I also have family who support him. It is the worst feeling seeing people we respect (or at least had respected) turn into Trump sycophants simply because of identity politics and hatred of anyone who isn’t them.

It shows who they have been, this whole time. And it’s like being shot in the heart.

Nothing will turn his supporters. They already sold any shred of intelligence they may have had by simply supporting him. They know exactly who and what he is — and they love him for it.

When I can set that up for my AppleTV to block ads on YouTube, I’ll be happy to use it.

I was referring to the commenter and how it read to me :) But agreed, what you said, too.

Yes, and that’s what is being called out here. But your original comment makes it sound like you are advocating for closed source software and that somehow open source software is bad.

This is the system working as intended. When potential issues arise, it’s openly discussed and ideally resolved. And if not, trust is lost and people will stop using it.

It’s nice to know we can break the law and get away with it, as long as it’s within the scope of our duties.

Exactly. Acting like this is an “ah-ha, see?!!” moment when this is exactly what open source is designed for. That’s like saying global warming is a hoax because “oh look it’s snowing”.

The flaw is that journalism and journalists today no longer have any integrity and fidelity to the truth. They only have fidelity to what gets the most clicks and what makes the most money.

And did the person follow up with “you didn’t answer my question at all, and you sound like you have no fucking idea what you’re talking about.”? Because if not, that is what is wrong with America — letting bullshit just sit there without calling it out as bullshit.

To those saying “he’s right”…

He’s complacent. He’s a useless troll. He thinks nothing should change because he’s effectively saying “it is what it is”, which is the same bullshit response I see from every single conservative who continues to simply say “thoughts and prayers” after an event like this. There are many ways to try to help prevent such a tragedy, and blanket statement of it being a “fact of life” does literally nothing.

And every day, it keeps happening. And every day, the media keeps shining a spotlight on it. And every day, nothing gets done.

W T actual F?

Make no mistake — there are still millions and millions in Trump’s cult. And they will do everything they can to not lose again and again and again. Even when Trump dies, they’ll find some other horrible person to latch onto because they give the cultists permission to be assholes out in the open.

This won’t be over until this kind of uneducated nonsense is bred out. And I mean that from all angles: literal cycle of life, as well as improving the education system in this country.

They didn’t care before because it was in their interest to support him. Now it’s not.

There are a few who truly paid the price of opposing him and I can at least respect that. Kinzinger, Cheney, for examples…not that I would agree with them on much, but they at least stood up to Trump when it mattered.

He was the last, true, good President. It’s unfortunate that we’ll never see the likes of him again.

Make sure to get up to date on your vaccinations, and wear a raincoat — it’s racist out there with a high chance of tears.

Shit site has gone to shit. Shocker.

Much, much larger.

Maybe one day Congress will do their fucking job and impeach these sycophantic shithead judges.

I definitely don’t want him to be a martyr or be able to play like a martyr. But I won’t shed one tear when the moment happens.

Every one in the political sphere, including Biden, and the international sphere is giving him such support… I wonder if he’d do the same if it were Biden instead.

The right would have to put up a very different candidate with reasonable policy ideas for me to even consider them.

The left could put up a potato against Trump and I’d join the spud revolution.

Trump is objectively horrible for the US. But what’s even more horrible is that nearly half of the country are so invested and embedded into the cult that, short of his departure from this earth, they will never accept another candidate, and even then the next in line is likely to be just as bad or worse. They want to “own the libs” so badly they are willing to destroy the country to do it.

So to answer your question as I see it, the only way we can get out of this mess is to make critical thinking education the top priority of the US — which will take decades. But the people in power do not want that and will fight it with all the entertainment news power they can muster. And if that doesn’t work, they’ll just get their pawns to storm the Capitol again and again.