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MAGA lawmaker repeatedly booed by angry crowd at town hall as she defends Elon Musk
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The same idiots that voted for her in the first place.
A person can make a mistake, realize they were wrong, and change their mind. This is the basis of personal growth. Insults are not an appropriate response. This only promotes division when you should be looking for allies.
I've always felt we're being too hard on these people. While I'm sure some genuinely align with Trump's paper thin ideologies, most are just average people that were duped by propaganda.
I know how that feels. I almost went down that rabbit hole during the Obama era.
Far right politicians are not mindless dupes. They are self-centeredly hopping onto whatever bandwagon they think will best further their personal interest. They are not fooled, they are malicious. They may be only thinking of their immediate self but they are helping build a larger combined evil. If they had any empathy or morals, any backbone, this would not happen. The thing is that simple greed for power should fuel many of our checks and balances but these people can’t even stand up for that. They deserved to be booed and then some.
That’s different from voters, many of whom might be low information and/or manipulated by misinformation, echo chambers and peer pressure. You’re right that a more constructive approach could help them