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User themeatbridge@lemmy.world observed in another thread how every conservative holds the unshakable, foundational belief that they are a good person, regardless of how they actually act. Here Noem brings it back to "Well, we're the good guys so it doesn't matter when we do it." When you see it in this way, a lot of what the MAGA people do starts to make a little more sense. They don't have to do anything good, or not do anything bad, in order to be the good guys in their own eyes. It's just axiomatic for them.
Here's a copy of themeatbridge@lemmy.world's comment:
(Original thread)
Noem: You can't trust the government!
Reporter: You are the government.
Noem: Exactly.
He doesn't even have valid security clearance for areas he's literally downloading! What processes???
"Daddy said it was okay"
In regards to meatbridges comment, this can also be seen in every church that forgives one of it's men for their "transgressions" and "they just need time to heal with God" after they impregnated a teen churchgoer.
Every time they're caught in a mens restroom trying to bang other dudes, it's just a little mistake, and should be forgiven, even though they spend all day and night saying all homosexuals should be put to death, somehow conveniently forgetting that they are technically homosexual, even if they want to deny it.
That's a fucking deep cut. We sadly don't have a briar patch to be safely thrown into to escape the Fox.