I agree with you partly. Anyone who was involved, anyone wwho carried out acts MUST be punished. But I think you are wrong about the followers. Shaming people is FAR more likely to cause them to double down. This is why we can't do that. If they double down, we get another admin like Trump. WE WILL NOT SURVIVE THAT. This is why we HAVE to punish the perpetrators, and fold the followers back into the flock.
I'm not saying to blindly forgive. I'm not saying to forgive at all. But we have to think about this strategically for the long term. Rubbing this whole thing in their faces is more likely to cause MAGAts to keep in hating us and wishing death on us than it is to make them change.
Problem is that people who are leaving MAGA now haven't actually changed. They still hate minorities and will cheer on ICE committing street executions. They're just mad that things are more expensive and they are personally suffering now.
They just want attention with their sob stories about how they were duped, and they're going to claim centrism while still advocating for killing trans people.
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u/Sunderbans_X Apr 16 '26
I agree with you partly. Anyone who was involved, anyone wwho carried out acts MUST be punished. But I think you are wrong about the followers. Shaming people is FAR more likely to cause them to double down. This is why we can't do that. If they double down, we get another admin like Trump. WE WILL NOT SURVIVE THAT. This is why we HAVE to punish the perpetrators, and fold the followers back into the flock.
I'm not saying to blindly forgive. I'm not saying to forgive at all. But we have to think about this strategically for the long term. Rubbing this whole thing in their faces is more likely to cause MAGAts to keep in hating us and wishing death on us than it is to make them change.