• enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    So much this. This is why I have some amount of sympathy for the R’s voter base. There is a systemic war on education going on, and to some degree these people are victims of this class war being waged by the ultra-rich.

    They’ve been fooled to act against their own best interests, and I refuse to hold the sheep more responsible than the wolves who’ve tricked them.

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      19 hours ago

      You have more compassion than I. But my mother has money and also falls for this shit. I’m basically ending my relationship with her for voting for the orange-bad again. Now she gets emails with headlines and article links to all the horrible shit they’re doing and me accusing her of being at fault.

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        18 hours ago

        Just because you have compassion doesn’t mean you have to be a pushover. If that’s the only language she’ll understand, then you gotta do what you gotta do.

        Just remember that compassion for people is the opposite of the hatred that the republican party represents, but sometimes that compassion demands hard decisions.