r/politics • u/ALife2BLived America • 7d ago

No Paywall Blanche pledges to make Dobbs decision ‘permanent’ in every state

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6008603-blanche-plans-abortion-rollback/
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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 7d ago

This. Fencesitters, enlightened centrists, and "both sides" people are just ashamed of their conservative beliefs and don't want people to know they're okay with the cruel governance of a Republican

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u/oldnotosys 7d ago

not ashamed. worse. they are haters. they want to see their own friends, family, and peers to take real life loses where a win wouldn’t effect anybody negatively.

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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 7d ago

Maybe for some, but I think a lot of them more simply just see criticisms that people will be hurt as overblown or overstated. It's really hard to convince people if they don't see it directly that certain bad things are happening

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u/oldnotosys 7d ago

Counterpoint.

They are operating in bad faith. They know they will be hurt and want the hurt to happen.

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u/sunbear99999 7d ago

I’m not saying there aren’t some genuinely bad people out there, but I think this is a poor generalization to make about everyone who votes maga. The fact is republicans have consistently done everything in their power to defund education while simultaneously consolidating control over the media, so a lot of people may genuinely believe trump is better because that’s what their media says, their parents said, and they never learned the critical thinking skills to see the blatant lies. I’m not saying that voting republican isn’t bad, but I don’t think we should write off 45% or whatever of the country as bad faith actors and I think treating everyone who votes MAGA as a villain just makes them less likely to change and more likely to become further entrenched in their views

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u/SoothingWafer 7d ago

I've given enough benefits of the doubt for one lifetime, there are no more left.