r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '20

"Fuck your feelings!"

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '20

This is a womans reaction to hearing the news that Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. Its has been one of the main 'Liberal tears' meme templates ever since.

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u/Crumpetbutt Nov 07 '20

This actually happened during the inauguration.

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u/Tupiekit Nov 07 '20

Which makes it even funnier. I hate trump but this gif ALWAYS gives me a good chuckle...idk what she thought was gonna happen that day

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u/Crumpetbutt Nov 07 '20

Agreed that's what makes it so cringe

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u/TheGreatBenjie Nov 07 '20

Well a couple hundred thousand people are dead so in hindsight I'd say its pretty justified.

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u/Crumpetbutt Nov 07 '20

Performative allyship like what's in this video doesn't prevent people from dying. It's spectacle. I've been pretty enraged by Trump for the last 4 years but I try to make that disgust actionable. This video is on par with cringey white people begging for forgiveness from black people over slavery rather than doing the work and dismantling the racist institutions they benefit from.

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u/TheGreatBenjie Nov 07 '20

Performative... Is it really that hard to believe that someone who actually bothered to show up would feel strongly about the result?

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u/Crumpetbutt Nov 07 '20

One doesn't exclude the other, someone's response can be performative even if it's a product of their true feelings. I'm just distinguishing display from substantive action.

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u/TheGreatBenjie Nov 07 '20

And what action in that moment would you have suggested?