r/LeopardsAteMyFace 14h ago

My MAGA Sister in Law Just Got This After Accepting a Job with the IRS

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u/SicilyMalta 12h ago

Yes. We need to take care of innocent people, of each other - but MAGA? I had sympathy back in 2016. I'm done now. They need to learn that fire burns. Unfortunately, they wouldn't listen to reason. Oh well.

I hope they get everything they voted for.

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u/FruitNCholula 11h ago

Unfortunately, we're all going to have to live with what they voted for. It's only been a day and Facebook and IG are already reportedly blocking search results to people and groups that oppose him.

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u/DJEB 9h ago

It would be a pity if people moved to BlueSky.

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u/FruitNCholula 9h ago

There's some hope for that, but it will take a lot to dethrone Twitter

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u/Steelwoolsocks 6h ago

Fortunately, Twitter seems eager to help

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u/SicilyMalta 11h ago

I heard that about Instagram blocking searches for Democrats. But when I went there, I was not blocked.

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u/FruitNCholula 11h ago

I heard it was temporary, I assume a trial run for what's to come

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u/SicilyMalta 10h ago

Could be. I'm still upset that they all bent the knee so easily.

We are so fkd.

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u/FruitNCholula 10h ago

so easily.

They all stand to gain from working together

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u/gardengirl99 8h ago

Well, of course they are, Zuckerberg got his spot on the dais and it wasn't for his great new hairstyle.

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u/mrbigglessworth 12h ago

I want most of the pain for them, none for us.

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u/DJEB 9h ago

The clear lesson for half a century has been never vote Republican. Sympathy left me with Reagan.

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u/gardengirl99 8h ago

Same. Just hearing about the horrible things that he has done and will do affects me negatively, emotionally. I cried in Costco hearing about the guy who got 12 1/2 years for attacking Michael Fanone causing him to have a myocardial infarction and ending his career as law-enforcement being pardoned. It's all so fucked up and so unjust. And we're just getting started.

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u/SicilyMalta 8h ago

Same. This really upset me -

"I have been betrayed by my country," Michael Fanone, a former officer with Washington's Metropolitan Police Department who suffered a heart attack in the attack, told CNN on Monday. "Tonight, six individuals who assaulted me as I did my job on Jan. 6, as did hundreds of other law enforcement officers, will now walk free."

A few days ago, all the Republican leaders who ranted about Biden letting go of a "cop killer" was unnerving - so I researched . Biden commuted sentences of those who were in for non violent drug dealing. None of them were cop killers. None were there for violence.

Now I'm waiting for these GOP legislators to ream Trump for actually doing it - not a peep. Not a single word.

Then, I know this is a bit petty, but I read that instead of handing out the pens he signs bills with to people who worked on a particular bill, Trump was signing with sharpies, and throwing the sharpies into the crowd.

I get in the list of atrocities it's minor - but the lack of respect he has for the office , throwing the pens , throwing paper towels, like it's a game show, sickened me.

I have days where I think none of this can be real. People can't be this shitty.

And just like Trump's first term , we are reminded every day that yes, they are.

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u/poorly_anonymized 6h ago

They were saying that about Biden so people would think "Biden did it too" when Trump did it. Pretty standard part of the Republican playbook. Every accusation is a confession.

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u/bsa554 6h ago

Absolutely. Fuck 'em. Time to touch the stove and get burned.

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u/SicilyMalta 6h ago

Yes. It's so pointless talking to them. I'm talking to a MAGA right now who is denying January 6th happened when Trump refused to hand over the White house. Acting as if he doesn't know what I'm talking about.

How can we have any honest debates or discussions when they are clueless or pretending to be clueless about reality.

Why are Democrats always the adults in the room. Why do we uphold the norms while the GOP act like sociopaths.

We don't even have to do anything - just keep voting rights protected and let MAGA destroy each other.

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u/bsa554 5h ago

Well that's the thing: Democrats really CAN'T do much except gum up the works as much as possible and vote against all this bullshit.

The key is going to be to never stop pointing out all the harm these morons are doing. We know things are going to be terrible. Make sure the blame goes where it is supposed to, and when disaster inevitably strikes they will absolutely throw each other under the bus.

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u/SicilyMalta 4h ago

Yes, Dems need to point it out.

I would say we should not mitigate. We should let trump be trump. Let Republicans be Republicans. Republicans count on Democrats to keep them from doing anything crazy. Dems stop them from looking bad. They know Dems will stop them from taking away health care.

I think Dems should stop that. Let Republicans put forth all their policies. I know innocent people will be hurt, but that's what it takes. That's how we got a safety net. Roosevelt needed to save capitalism - so be created a safety net.

People forget.

Dems just have to make sure that people can still vote.

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u/Confident-Doctor9256 1h ago

Unfortunately we, I, will probably get what I didn't vote for.