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PaulX2

(2,032 posts)
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:51 AM Jan 2019

Gratuitous Cruelty - Today's Republican Party

From Eugene Robinson on Brian Williams Show.

Pretty good summation of today's Republican Party.

Gratuitous Cruelty.

Let that sink in.

It's not me saying it, it was a Pulitzer Prize winner saying it.

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Gratuitous Cruelty - Today's Republican Party (Original Post) PaulX2 Jan 2019 OP
One can't help but get the impression DFW Jan 2019 #1
Sadists and Masochists make up the GOP..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #2
I would add narcissists mnhtnbb Jan 2019 #3
Their preferred victims are always the weakest and procon Jan 2019 #4
Beautifully stated malaise Jan 2019 #5

DFW

(54,302 posts)
1. One can't help but get the impression
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:57 AM
Jan 2019

These are people who as children got their jollies picking wings off of insects, snipping the tails off of dogs and cats with their parents' garden shears, and laughing when bullied classmates were reduced to tears in elementary school.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,728 posts)
2. Sadists and Masochists make up the GOP.....
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 04:28 AM
Jan 2019

Last edited Wed Jan 23, 2019, 11:24 AM - Edit history (1)


The pain they inflict and the enjoyment they get out of it makes my stomach churn.

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. Their preferred victims are always the weakest and
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 07:24 AM
Jan 2019

most vulnerable amoung us. Look no farther than the children they ripped from their family's arm and turned into orphans, or the desperate people they've denied insurance. They've made life harder, meaner and more uncertain for most of us.

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