I tried to convince someone a few weeks back that shared hatred was not a solid foundation for a strong, enduring relationship. I don’t think successfully convinced them.
I normally sail the high seas, but I have had similar difficulties to yours. I had a recent long car trip and had very good success with hoopla and linking it to my local library card. Totally free. I would give that a shot honestly.
Nothing in those comments is emotionally indifferent to suffering—callous would be mocking the deaths in Gaza or treating them as irrelevant. That’s not what’s happening. What’s happening is that people are pointing out the bitter irony of having been told Kamala would somehow be worse than Trump, only to end up with this gestures around broadly at the country. That’s not callous—that’s commentary. And it lands because people still care, and many of us don’t plan to stop caring.
As for trite, no. Trite implies the idea is overused and devoid of meaning. But if people keep bringing it up, that’s probably because the damage keeps compounding and the folks who helped enable it (Read: people like you) still haven’t taken any accountability. The criticism isn’t tired—it’s still relevant. If that makes you uncomfortable, maybe ask why. Or don’t, but at least shut up with your whinging.
Nobody’s “rubbing it in your face.” They’re just not letting you memory-hole the consequences of your own choices. That’s not cruelty—that’s accountability; something else we are sorely lacking in our government right now, thanks to idiots who abstained from voting for ’moral’ reasons.
I tried to convince someone a few weeks back that shared hatred was not a solid foundation for a strong, enduring relationship. I don’t think successfully convinced them.