He sounds like a hell of a dad, and to be fair, my father has always been supportive and affectionate while pointing my moral compass in the right direction, which is why I felt such a disconnect between the man who taught me how to recognize bigotry and injustice and the pundits with their hateful rhetoric he chose to consume and accept as his own beliefs…he’s largely abandoned those principles in the Donnie era and skews much closer to the middle these days, but so many people (then AND now) seem incapable of admitting they believed in an obvious con and they just keep doubling down instead of being mature and owning their mistakes. Conservatives have pushed anti-intellectualism for the majority of their history, and part of that is avoiding emotional intelligence as well; they aren’t taught self-introspection or encouraged to learn new things that might challenge them and expand their worldview, they’re made to be docile and subservient bootlickers because they’re easier to control and manipulate. Still, the fact that most of them don’t ever accept reality when the rest of us beg with them to do so is what makes me insistent that they shouldn’t be treated with respect either…if you’re handed the opportunity to better yourself and you outright reject it (especially when that rejection has long-term global repercussions), that’s a conscious and unassisted choice and you should be judged for it as a result

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The average MAGAt who claims supporting Israel means they also support Jews: