• CyborgMarx [any, any]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    Okay, so it's not over, there will be court fights, but Joe has won. I used to identify as Libertarian, I used to have opinions on government. I used to think I disagreed with Joe Biden on most everything, but I voted for him. I wanted the other guy fired and I wanted Joe hired and for me the job description is now very simple. I need Joe to love all the Trump supporters. I don't care if Joe raises taxes. I don't care if Joe helps add stupid, counterproductive regulations. I don't care about anything except love and kindness. I've never seen Joe as a hero, but now we need a Nelson Mandela. We need MLK. And it needs to be Joe. We need someone who can love the people who hated him and lied about him. He must rise to the occasion. Half the country voted for Trump. These people did not buy a pig in a poke like in 2016, these were people who knew what they were voting for and voted anyway. It's appalling and horrifying, but these people are not monsters. These people are our neighbors and our relatives. These people are us, and we need someone who can teach us to love them again. Joe started saying the right things already, but he has to go all the way. Please, Joe, make me embarrassed to say anything bad about Trump supporters. Please fill all our hearts with love for each other. Please. This is Joe's chance to have the situation make him better than he has any right to be. Please teach us to love and understand and move on together. You have one job, Joe -- love all of us.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      edit-2
      4 years ago

      Comparing Joe Biden, a segregationist, to Nelson Mandela and MLK is beyond fucking disgusting. It's absolutely abhorrent and insulting. Fuck this shit, Penn Jillette is being seriously terrible

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      These people talk about the president as if he were a deity. Like, filling people's hearts with love? What is any of this? It's purely aesthetic posturing that borders on worship.