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Anonymous wrote:I have friends who voted for Trump. They're mostly silent and not openly gleeful about what is happening. If they were, I would cut them no question. One close friend has admitted that she did not foresee what is happening and it's starting to hurt her own family. I didn't say "I told you so."

Dude, we are just polite. It is not OK to be gleeful when you are winning, especially in front of people you know aren’t happy.

I am pleased with the changes but I would never say so or indicate that in front of my lib friends, because that is rude and mean. I just don’t talk about it or say something noncommittal if it is brought up. I am sure some of them think silence means I am unhappy with Trump, and that’s fine for them to think but not true.

Why not own it? Why is it being "polite" to not acknowledge that you caused the harm they are facing now? You don't have to be gleeful per se, but yeah, hey Janet, I voted for this outcome. This is why it's good that it's happening. Own it.

Dp. I hope your liberal friends drop you. After all, why have liberal friends since you hate us so much?

Anonymous wrote:Even if my friends did not support President Trump, I would not turn my back on them. They are my friends.

Only hateful leftists do things like that.

Well if you were my 'friend' I would insist you turn your back on me because I no longer need your 'help'

Why don't you hang out with your maga friends only?

Btw, plenty of maga have cut out Democrats.

I am not close friends with anyone who has a blind allegiance to either party or any politician. The entire system is an abomination and if people couldn’t see this coming years ago, then I can’t be friends with people who are that disengaged and privileged. The

I don’t have any remotely maga friends. And I have a lot of friends. I guess I have a filter bubble bc I live between nyc and london. But I did have one q anon friend in london and don’t talk to her any more. But yes no to maga friends - nope

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have friends who voted for Trump. They're mostly silent and not openly gleeful about what is happening. If they were, I would cut them no question. One close friend has admitted that she did not foresee what is happening and it's starting to hurt her own family. I didn't say "I told you so."

Dude, we are just polite. It is not OK to be gleeful when you are winning, especially in front of people you know aren’t happy.

I am pleased with the changes but I would never say so or indicate that in front of my lib friends, because that is rude and mean. I just don’t talk about it or say something noncommittal if it is brought up. I am sure some of them think silence means I am unhappy with Trump, and that’s fine for them to think but not true.

Are you honestly pleased that they are breaking laws instead of approaching their policy changes lawfully?

I am pleased that they are getting some movement on these issues. The legal issues will work themselves out. Nothing I am seeing is concerning to me yet. I am unconcerned about the government having my SSN, which they all do anyway (and China does too from data leaks.) I think a pause and reevaluation of spending is eminently sensible and some sunshine on what has been going on at USAID (and all other federal agencies) is long overdue. If it wasn’t done this way agencies would slow roll so slow nothing would get accomplished.

I work with agencies all the time and they don’t care much about the “laws” they enforce much of the time. Their timelines are often so ridiculous as to be laughable, I don’t want them scheduling anything. I am in the middle of a required regulatory reviews that is supposed to be done every 10 years. After 15 they finally opened it and I think it will take them 10 years to get it done, at which point they are supposed to be starting again but won’t for another decade. It’s not because they don’t have the staff either…the staff assigned to it has little to no understanding of how it works. Every time we meet I get to re-explain it to them as they are unaware of their own rules. Long past time to fix all this.

Anonymous wrote:I think I may be subconsciously avoiding a few people mainly because I don't think I could bear it if one of them said anything positive about what's going on. I'm a bit of a Pollyanna and I have to believe people are better than this.

+1 I have a few friends that have been very silent for the past few weeks. I'm just leaving it alone. I don't want to know.

My friends are fine. It’s DH who seems to not give a damn about women’s rights or gun violence or his kids’ future. He’s not a Trump supporter, but he believes so much of the lies that are in the media. I question what I read but I also have friends that aren’t just white straight Americans so I will say my understanding of the world is more based in reality. He’s the dog in the room on fire saying “this is fine” and I’m not sure my marriage can survive it.

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Anonymous wrote:NO this is not "political purity" unless it is MAGA taking oaths to a con man and his Nazi leader.

No one is an American if they want the constitution to be ignored or gone.

Nobody wants your constitution gone sweetheart! We want to stop paying $50 million for condoms sent to Gaza.

I bet you also believe that USAID paid 3 million for Chelsea Clinton's wedding and then paid 10 million for Chelsea's NYC apartment.

Cute watching mental midgets flail about.

All persons in my presence must pass a political appropriateness and sign a loyalty oath.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NO this is not "political purity" unless it is MAGA taking oaths to a con man and his Nazi leader.

No one is an American if they want the constitution to be ignored or gone.

Nobody wants your constitution gone sweetheart! We want to stop paying $50 million for condoms sent to Gaza.

Well, since that never happened, can you try to articulate your position with real information?

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/29/evidence-us-govt-50m-condoms-gaza/

This is a big part of what makes it difficult to endure conversations with some of the people I know who say they are "elated" right now. They don't actually know what's going on, and they believe things that aren't true. It's exhausting.

It’s even better than that. The likely game of telephone that created the lie is that there is a grant for STD and AIDS prevention in Gaza Province, Mozambique. Numbers don’t entirely add up but they’re close. This is what happens when you only skim the headlines in an accounts payable system.

I won’t cut off my parents, but even they are looking at what’s going on with concern. They really hate democrats and they did go to the primaries to try and get a different R candidate. Part of that is that they do follow another news source besides the main R one, so actual facts are popping up in their lives.

For the rest, I’m a Fed as are most of my friends and circle, and it was always clear what the lesser of two evils was. Most of us have always been kind of sick of both, and would have been thrilled to see a challenge to Biden last year. In general activities, I still follow the practice of not talking politics in mixed company.

But at this point, anyone who supports what is going on cannot ever call themselves a patriot again. They do not know the Constitution no matter how many flags they hug. I will cry no tears when the leopards eat their faces, and will save my energy and support for those who lost a face and tried to avoid it.

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Anonymous wrote:NO this is not "political purity" unless it is MAGA taking oaths to a con man and his Nazi leader.

No one is an American if they want the constitution to be ignored or gone.

Nobody wants your constitution gone sweetheart! We want to stop paying $50 million for condoms sent to Gaza.

Well, since that never happened, can you try to articulate your position with real information?

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/29/evidence-us-govt-50m-condoms-gaza/

This is a big part of what makes it difficult to endure conversations with some of the people I know who say they are "elated" right now. They don't actually know what's going on, and they believe things that aren't true. It's exhausting.

Come on down Maga explain why you are ok with ignoring the rule of law.

Ignoring the Constitution to install King Musk or kind Con we all know it's MUSK.

You wanted freedom, well that alligiance to a dam KING is not freedom. Good going you destroyed the best thing in the world for 11 kids in college with sex changes zero minors, lies about CRT ie fear mongering, price of eggs and omg books in school you never even read.

Any prices come down yet? Unemployment is headed way up. Food shortages are coming in spades. Women no more divorces and DV no punishible in a court of law.

You wanted this the Bible says reap what you soe I hope to god you get whats coming in spades.

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Anonymous wrote:I have friends who voted for Trump. They're mostly silent and not openly gleeful about what is happening. If they were, I would cut them no question. One close friend has admitted that she did not foresee what is happening and it's starting to hurt her own family. I didn't say "I told you so."

Dude, we are just polite. It is not OK to be gleeful when you are winning, especially in front of people you know aren’t happy.

I am pleased with the changes but I would never say so or indicate that in front of my lib friends, because that is rude and mean. I just don’t talk about it or say something noncommittal if it is brought up. I am sure some of them think silence means I am unhappy with Trump, and that’s fine for them to think but not true.

Are you honestly pleased that they are breaking laws instead of approaching their policy changes lawfully?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NO this is not "political purity" unless it is MAGA taking oaths to a con man and his Nazi leader.

No one is an American if they want the constitution to be ignored or gone.

Nobody wants your constitution gone sweetheart! We want to stop paying $50 million for condoms sent to Gaza.

This! What do you do with people so credulous that they believe this nonsense? And can ignore the EOs who vey explicitly attempt to negate the Constitution? I just don’t understand. It’s so frustrating.