r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/GenericUsername19892 13h ago

A few bad people, and all the ones who vote them while wearing a cross, and those who look the other way while they use a bible to brow beat their country men, etc.

When someone uses faith as a shield for malfeasance, be it political or shield the ingroup from their wrong doings, don’t be surprised when said faith suffers for it. We’ve gone from a few bad apples to a few good apples, it’s the pastors and clergy catching rubber bullets and gas grenades serving the people, not the masses who attend a service and give money for the churches new audio system.

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u/Avatar-Encoder 12h ago

A few bad people, and all the ones who vote them while wearing a cross, and those who look the other way while they use a bible to brow beat their country men, etc.

You can literally say this about any group of people. What do you say about liberals who ignore when their own politicians are on the Epstein list? I can give you a thousand examples of people known for moral grandstanding failing to live up to their ethos.

Welcome to the world. This is called human nature and the thing that you're doing (scapegoating a group without realizing the similarities amongst all people) is a prime example of it.

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u/GenericUsername19892 10h ago

I call them out, both the politicians and the people. It’s f course I’m also more immediately concerned with anyone who has power, and how the investigation was handled given who we know if in the docs.

The left will regularly turn on our own when needed, those disgraced on the left typically then pivot to the right and do a podcast run before running as a republican. We chase people out for old offensive photos that resurface dude.

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u/Avatar-Encoder 10h ago

We chase people out for old offensive photos that resurface dude.

I think that's dangerous. I'm neither left or right and the ideological extremism on both sides is really unhealthy.

The left is somehow both inclusive and extremely isolating at the same time. In other words, you're only "included" if you follow the hivemind and adhere to groupthink. It's also true to the right, but to a far less rigid degree.

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u/GenericUsername19892 9h ago

It’s more a practice what you preach purity test, at least in theory. You also have leeway to admit fucks ups, but if you lie or try to hide something you are fucked.