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[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 61 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s not that supporters of Trump can’t understand suffering—it’s that they may find it unimportant, or even gratifying

"The cruelty is the point", confirmed by science

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Sick of people parroting that phrase, but I gotta give you this one, right on the fucking nail.