Re: Trump supporters admitting they were wrong. I read this yesterday and thought it would be cathartic but actually, I got even more angry after reading it.
www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/sunday/i-voted-for-trump-and-i-sorely-regret-it.html
This thread nailed why the piece above wasn't happy reading:
Musa OkwongaVerified account
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Musa Okwonga Retweeted Bari Weiss
1/ This post is a transparent attempt to moonwalk away from the scene. It's worth singling out because it's a template for future efforts.
2/ It downplays Trump's racism even though he's been an on-the-record racist for decades. See "Central Park Five":
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/17/central-park-five-donald-trump-jogger-rape-case-new-york
3/ It's positioned in the New York Times, which gives it a certain legitimacy. An elegant form of public confession.
4/ What @JuliusKrein is doing here is what Glenn Beck did a few months ago. Positioning himself as the sober, repentant conservative.
5/ Having committed arson, he then hopes to shimmy out past the advancing fire engines, as if he didn't contribute to the inferno. Textbook.
6/ Watch how white supremacy works. It minimises racism as "stupid things...Needlessly inflammatory". Trump was merely reckless and naughty.
7/ He doesn't care what non-white people think. His piece is aimed at the white establishment, who he hopes will readmit him. Probably will.
8/ When I say "white establishment", I mean the talk + radio show circuit, the people who didn't go full careerist and publicly back Trump.
9/ Every person who gives @JuliusKrein a good gig after this will be complicit. Not to worry, there'll be plenty of them.
10/ He won't be the last to do this. It's happening already. The strategic leaks from Trump fans dismayed that he was too obviously racist.
11/ It's all a game - a sick, inevitable, painfully obvious charade. And it'll work, since the complicity for Trump goes very, very far.
12/ Watch out for the people who give @JuliusKrein a gig next. They're the ones who see themselves in him - the amoral careerism.
13/ Nothing of this is new. Bigotry and racism as fodder for ratings and self-advancement. You're bored of it and so am I. Stay well. /end
zatapatique @zatapatique
and at root, the primary criticism still more about effectiveness than conduct. betcha they'd shut their eyes some more if he passed stuff
Nicole M. R. Ritter @rosenleaf
Replying to @Okwonga
This, by @Shakestweetz, is a valuable rejoinder:
medium.com/@Shakestweetz/i-didnt-vote-for-trump-so-i-have-nothing-to-regret-bc7ff4c074b7