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I was with you, up until the end. I don't believe maga voters are pedophiles. I believe they treat politics like sports. They vote for their team.
The Cleveland Browns signed DeShawn Watson. A guy who was BEFORE SIGNING WITH THR BROWNS already accused by 22 different women of sexual assault.
They signed him to the most expensive contract the NFL had ever seen.
It did not affect business one bit. Fans still came to Browns Stadium to cheer on a rapist. It wasn't until he became injury prone, and missed 90% of his games while still being paid that fans turned against Watson. Not because he was a rapist, but because he wasn't winning games.
Thats how Maga is viewing trump. If he wins, he's their guy. But if he'd have lost the 2024 election, I think his political career would have been done.
Not because he's a pedophile, but because he wasn't winning. But since he DID win, they'll believe he's not a pedophile. Because if he was a pedophile, that would mean they support a pedophile. But that can't be true. So obviously he must not be.
This is how they think.
It's so frustrating dealing with Browns fans in Cleveland. Today they'll all say fuck DeShawn Watson. And today they'll say worst trade in history. But I remember saying that 3 years ago when the trade was fresh. I remember saying I would ban all rapists and drunk drivers from all sports. Regardless of how important they are to a sport. I'd have banned Micheal Jordan in the 90s had he been a rapist. (Just for the record, I'm not saying he is. I've never heard that. I'm just saying he's the most important sports figure of my lifetime, and I would ban him in his prime had he been a rapist).
So when day 1 that trade happened, I said this is terrible. I was told to shut up because now Cleveland can win the superbowl. Today they all agree with me it was a bad trade. But for entirely different reasons.
This is what I see from maga today. They convince themselves he's not a pedophile, because otherwise that means they voted for a pedophile.
But it doesn't mean maga ARE pedophiles.
Unless you meant just the politicians, in which case......yeah, most of them might be.
This is a good analogy, but I have something easier: the good old GOP standard of it not being a big deal until it directly affects them. Practically coded into their DNA. Sure raping kids is bad, but in lieu of a video of it actually happening, they can rationalize it away. Kind of like with gay people. They're all evil deviants who can't keep their hands to themselves until you learn your daughter is one. Suddenly they're people with rights, and you're in your gay daughter's wedding because why wouldn't you be? Forget about all those years of dehumanizing citizens because you don't like what they do in private. You're enlightened now.
Meanwhile, the QB they ditched for Watson, Baker Mayfield, is still starting in the NFL and magically doesn’t seem to have dozens of scandals. Those same Browns fans could have had a team that just went to the playoffs led by baker that didn’t throw away the next four years of salary cap and first round draft picks. Fucking Haslans.
Nope, this ain't a weak sports analogy. This isn't business as usual. This is a global cabal of ultra-wealthy psychopathic pedophiles who built the largest international CHILD sex trafficking operation in known history, and now those same people are in charge of the US government.
These people are the worst sort of pedophiles know to humankind, and anyone who supports them takes responsibility for the same behavior. If you have a known pedophile living in your house, and they are actively molesting children under your roof, and you hide it, cover for it, deny it, and encourage it to continue, YOU are a pedophile, too. You don't get off the hook because you didn't actively participate, maybe just watching, or knowing it's happening, is your personal perversion.
There is no excuse for pedophilia, it is a 100% deal breaker, 100% of the time. And if you aren't on board with that, you're an accomplice, and that's the same thing.
Until MAGA demands full release of the Epstein Files, and a full accounting of any attempts to cover for anyone in those files, ALL MAGAs are considered Pedophiles.
And BTW, the Cleveland Browns dowing something immoral, and the people of Cleveland supporting it, is no evidence of anything except what a cesspool Cleveland is. I know, I grew up there, and hated every moment of it. I left 25 years ago, and haven't been back. The only things I miss are the Cleveland Orchestra, the Art Museum, the beer at Great Lakes Brewing, and the salsa at Luchita's. Other than that, it has literally the worst weather of anywhere I've ever lived or visited.
They're like sports fans because that's what states sponsor sports for. To promote cheering for your team, be it country, political party or local youth league team no matter what. Sports is practice for blind patriotism, fascism and imperialism.
It has not been long from when promoting that spirit was an openly stated goal of organised sports.
You're not wrong. Today every game begins with the national anthem, however the first usage of that was in the early 1900s. I think 1917, but I could be wrong.
It was at a baseball game. But not before the game. It was actually played during the 7th inning stretch.
Man a lot of Americans are brainwashed. Holy shit. Pledge of allegiance? Shit is on par with North Korea.
You're not wrong.