Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[viper37]

Canada number 1? He's gonna be pissed.

Well...among Canadians. You guys are quite fond of each other.

I mean can you dislike someone but still think they're morally good? Cause there is still a lot of interprovincial beefs

I always question the moral character of Leafs and Habs fans, but outside that, I find Canadians totally fine people.

[crazy canuck]

The sanity of Leafs fans needs to be questioned, not their integrity.

[Razgovory]

Valmy hates americans?

To be fair to Raz, 53% of Americans hate Americans.



This is what 10 years of Trumpism has done to this country.

Stop undermining HVC and Grumbler!  I would also point out that contempt of Americans by other Americans may be what brought us Trump in the first place.  "Vote for us, we hate you!" is not a winning campaign strategy.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Valmy hates americans?

To be fair to Raz, 53% of Americans hate Americans.



This is what 10 years of Trumpism has done to this country.

Stop undermining HVC and Grumbler!  I would also point out that contempt of Americans by other Americans may be what brought us Trump in the first place.  "Vote for us, we hate you!" is not a winning campaign strategy.

That worked for Trump though.

[DGuller]

Hate is the wrong word, though.  Hate is a strong feeling, but there are more hurtful ones.  Contempt is one.  Whether contempt is applied rightly or wrongly, it's always perceived, and it's always taken very badly.

[Valmy]

Hate is the wrong word, though.  Hate is a strong feeling, but there are more hurtful ones.  Contempt is one.  Whether contempt is applied rightly or wrongly, it's always perceived, and it's always taken very badly.

Sure. Maybe eventually insisting foreigners are criminal subhumans who eat cats and dogs and trans people are very powerful and evil deviants will come back to hurt the GOP.

[DGuller]

Hate is the wrong word, though.  Hate is a strong feeling, but there are more hurtful ones.  Contempt is one.  Whether contempt is applied rightly or wrongly, it's always perceived, and it's always taken very badly.

Sure. Maybe eventually insisting foreigners are criminal subhumans who eat cats and dogs and trans people are very powerful and evil deviants will come back to hurt the GOP.

GOP is smart enough to have contempt for people that either can't vote, don't exist in large numbers, or are not reachable.

[Jacob]

GOP is smart enough to have contempt for people that either can't vote, don't exist in large numbers, or are not reachable.

Similarly, they are very good at making their voting base feel the target of contempt, whether it exists or not. And they are also very very good at using contempt of others as a unifying force for their voters.

The enemies of the modern GOP are both "full of contempt and utterly contemptible to them at the same time." Conveniently.

[Norgy]

You're realising that just now? 

[Jacob]

You're realising that just now? 

No, but I'm hoping DGuller decides it's relevant to his analysis at some point.

[Razgovory]

GOP is smart enough to have contempt for people that either can't vote, don't exist in large numbers, or are not reachable.

Similarly, they are very good at making their voting base feel the target of contempt, whether it exists or not. And they are also very very good at using contempt of others as a unifying force for their voters.

The enemies of the modern GOP are both "full of contempt and utterly contemptible to them at the same time." Conveniently.

Certainly, and it's not very hard.  The contempt you demonstrated for people in my town is something I remembered quite well.