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I've got a coworker. He's someone that at one point I'd have called a "friend." Dude is soooooo deep into the conspiracy theories. He was into conspiracy theories before QAnon became a thing and before anyone ever had the idea of Trump being a politician. (Before even Trump had the idea, I'd wager.) Of course he loved Trump from the moment Trump started teasing running for president. I called a permanent moratorium on discussing anything remotely related to politics or conspiracy theories with him when he started getting insulting in his to-my-face unhinged ravings. He's, surprisingly, honored said moratorium, for which I'm thankful.
If he decides Trump is a "bad guy" and regrets voting for him over him not releasing Epstein files, he can still go fuck himself. Too fucking little, too fucking late. The time to "wake up, sheeple" was before he voted for a fascist.
The best time for people to realize Trump is a piece of shit was in the past. The second best time is now.
My personal and selfish desire for catharsis comes a distant second to my need for people to just never vote for him or anyone like him ever again.
Sounds like you've got history with this guy. No judgement. If his bridges with you are burned, that's on him.
But I do hope the broader community can resist the urge to dunk on people who come crawling back to sanity. Otherwise they might backslide to a toxic community that actually will accept them.
I agree only in the sense that if he denounced all the other shit too, it’d be a change. They were still with him on denying people due process, general hatred towards anyone different, I can’t even go further into this list without getting depressed.