Alcoholism is a serious disease, that can make you do stupid things. Hopefully he accepts treatment now.
A lot of my fellow Trump supporters are defending Brad Parscale after the release of the FLPD body cam footage of his arrest.
I disagree with them. None of us KNOW what he said or did before the very short video we now have.
I think Trump knew he was trouble so fired him.
Trump can tell when someone is an alcoholic or other substance abuser. The brother of an alcoholic who died from it has this finely tuned ability.
I think Parscale's problem got worse in recent months. We will inevitably get more info about it now.
Please keep an open mind.
The definition of alcoholism is when excessive drinking causes harm to the person or those around them.
Beware the "functional" alcoholic/drug addict.
An addict can only start to change once they've hit rock bottom.
Details here that are being overlooked or even denied by some.
Yes I know the media are extremely biased and often dishonest about conservatives. I also know the dynamics of domestic abuse better than I should. I had to learn about it the hard way.
I have both personal and professional experience with domestic abuse. I worked in government, advising on law changes, and programs to help survivors.
Yes there are false allegations, and they are terrible.
There are also genuine cases, and they are terrible.
Trying to excuse Parscale's conduct with "he's been under a lot of stress," does nothing for the Trump movement.
Tim Murtagh should not have commented on the treatment of Parscale by our opponents.
He's a very wealthy man, who needs medical care, not enabling and excuses.
In addition to the media info above, the local PD have released primary sources, so I encourage you to read/listen to/watch those before settling on your view of this.
Well said, @DonnaLeeSun. I have the same approach.
Donna is "Unapologretically Canadian."
I am Unapologetically New Zealander/Kiwi. Granted, "sorry" has a special meaning in Canada, eh? But our countries do have a lot in common. Mini-thread:
I really get what Donna is saying in her Twitter bio:
"Trumpism has a strong foothold in Canada & we ignore it at our peril. Pay attention, esp. to PP, former PM Harper & idiot Premiers!"
The same is true of New Zealand, Australia, and our OG mothership: The UK.
PP stands for Pierre Poilievre, who became the leader of Canada's conservative party on 10 September 2022.
For me it's super simple: Far right extremism gained a foothold in the US, only to be rejected by majorities of voters multiple times since. Because #DemocracyWins.
Evidently, my above use of the term misogyny has triggered a few of them.
They're trying to insinuate that Kohberger was a liberal which, even if true, would have nothing to do with the points made in my tweet. We already know several things about him, and his crimes...
Further, when writing the above list of 5 known and/or confirmed misogynists, some of whom have killed at least one woman, I considered a range of factors that put them on that list.
I want to encourage discussion about misogny and the targeting of women by violent offenders.
Esp. the 2020 US presidential election, and others where right wing governments were (and will soon be) punished for anti- public health and safety, anti-science, ignorant approaches to pandemic response.
Do politicians and their advisers get this yet? In most households, it is one or more women who take basic health and safety seriously, & who develop a superior knowledge base due to our more complex biology, higher rates of illness, & greater need for infection control measures.
Of course there are many men with the same health knowledge and risk management priorities as women, but we are talking about "in general" here, and how that applies to elections.
Gotta laugh, my tweet generated the following reply from a maga account:
"Ukraine flag in bio"
Ad hominem/genetic fallacy is all they have. They deflect by targeting the player not the ball. Because playing the ball is too hard for them. It requires honesty & courage.
I'm talking about changing the way domestic violence incidents are handled, and doing more to put long term distance between known DV offenders and their legal access to guns.
An idea best espoused by the outstanding @BeauTFC. Link to follow.
The outstanding @BeauTFC talked about this issue here:
I wonder what price between $8 billion and $44 billion Elon Howard Hughes Musk might consider to sell this vital pro-democracy communications hub before he completely destroys it.
I mean, that's his goal, right?
He paid waaaay too much for it. Value currently estimated at $8 billion. Surely there are billionaires out there with the ability to build a consortium to entice it out of his grubby little hands?
There's a good argument for the US federal government buying it, too...
Or a group of countries. It's not all about the US, you know.
What does the Putin regime have on Musk, that could get him to over-spend so much money? The global fascist movement is the only winner out of this. Or was it the Mercers?