that results in more people of color suffering lack of health coverage and poverty in disproportionate numbers would be a less obvious but no less deadly one.).
“All that is necessary for evil to succeed..."
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