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ResistantAmerican17

(4,096 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 10:15 AM Jun 2017

Dear Republican: Here is That Apology You Keep Asking For:

Last edited Fri Jun 16, 2017, 12:31 PM - Edit history (2)

To those Republicans demanding an apology after the senseless and horrifying shooting in Virginia, here you go:

1. I'm sorry that your mindless support of the NRA and its goal to put a gun in the hands of every American has, no pun intended, backfired. I'm sorry that someone exercised their "second amendment remedies" against you, which must come as a surprise given your advocacy that it be used exclusively against Democrats and progressives. I'm sorry that because of you, a person with a history of domestic violence and/or mental illness is not restricted from owning a gun.
2. I'm sorry that your callous disrespect for the last duly elected President, who won both the popular and electoral votes, has been turned against your man. That, while still far short of screaming "you lie" at a Presidential address before a joint session of Congress, you feel as though your man is on the receiving end of scorn and ridicule. That you denigrated the office of the President, forgetting that at some point you might occupy said office. The proverbial chickens have come home to roost.
3. I'm sorry that you have been so successful in destroying public trust in the government and its relevance in the lives of ordinary Americans that people feel like violence is the only way to have their voice heard.
4. I'm sorry that you have supported a man that pressed hard for a healthcare plan that is, in his own words, "mean" and "hurtful," and which will deny healthcare to millions of hard-working Americans.
5. I'm sorry that you turned a blind eye, knowing all that you knew, to the fact that you were consciously electing a perjurer, thief, compulsive liar, and an admitted sexual abuser. A failed businessman who has sold you the most vile jar of "nothing" imaginable.
6. I'm sorry that you have reset your moral compass to align with a man who has no moral fiber in his being. Who has demonstrated that he has no commitment to the institution of marriage, which you superficially value so much you would deny its benefit to people whose lifestyle brings you discomfort.
7. I'm sorry your party did not have the political backbone to stand up to a self-serving narcissist whose primary goal is clearly to benefit himself and his family, at the expense of the American people.

So there is your apology. Choke on it.

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Dear Republican: Here is That Apology You Keep Asking For: (Original Post) ResistantAmerican17 Jun 2017 OP
K & R. Great post!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2017 #1
outstanding.... dhill926 Jun 2017 #2
Great post, thank you! Raster Jun 2017 #3
K&R & welcome to DU - that apology says it all. nt AnotherMother4Peace Jun 2017 #4
Brillian! Welcome to DU irisblue Jun 2017 #5
"which will deny healthcare to millions of needy Americans" - Thousands Die All-In Jun 2017 #6
People want to be productive citizens, not needy. Delmette2.0 Jun 2017 #11
I apologize if I was indelicate or unclear ResistantAmerican17 Jun 2017 #14
Thank you. Delmette2.0 Jun 2017 #29
Point Taken And Oversight Corrected ResistantAmerican17 Jun 2017 #38
So billionaires who pay 20% while we pay 39% onit2day Jun 2017 #25
Powerful words. Welcome ResistantAmerican17 to DU. kairos12 Jun 2017 #7
Please send this to your local paper. reflection Jun 2017 #8
You hit the nail on its head. Resist! vishnura Jun 2017 #9
Did you write this excellent post? vkkv Jun 2017 #10
Yes I Did ResistantAmerican17 Jun 2017 #12
Welcome to DU, ResistantAmerican17! calimary Jun 2017 #18
Sigh BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #26
Torches and pitchforks and they still don't take the hint onit2day Jun 2017 #27
Please, keep it up! vkkv Jun 2017 #47
Well said, R.A. Thanks. (nt) Demoiselle Jun 2017 #13
Passive-Agressive Apology-Insulting knightmaar Jun 2017 #15
Excellent Post! denvine Jun 2017 #16
k and r and welcome to du niyad Jun 2017 #17
Well said. volstork Jun 2017 #19
I'm impressed- Thanks for sharing this, and giving us all a means to share it ourselves. NBachers Jun 2017 #20
Good one for the republican non-apologies keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #21
Thank you for expressing this so well. lark Jun 2017 #22
K&R Scruffy1 Jun 2017 #23
So damn good, I need a cigarette afterwards! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #24
WOW - thanks for posting! Laf.La.Dem. Jun 2017 #28
This needs to be in WAPO Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #30
May I share your awesome post Sir or Madam? Red State Prisoner Jun 2017 #31
Please feel free To share. ResistantAmerican17 Jun 2017 #32
Me, too drmeow Jun 2017 #57
Oh, and I am a Male ResistantAmerican17 Jun 2017 #33
excellent! thanks captain queeg Jun 2017 #34
I'd add another "I'm sorry" DBoon Jun 2017 #35
Amen, Brother, Amen! BarbD Jun 2017 #36
Very well stated! I particularly like your first point--that Republicans thought Akamai Jun 2017 #37
Get thee hence to the Greatest Threads page! DinahMoeHum Jun 2017 #39
im still waiting for the apology for the Portland Oregon shooting samnsara Jun 2017 #40
Great post. CentralMass Jun 2017 #41
That's pretty damn good. pangaia Jun 2017 #42
Don't Forget Nance Greggs Leith Jun 2017 #45
You are right.... I forgot....my mistake..... pangaia Jun 2017 #48
Bravo! Glorfindel Jun 2017 #43
Everyone needs to spread this far and wide! Mr. Evil Jun 2017 #44
i am sorry publikkkans have joined the NRA cult. pansypoo53219 Jun 2017 #46
Kicked and Rec'd tazkcmo Jun 2017 #49
CORRECT Skittles Jun 2017 #50
They love that we distrust Government. nt zentrum Jun 2017 #51
Welcome to DU!!!!! onecent Jun 2017 #52
K&R n/t That Guy 888 Jun 2017 #53
thank you for onethatcares Jun 2017 #54
here is another apology keroro gunsou Jun 2017 #55
Well said! c-rational Jun 2017 #56
Great post, ResistantAmerican17! My feelings exactly. Thank you for saying it so well! sueh Jun 2017 #58
K&R Paka Jun 2017 #59
Excellent...love it iluvtennis Jun 2017 #60
Eloquently stated..... SergeStorms Jun 2017 #61
I will add my name to the list of people extremely impressed by this fine post. n/t NNadir Jun 2017 #62
Nice. Succinct. Flingable stuff for lying Repug faces. Thanks. nt NCjack Jun 2017 #63
 

All-In

(312 posts)
6. "which will deny healthcare to millions of needy Americans" - Thousands Die
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 10:43 AM
Jun 2017

And many of them will die for no reason other than Republicans refused them proper medical care.

Delmette2.0

(4,260 posts)
11. People want to be productive citizens, not needy.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:13 AM
Jun 2017

These are people who have systematically been denied an education to obtain a skilled job; who have been denied a wage that can support three dependents; who have been denied healthcare by counter productive application forms, rules, resource restrictions and prejudice; people who through corporate greed have lost their job so a billionaire can make more money.

Delmette2.0

(4,260 posts)
29. Thank you.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 12:08 PM
Jun 2017

I apologize for coming across to strong. It's just that the Republicans equate needy with lazy or takers. DU should not be part of that. Just my opinion.

 

onit2day

(1,201 posts)
25. So billionaires who pay 20% while we pay 39%
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 12:05 PM
Jun 2017

won't have to pay 23.9% with that last 3.9% used to cover health care subsidies and Medicaid expansion. Let 'em die. Means even lower tax rates for these greedy bastards. Sorry we asked you to pay your fair share.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
8. Please send this to your local paper.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 10:59 AM
Jun 2017

Then again, print media is virtually dead, but some of the older set that still take the paper edition might read it, and perhaps it will sink in for a very small percentage of them.

ResistantAmerican17

(4,096 posts)
12. Yes I Did
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:23 AM
Jun 2017

This has been on my mind for some time. The shooting response was the proverbial "bridge too far."

calimary

(84,190 posts)
18. Welcome to DU, ResistantAmerican17!
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:53 AM
Jun 2017

I feel like I need to print this out or otherwise keep a copy of it.

Sure sums up how I feel! Particularly since a close friend confirmed my worst fears - AND THEN SOME, last night. I suspected their vote was for trump, just because of being a longtime Republican. A Republican, not a republi-CON. Our conversations were always fairly neutral till the truth came out in a conversation last night.

And it wasn't just voting for trump. What tipped the scales in his favor, "all other things being equal," was Mike Pence!!! The Supreme Court and Mike Pence!!! "Because he was the only one on either ticket with actual governing experience"!!!! My friend had evidently decided to forget the years of service Tim Kaine put in as Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and Mayor of Richmond VA, plus running the DNC for several years.

This stabbed me right in the heart. I didn't sleep last night because of it. Tossed 'n' turned. Too upset. God, I remember when Tim Kaine was introduced as Hillary's running mate. The speech he made. My friend and I were both watching it on TV, several states away from each other. We were texting back and forth (as fellow Catholic school alums) about what an impressive debut, how terrific he was, look, he's bilingual! Look! Educated by the Jesuits (always an immediate gold star in my book)! I thought my friend was sincere! Until last night when the admission came that "and of course Tim Kaine couldn't govern his way out of a paper bag"!

Just gotta get that off my chest. I'm STILL upset about this.

You know how it is when you suspect something because of things you've heard a friend say that imply a certain conclusion, but you try to ignore it because it's your friend talking? Or you try to pretend that they REALLY don't mean that or REALLY didn't imply what you suspect deep-down that they DID imply? And then the proof of your suspicions just suddenly hits you across the face like a flying 2x4. DAYUM!!! It's gonna take me awhile to get over this one. It came from a longtime friend.

denvine

(828 posts)
16. Excellent Post!
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:48 AM
Jun 2017

Thanks for putting into words what so many of us have been thinking. There are soooooo many things wrong with this administration and the Republicans that it is hard to coalesce all of the feelings. You did a great job! Thanks!

keithbvadu2

(39,961 posts)
21. Good one for the republican non-apologies
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:58 AM
Jun 2017

I'm sorry you didn't like me kicking you.
vs
I'm sorry I kicked you.


http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/06/these-apology-critics-want-to-teach-you-how-to-say-sorry.html

The Apology Critics Who Want to Teach You How to Say You’re Sorry

ResistantAmerican17

(4,096 posts)
32. Please feel free To share.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 12:13 PM
Jun 2017

It is my own original work and I am honored that you think it worthy of sharing. New to DU I'm not sure of protocol, but thank you all for the positive feedback. I have lurked on DU since the Bush era, but have had enough. Again, thank you for your recommendation and shout this from any mountaintop you feel is appropriate!!!

DBoon

(23,031 posts)
35. I'd add another "I'm sorry"
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 12:34 PM
Jun 2017

8. I'm sorry that you have spent decades excusing and supporting calls for violence from your supporters. I'm sorry that someone took your rhetoric about "jack booted thugs" to heart and bombed a government building in Oklahoma City. I'm sorry that your supporters have murdered doctors who helped women with the most important decision of their lives. I'm sorry a congresswoman from Arizona has to live her life with brain injuries, because a violent psychotic took your rhetoric seriously. I'm sorry that two were murdered at the Knoxville Unitarian Church because an angry man was lead to believe liberals were to blame for his failures. I'm sorry that after over 20 years of violence you have done nothing but feed the anger and hatred of your followers, and have allowed your voices in the broadcast media to continue to foment violence.

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
37. Very well stated! I particularly like your first point--that Republicans thought
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 12:36 PM
Jun 2017

(Seem to think) that only Democrats were "fair game."

With nothing else to offer their conservative believers, Republicans offer only hate and a threat of violence. This is come back to bite them in their behinds.

If one if one stacks of the threatening language of Republicans versus Democrats, there is absolutely no comparison, no matter what the mainstream media says.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
42. That's pretty damn good.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 12:52 PM
Jun 2017

keep up the good work and you'll be right up there with The Ferret and The Rude Pundit.











SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
61. Eloquently stated.....
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 03:25 AM
Jun 2017

this should be on every "letters to the editor" page in every publication in our country, digital, as well as on paper.

And a belated 'welcome' to Democratic Underground as well.

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