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They know they can't win if people know who they are and what they want. Maybe this will teach a small fraction of their supporters who they really are.
People knew, they still voted for him.
They gave him a fucking mandate
There are some who have voted out of ignorance, and not malice. You're right, but not in every case.
Willfully ignorant is almost more malicious than spite.
Yeah. I consider both types to be bad people, but it's important to know the difference sometimes. I refuse to be reduced to inaccurate arguments just because we lost.
Willful ignorance. It takes a certain type to somehow ignore every red flag that is presented before them.
And the bull horn, and the press releases and the public speeches.
It's not like they've gone through any pains to hide it. Honestly, he stood on stage and shouted it at people. He said it directly to the press.
I'm not sure he could have tried any harder to tell them exactly what his plan was and who he is.
He didn't win despite who he is; he won because of it. He won because his base is that awful.
And I will NEVER let them forget it.
I wish they had the shame to process it.
Have you seen none of the flyers/banners that popped up this election? The fact that he's a felon is celebrated. The fact that he's a rapist is celebrated. The fact that he openly speaks against overtime pay is celebrated. Fuck, even his divorces are celebrated. He could literally shoot someone in the face at a rally, and it would just boost his support.
He's Homelander, but fat and without superpowers.
They don't care to understand the details or the nuance. They don't need to. The team they are cheering on has told them what to do and they enjoy obeying their masters.