Thread by @skatoolaki

Fail Son 1 "rarely, if ever" gets emotional (likely true) but was overcome seeing the graves of those who made the ULTIMATE sacrifice because it made him think about the non-existent sacrifices his family has made to help their father succeed. I'm sorry, what?

https://twitter.com/thetonymichaels/status/1927496371281477859

The Trump descendants have done nothing but PROFIT from their father's position as POTUS. "We made the Ultimate Sacrifice" - this selfish, self-centered, myopic moron literally just compared whatever the Trump family has or has not gone thru to those who gave their LITERAL LIVES

in service to this country. That he could be so stupid as to even make such a statement isn't surprising. That he could be so privileged, sheltered, & egocentric he actually believes what he's saying isn't surprising.

What's surprising is how many Americans & American veterans

will defend him, this statement, the Trump family, & Donald Trump with all the fervor & passion of a true, blindly loyal cult member & see no irony or false equivalency in that.

I feel two ways about this. First, pure schadenfreude because shame on them & they deserve every bit

of pain/suffering from the fallout that is coming to us all. Part of me reserves little pity simply due to the damage their support of this regime has brought.

Second, borrow from the Bible that many of them claim to believe in but plainly don't follow,

"Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do."

They are truly lost & it isn't completely their fault. They have been fed a steady diet of propaganda & lies since the beginning of Fox News, primed to be angry & scared for decades. They have been misled by bad actors

online, caught up in algorithms they have no concept of, and fed conspiracy-fueled agitprop, pseudo-science, & snake oil for years now.

How do you get through to a mind that can conjure the mental gymnastics to condone the Trumps bashing those who gave all? /fin

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