bripat9643
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- Apr 1, 2011
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I really don't see what the big deal is. "Butthurt" is a standard attack term used by both ends of the political spectrum as a mocking mechanism when someone from the other "side" expresses any level of displeasure over, uh, pretty much anything. No more so, of course, than after an election. Yes, it's essentially the behavior of your average, petulant 15-year old boy, but that is essentially the maturity level to which hardcore partisan ideologues tend to default.Look, I'll admit that if Trump had lost, I would have gloated and rubbed it in Trump supporters faces. Not because I particularly like Hillary or the DNC, but because I know how terrible of an idea it would have been in electing Trump.
Here's the difference though. I would rub it in, but I would also make it clear why Hillary is the lesser of two evils. I could easily compare and contrast the two and explain why we would all be fortunate in not having Trump as president even if Hillary is still a buzz kill in some respects.
But here we are with Trump officially becoming elected. Since Election Day, Trump has lied; flip flopped on all of his core policy positions, and has ranted like an insecure little girl on Twitter. Despite this, the RW refuses to acknowledge how pathetic this behavior is. When any sort of criticism is raised about Trump, the Rightwing's ONLY response is the "liberal butt hurt" theme. They make no effort to defend Trump. Why? Because they secretly know they can't.
Deep down conservatives know electing Trump was a god awful idea but they cant admit that to themselves let alone anyone else.
Further, this point of yours that "they can't admit that to themselves let alone anyone else" is simply another example of how the behaviors on both "sides" are so similar. The last thing a hardcore partisan ideologue wants to do is admit even the slightest weakness or doubt, even to themselves, because in the binary thought processes of hardcore partisan ideologues on both "sides", weakness and doubt are equated with abject capitulation. So they are loathe to admit pretty much anything.
To understand and recognize the behaviors of the "other side", simply look at your own "side" for clues. They are remarkably similar.
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If some thug goes up to a guy minding his own business and takes a swing at him, then the victim defends himself by taking a swing at the thug, someone like you will interpret that as "both sides" behaving the same way. You deliberately ignore the fact that one side instigated the behavior. The left has instigated all the behaviors you dislike. Why would the right "look for clues" by looking at itself? All we are doing is dishing out to the left the shit they've been dishing out for decades.