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>loyal As in ... voting for them? If that's the case, they get to do that, that's their right. That's not the loyalty the current administration is looking f
by duxup 2y ago
>loyal
As in ... voting for them?
If that's the case, they get to do that, that's their right. That's not the loyalty the current administration is looking for.
Trump's first term he asked his staff to take an oath of loyalty, to him personally, not the US.
- tacitusarc 2y agoMore likely referring to events like this: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unresolved-irs-scandal-1525905500 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unresolved-irs-scandal-1525... Which was the most prominent one uncovered. I’m sympathetic to the fear that the current administration will irrevocably damage faith in US institutions, but I am also sympathetic to the conservative accusation that democrats have already done the damage.
- duxup 2y agoI've never heard of a democratic, or even republican (beyond trump) ask for personal oaths of loyalty or openly purge government institutions based on personal loyalty, acts of revenge, etc. As far as the current administration goes, they see simple statements of scientific fact as false / evidence of "bias". That's not one side or another, that's just ignorance. "It's ok when I do it, because I think they did." Is just and endless escalation by design. Those in power will always find a reason to justify their actions because it benefits them ... not because anyone else actually did the thing.
- figassis 2y agoI think the problem with democrats is they’re indirect. They don’t ask for loyalty, but seriously retaliate against anything not loyal to their principles. For example, if you’re not for LGBTQ, or you’re for meritocracy as opposed to DEI, you’re racist or not human enough to hold certain positions. so you can’t blame person X for demanding loyalty, but the result is the same no?