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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel sad for him, even though he has caused most of the US so much pain. [/quote]

Why?  Serious question to anyone who feels similarly. Unlike many, at the very least, he has an ample pension, top tier medical insurance, and could leave his current job any time he wants.  He has the ability and the resources to focus on his health if he decides that his physical well-being is a priority. Mitch is choosing this.

I feel sorry for people with health challenges and financial concerns who are forced to continue to work — or who become impoverished, and who lack adequate healthcare in large part because of Mitch and his fellow Republicans.  [/quote]

I think it's because we have weird parasocial relationships with famous people, even famous people we hate, and even disgraceful politicians who have helped orchestrate the downfall of this country. A good part of being human is that we extend empathy to people we know - and we "know" Moscow Mitch. So it's our instinct to have some sense of feeling bad for him, even if we despise him and what he's done. I think you actually have to fight human nature pretty hard not to feel that way.[/quote]

I can appreciate all of this — especially the instinct for empathy. Where I’m stuck is realizing that he’s actively choosing this, including what he’s putting people and the country through. Perhaps it’s no different from any older person fighting to feel competent, and maintain what they’re used to?  I do despise him though, in part because unlike many other heinous politicians, he’s always known exactly what he’s doing, and what the outcomes for other people are likely to be.

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