Anonymous #1 2w

So they can’t change their mind?

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Anonymous #2 2w

they can and should, but there’s no excuse and I won’t forgive them. We haven’t seen the full consequences of their actions.

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Anonymous #1 2w

Then why you bitching they changed their mind?

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Anonymous #2 2w

becuase that’s not an oopsie type of thing and people are getting hurt in a way anyone could have predicted.

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Anonymous #1 2w

Who said they think it’s an “oopsie type of thing”

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Anonymous #2 2w

listen: I can’t forgive them. That is my stance. They screwed up and people are going to suffer for it.

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Anonymous #1 2w

Then don’t forgive them but welcome a changed mind. Because as OP said, that is how we stay divided which is exactly what the gov wants

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Anonymous #2 2w

Exactly this

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Anonymous #1 2w

The world will keep spinning and you can stay behind then. No one is going to miss your opinion.

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Anonymous #3 2w

Thank you!!!! Yes!!

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Anonymous #1 2w

this is an insane take girl, you might want to look into learning some empathy for your fellow neighbor and do some research into the pipeline between substandard education and Trump’s cult following.

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Anonymous #1 2w

You can choose to not forgive their actions, but immediately putting a wall up to exclude people who made poor decisions in the past instead of opening up and continuing to politely educate them is exactly why there’s such a divide, and “us vs. them” mentality.

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Anonymous #4 2w

Because keep in mind, these people who are realizing they made a poor decision are also feeling the consequences of that. If we could simply see that we’re all pretty much equally getting screwed over by this admin, maybe we could actually make some real progress as a nation and not be as divided. The enemy is not some uneducated voter who learned from a mistake, it’s the person they mistakenly helped put in office

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Anonymous #4 2w

It's wild bc people like #1 honestly WANT an us v them mentality. But then they bitch and moan when the problems caused by "them" don't magically go away. Like when will change happen if we want people to be stagnant?

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Anonymous #4 2w

THISSSSS TJIS THIS THIS

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Anonymous OP 2w

It makes me so disappointed because I spent 4 years studying political science, had so much interest in the intricacies of debate, demographics, elections, etc. and now all those nuances are stripped away and boiled down to “red bad blue good” or vice versa. The political climate is a shit show rn and has been for a while. I just want to see American politics at least become less of a reality show where politicians make inflammatory statements for the publicity

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Anonymous #4 2w

Like I want to actually talk to people on all sides of the issues and have an intelligent, meaningful conversation, regardless of whether we agree or disagree. But when we immediately jump to disowning anyone who isn’t in our own group that’s impossible to do :/

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Anonymous #4 2w

I'm so with you, omg. I think most of us are like us. The bitter and uneducated ones are just too loud so we have to speak louder

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Anonymous #4 2w

Girl I also have a degree in polisci (my focus was more IR/global militaries but still). Ever since the election I have been seeing the increasing polarization of parties, coupled with blatant propaganda, and just cringing. Crying. Throwing up. Because this is the EXACT OPPOSITE of what the founding fathers visualized when they set up our democracy. Good ole George was a HUGE advocate against two party systems BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WE ARE CURRENTLY IN it drives me absolutely bonkers

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