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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsshould we forgive the GOP
The answer is NO!!!
written by a long time friend of mine.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2020/11/18/when-it-comes-to-the-gop-its-all-unforgivable/
ill say the same thing in not as delicate language
Fuck the GOP. burn the party down
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)NO!
TheBlackAdder
(28,076 posts).
A resounding FUCK NO!
The GOP is no longer a political party for the betterment of the country, but a self-serving set of scumbags.
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onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)And sedition
MLAA
(17,165 posts)So my answer is NO.
Here is the tough part. The Republican Party is really 70 million unrepentant people. It is made up of our family, neighbors etc. So we have to treat the individuals the same way we would treat trump or McConnell himself.
No more we just dont talk politics, or they are really good people other than voting for trump, they are friends of 30 years.
I think they should all face the tough consequences of destroying lives and our democracy. Im in the shun and shame crowd.
Maybe some will come around when they are faced with the consequences of their actions. Most likely will not.
Do you really want to be around these people?
mfcorey1
(10,997 posts)establishment. They will not change!
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)Fuck those assholes.
We have seen what they are capable of when they have a numerical advantage.
DBoon
(22,288 posts)BlueInPhilly
(870 posts)We cannot forgive anyone who has not asked for forgiveness
OneBro
(1,159 posts)They're still holding matches in one hand and a gas can in the other as the house burns.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)no hiding behind executive privledge. no refusing to testify.
haul them into court and if they refuse lock them up
preferably in an unairconditioned texas prison in summer
ooky
(8,886 posts)running wild in our kitchen.
crickets
(25,896 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)of what they've done, and are still doing. They've suffered zero consequences, while putting a world of hurt on the American psyche, that will last for generations. They don't want 'forgiveness', they just want it all.
lame54
(35,141 posts)For the last 4 years
Many worse crimes than we are aware of
lame54
(35,141 posts)Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)meadowlander
(4,358 posts)accepted the consequences, or undertaken in any way not to do it again?
If not, then forgiving them is just enabling them to try another coup in four years.
peggysue2
(10,811 posts)Otherwise, they'll groom another wanna-be mobster/despot, someone more clever and competent to sell the same snake oil. We now know about 47% of the American public is susceptible to the strongman propaganda having swallowed the Trump line willingly, happily. Bring in a younger, more articulate and seductive fascist barker and anything could happen.
So, no. No forgetting nor forgiveness, not until at the very least the country has a Truth and Reconciliation committee to expose everything and everyone involved. Then we can move forward. With or without the GOP.
davekriss
(4,608 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Leith
(7,802 posts)They danced around and taunted us for 4 years about "liberal tears" and insisting that their real life version of the cartoon Tasmanian devil is presidential cannot be hand waved away.
totodeinhere
(13,037 posts)President Elect Biden wants to unify the country and he has said that he will be president of everybody including Trump voters. And he has said that he will make an effort to work with Republicans. So where does that leave us?