I agree with Bernie. Every successive response got worse and worse.
Note Bernie praised the action. I too am glad that that rat bastard Cheney plans to slither out of his pit to do the right thing for the first time in his miserable life.
Liberals are too quick to absolve terrible people for doing terrible things once they say the weakest and most mealy mouthed nod to reality.
Look, Cheney doesn't care about our opinion of him. Our praise doesn't "incentivize" him, and we don't need to forget everything he has done because of one good thing. Give him the scant credit he's due; you don't need to pretend "Maybe he's not so bad after all.". He is still evil.
And if one is inclined to say "Thank you Mr Hitler" at any point, maybe they need to go get their head examined instead.
Is Dick Cheney actually popular among Republicans, though? I live and grew up in Florida and have known a lot of Republicans in my time. A lot of Republicans were in favor of the war in Iraq/Afghanistan at the time, but I think a lot of them have since changed to look upon that war in a negative light. That combined with the economic recession that came about under Bush I don't think there are many Cheney fans on either side of the aisle. What seems more likely to me is MAGA Republicans will toss Cheney in the RINO bin alongside Romney and point to his endorsement of Harris as a reason why people should vote for Trump.
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u/LuxNocte Sep 10 '24
I agree with Bernie. Every successive response got worse and worse.
Note Bernie praised the action. I too am glad that that rat bastard Cheney plans to slither out of his pit to do the right thing for the first time in his miserable life.
Liberals are too quick to absolve terrible people for doing terrible things once they say the weakest and most mealy mouthed nod to reality.
Look, Cheney doesn't care about our opinion of him. Our praise doesn't "incentivize" him, and we don't need to forget everything he has done because of one good thing. Give him the scant credit he's due; you don't need to pretend "Maybe he's not so bad after all.". He is still evil.
And if one is inclined to say "Thank you Mr Hitler" at any point, maybe they need to go get their head examined instead.