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Holidays are going to be fun (lemmy.world)
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[–] 5 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Not conservative, not "republican": MAGA.

My MAGA relatives are some of the worst human beings I've met. Hateful, loud, dumb bigots that seem unable to act like a decent human being for more than a few minutes at a time. I've heard the shit they've let slip out and they meant (and mean) every word.

They're not welcome in my home and I am sure as shit am not wasting my time on them.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    Conservative, republican, and MAGA are interchangeable. You don't get to claim to be one without the others. They're all the same at this point.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago* (1 child)

    There are degrees of shitbaggery. There are people that can be redeemed without too much pain.

    Nobody is an angel: everyone has harmful views and does bad things -- it's just a question quantity and quality. As much as it sucks the reality is if we set the bar too high we're going to spend life alone ... and risk being a hypocrite as well.

    So we tolerate peoples failings as we hope they tolerate ours. We grow and redeem ourselves by learning of our flaws and blind spots from other people.

    That being said there's a line where its not worth it. Everyone has to decide where that is for themselves.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago*

    American conservatism and American republicanism are interchangeable with MAGA.

    Being a "republican" means different things based on context. The American Republican party is interchangeable with MAGA. The same is generally true of conservatism, although modern conservatism is always a harmful ideology.

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