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LAS14

(13,783 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:08 PM Jul 2020

I don't know how to feel about this.

No sane person would wish the either the Trump presidency or the pandemic on the world, but there are these things happening.

Science is being proved so right, and science deniers so wrong.

Trump can't hide the fact that the virus is winning and he's losing.

We (I.... maybe the rest of you knew) now know that there are at least 30% of our population who are irredeemably stupid, in so many ways. I had assumed it was maybe five or ten percent. I don't like it. But it's better to know than not to know.

So am I glad we have Trump and/or a pandemic? No. But I am glad about these collateral things.

So how should I feel?

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Laelth

(32,017 posts)
6. Honesty (with yourself) is the best policy.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:24 PM
Jul 2020

You’ll get no judgment from me—only a sympathetic listener.

What you DO about the way you feel is what matters most. So, what are you going to do?

-Laelth

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
7. Define "Nice"
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:29 PM
Jul 2020

These people declared us to be their enemy. We are not required to have empathy or sympathy toward someone who picked the fight.
They just picked another fight with the virus. They get, they lose.
No sympathy.
Being nice when they went to war is what got us PINO.

LakeArenal

(28,820 posts)
9. In your Head the only person who can judge you is you.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:43 PM
Jul 2020

Freedom of thought is really a true freedom.

Actions can be judged. Not thoughts.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
10. I think your 10-15% who are stupid is still accurate.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:44 PM
Jul 2020

The rest of them can be blamed on 2 things and I know both types.

-those that put themselves in a media bubble. They see little truth and no opposing views.

-smart people who are deplorable and do not share our liberal(in the traditional sense) values. They want a theocracy and support repressive policies for those they view as lesser.

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