UPDATE: Monday, May 13, 2024 · 4:50:32 AM +00:00
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Every good trait or attribute loses its original meaning and support for the defendant replaces the original meaning.
Patriot no longer means one who loves this country when used by a Trumper; rather patriot means one who supports Donald Trump and his Republican Party when used by a Trumper.
Every bad trait or attribute loses its original meaning and supports Biden or the Democratic Party becomes the new definition.
A pedophile no longer means one who is so immoral that they desire ..... and in its place, the new meaning for the term when used by a Trumper is somebody who supports the Democratic Party and President Biden.
Socialist when the term is used by a Trumper no longer means that one who supports the government owning the means of production but rather one who supports the Democratic Party and President Biden.
While watching a short new anti-Trump Republican explaining why he no longer supports the defendant, I read this comment which shows profound ignorance and the results of being dominated by the algorithm in social media and dominated by the right wing echo chamber.
'ruthpike 3797' said, "Anyone who does not vote for Trump is not an American or a patriot. There is gray. Which are you? A patriot, (comma splice) or a traitor? #Trump2024"
Below is my response, admittedly just off the top of my head.
The defendant attempted a coup by inciting an armed insurrection. He wouldn't participate in the peaceful transfer of power after losing an election that his own nominees told him he lost - Chris Krebs, Bill Barr, Richard Donoghue, Jeffrey Rosen, the judges and justices he nominated. He believes Vladimir Putin over the American intelligence community. He admires autocrats like Duterte in the Philippines, Orban in Hungary, Erdogan of Turkey , Kim Jung Un of North Korea, Xi of China, and, of course, Putin of the Russian Federation. The defendant has been a fan of Putin since at least 2007 when he sent a letter congratulating him while still a private citizen.
He didn't EVEN ASK Putin about the bounties Putin put on the heads of our soldiers.
He said that the fallen soldiers were "losers and suckers".
He wouldn't visit the graves of our fallen soldiers because it was raining.
He wouldn't go see or take pictures of soldiers at Walter Reed who suffered severe injuries.
He mocked a gold star family whose son saved many lives in an heroic act of selflessness!
He willfully violated the Espionage Act.
He would NOT commit to a peaceful transfer of power.
He abandoned his post when COVID hit and while the insurrection he incited was taking place.
He chose to pour fuel on the fire of the ginned up rage against his vice president when his vice president would not go along with the coup, endangering his own vice president.
He is an isolationist who doesn't support NATO and who does support Vladimir Putin, the leader of the Russian Federation and the former head of the KGB.
I have given you at least a dozen reasons just off the top of my head why voting for the defendant is NOT a patriotic act. In fact, since the defendant presents an existential threat to democracy, voting for or supporting the defendant is the opposite of a patriotic act.