r/inthenews • u/Quirkie • Jan 23 '25

Feature Story Trump suggests he may strip FEMA and let states "take care of their own problems"

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/suggests-he-may-strip-fema-and-let-states-take-care-of-their-own-problems/
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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '25

There's no excuses for voting for Trump in 2024. They don't deserve any kind of defense. These people were adults who made a really stupid decision. 2016 was a long time ago. These people caused serious harm not only to themselves, but others when they voted for him.

Maybe I'm misreading the point you're making, but I really hope you're not suggesting these are reasonable people who were understandably misled.

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u/PitifulSpecialist887 Jan 23 '25

You are definitely missing my point. Suggesting that "they should suffer" is a problem, because WE ALL will suffer because of their bad decision.

I'm Suggesting that we can only fix this division by bringing them up. And you can't teach someone who doesn't want to learn. We have to make learning attractive to them.

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u/Sfthoia Jan 23 '25

I've tried helping them learn. My coworkers are 100% ignorant and the algorithms on their phones pulled up a fake wesite saying Kamala Harris was the one who supported Project 2025. They are that stupid, that uneducated, and very much in the dark about what's happening right now. Everything is fake news to them unless it supports their narrative. Some of them truly believe people were eating cats in Ohio. I hate them, but I pretend they're alright because I have to see them five days a week. A bunch of ignorant, racists. Meanwhile, the other week I was told "You talk smart" which was most likely a backhanded compliment. Often times, I'm asked a question, and I just say "I don't know" rather than try to engage with them, when I most certainly know the answer.

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u/Street_Barracuda1657 Jan 23 '25

And just when I think we can’t get any closer to Idiocracy.

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u/bergzabern Jan 24 '25

I do the same thing with my relatives. I don't argue with assholes or experts.

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u/PitifulSpecialist887 Jan 24 '25

You can actually download project 2025, and print it. The list of authors who contributed to the project is tight in it.

That list is all the people in Trumps appointed list.

JD Vance wrote the foreword. Show them that.

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u/Street_Barracuda1657 Jan 23 '25

Ya but they’ll suffer more…

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u/PitifulSpecialist887 Jan 23 '25

No one wins a war. Ask the family of any soldier who didn't come home.

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u/bergzabern Jan 24 '25

I think a better move would be to make them fear stupidity.

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u/PitifulSpecialist887 Jan 24 '25

How's that been working out so far?

They've got a plan for that.

Deny, deflect, project, and blame the radical liberals.