I do not need a grand unifying theory for why bad people do bad things. Or why Trump/GOP supporters continue to back increasingly crappier Trump surrogates. I dont think rationalizing why someone does something stupid or even at cost to themselves is very useful since I believe each supporter has their own rationalizations, each as stupi…
I do not need a grand unifying theory for why bad people do bad things. Or why Trump/GOP supporters continue to back increasingly crappier Trump surrogates. I dont think rationalizing why someone does something stupid or even at cost to themselves is very useful since I believe each supporter has their own rationalizations, each as stupid and petty as the others. Hegseth is a twerp. A moron. And a monster. Wrapping himself in very public displays of "Christian" symbols and opening professing his commitment to Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior is very obviously performative. No one is fooled about his morals. If they support him, they just dont care. WHY they dont care, the subject of JVL's theory, just isnt interesting to me. I am justified in holding them to their decision because we in the electorate are all adults. We have agency. We can disagree with dear leader. Most of on the left, most Dems, disagree regularly, its what makes it hard to compete with the stifling, oppressive nature of the MAGA-fied GOP. I believe any of the GOP (electeds and voters) that toe-the-line on manifestly unworthy nominees do so by willingly surrendering to the whims of Trump, and in doing so, earn my scorn. We are all in this together, we are all Americans. And to see 1/3 of the adults willingly, if not eagerly, choke down Hegseth, Gabbard, RFK or that mook Patel, hardens my position, that they WANT my scorn. And that does make me feel bad, because my kids are 26,23 and 21 and we are leaving them such a utter f@cking mess.
I do not need a grand unifying theory for why bad people do bad things. Or why Trump/GOP supporters continue to back increasingly crappier Trump surrogates. I dont think rationalizing why someone does something stupid or even at cost to themselves is very useful since I believe each supporter has their own rationalizations, each as stupid and petty as the others. Hegseth is a twerp. A moron. And a monster. Wrapping himself in very public displays of "Christian" symbols and opening professing his commitment to Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior is very obviously performative. No one is fooled about his morals. If they support him, they just dont care. WHY they dont care, the subject of JVL's theory, just isnt interesting to me. I am justified in holding them to their decision because we in the electorate are all adults. We have agency. We can disagree with dear leader. Most of on the left, most Dems, disagree regularly, its what makes it hard to compete with the stifling, oppressive nature of the MAGA-fied GOP. I believe any of the GOP (electeds and voters) that toe-the-line on manifestly unworthy nominees do so by willingly surrendering to the whims of Trump, and in doing so, earn my scorn. We are all in this together, we are all Americans. And to see 1/3 of the adults willingly, if not eagerly, choke down Hegseth, Gabbard, RFK or that mook Patel, hardens my position, that they WANT my scorn. And that does make me feel bad, because my kids are 26,23 and 21 and we are leaving them such a utter f@cking mess.