“I think people forget I’m a real person and these things embarrass and humiliate me, and for my family, I didn’t want them to be part of this,”

She IS a real person with feelings. Real racist feelings.

Now we know that conservatives’ sympathy is reserved for those who get hit with water, but not bullets. Thanks for that one, TicTac. Now at least we know what the deal is with that issue.

Sure, she’s a real person. She’s a real racist, bigoted person who deserves a hell of a lot more than just water thrown at her. If this were the 1930s, she’d be the head of the BDM (girls’ wing of the Hitler Youth). She’s human garbage. I don’t feel sorry for her, and whatever terrible shit comes her way, she will…

“I think people forget I’m a real person”

I’m sure she does have feelings. That’s not the issue. The issue is that she is completely bereft of empathy for other’s feelings. If you get hurt by shit, and then also can’t understand how you’re hurting other people, there is something seriously broken in you.

Tikki Tikki Tembo

“Who would have ever thought consequences would happen to ME?!”

Nah Tacotuesday, you forgot you were a real person. Living in the real world with the real people you really talk shit on from TV.

Social shunning can be effective. If adopting a fascist ideology results in a person being unable to frequent any nice restaurants or entertainment and shopping venues, then maybe people will think twice about adopting fascism.

Very well said, and pretty much what I was working toward but much more eloquently and directly stated.

I have to say, as a firm believer in democratic norms, that this idea of ‘let your ideas beat theirs’ is just an extension of the Just World fallacy. ‘Better’ ideas don’t beat ‘lesser’ ideas. That’s not how ideas work. If you believe in, say, pacifism and go up against fascists, ‘living up to’ your ideals is going to…

Yeah, except I’m not advocating the use of torture to extract information, so ... ?

Beating them with ideas is nigh impossible because, again, they don’t engage in good faith, if at all. Social shunning of fascists should become common practice.

Ignoring fascists doesn’t make them go away, it allows them to fester and enables them to gain power.

Ignoring fascists and crooks doesn’t make them go away. Decent people ignoring this crap only allows it to fester and grow.

Tomi Lahren and her ilk openly advocate to institutionalized physical, economic and emotional violence toward people they don’t like — minorities, liberals, immigrants, homosexuals, women, etc.