If you’re MAGA think for a moment if all Trump’s actions and behavior would, or should be tolerated if he was a Democrat, an Independent, or a so-called RINO?
Understanding the double standard
Yes, it is sad but true. There is a double standard for this presidential race. It is easy to think that “your side” is the correct one and everybody else is lying. But the truth is that facts don’t care about how YOU feel or whether the reality of the situation hurts YOUR feelings. The easiest way to gain an epiphany of whether you’re indeed wrong is by being objective on YOURSELF as you would be on YOUR “adversary.”
Notice that the paragraph above does not mention any political affiliation. But I want you to think for a second if you were thinking about YOUR party or the OTHER party as you read it. This is important because we are at a time where understanding context is not only key, but crucial. YOUR voting decision will impact the future of millions of people and for the generations to come.
If YOU did not do YOUR homework about understanding BOTH sides as far as policy, character, geopolitics, domestic and foreign strategy, how this affects all three branches of government, and the very peaceful future that many take for granted, then you are overdue to do your homework before you cast that ballot.
It is EASY to hear and nod in agreement if your favorite talking head repeats the same talking points your candidate of choice is saying. It is a lot harder to VALIDATE each point OBJECTIVELY and hear it not only from the interpretation from your own side, but to hear the interpretation from the other side, and compare those against the actual official policies. For example, if you have questions about Project 2025, did you read it? And if you read it, did you actually understand it?
Likewise, if you’re for or against a bill, did you read it? Did you understand it? Or are you in favor or outraged about it without not only reading said bill, but without understanding the underlying context? There are literally hundreds of wedge issues that are been exploited to use your anger as the currency to push talking points – and a myriad of obedient fools are making memes and confronting others with a subpar level of understanding, whilst being exceedingly cynical despite their marginal actionable knowledge about the subject they are arguing about.
There is a process for everything, but since before the 2016 elections, politics has turned more into some type of bizarre reality show, rather than an actual serious balance between policies. Yes, I realize that there have been shady politicians since the beginning of time, but at least there was some decorum. Today there is an expansion of “debate-me bros” from all ages who are more enamored with “winning” than actually being correct. Yes, there is a huge difference.
The difference is that a person can “win” through technicalities, but that does not mean that there was no underhanded business. Fortunately, in the USA (at least for now) we have checks and balances to forensically ascertain and measure how a situation indeed played out. For example, Trump claimed the 2020 election was stolen. He was (and remains) incorrect. He lost several cases on the merits, end up bankrupting his attorney Rudy Guiliani, and many of Guiliani’s acolytes turned out on Trump too when they had to face legal consequences for perpetuating this lie.
In this case Trump’s attempt to frame the issue as a stolen election has been easily refuted in courts of law and has also resulted in hundreds of criminal cases against his own MAGA base who believed Trump and followed that lie all the way to the J6 insurrection and beyond. And of course, there several cases against Trump because of that. Yet for MAGA it seems that no matter how bizarre Trump’s antics get, he gets a pass.
When it comes to hold Trump accountable, for him and his acolytes it is consistently “somebody else’s fault” – whenever Trump is being prosecuted, of even mildly criticized – for things that by the way are demonstrably accurate. Bizarre, huh? There are actual documents, and evidence from his own mouth and officials with firsthand knowledge about his concerning behavior. Yes, audio, video, photos, affidavits, testimonials, you name it – these exist.
Yet those get downplayed to MAGA by the outlets they consume. Why do you think is that? And follow up question, why do you think there are so many former hard-core Republicans who are switching sides? Or rather, people who remain Republicans, but are abandoning MAGA, even though some were Ultra-MAGA at some point? The answer is simple, they realized the math did not add up. When they took Trump’s words at face value, there were a lot of plot holes to his story. When they did their due diligence to validate that information, they realized the obvious. The information that was afforded to MAGA was redacted at best.
In case it is not clear enough, Trump and his higher-echelon MAGA acolytes are gaslighting the rest of MAGA. For them, the bulk of MAGA are just an obedient wallet to buy merch and other stuff no other person on the planet cares about. All Trump needs and really cares about is getting their vote to be back in office for one main reason… to make disappear the 100+ criminal charges at the state and federal level levied against him. This is not hard to understand, but he understands that his loving followers will not listen to reason, because they will prefer HIS mouth against any evidence to the contrary.
Now, for a moment let’s assume that all these criminal charges, divisive rhetoric, scandals, immature name-calling, personal attacks, overt racism (e.g. stating that Haitians are eating pets, or in Madison Square Garden last Sunday having one of his speakers – Tony Hinchcliffe refer to Puerto Rico as a “Garbage Island”) was coming from the other side of the aisle. This type of rhetoric is not only unpresidential, but also truly despicable for any person to refer to others in such a manner. If I have to explain why, then a person who needs an explanation is a racist, simple as that – even if they have not realized it yet.
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What if Kamala had done this?
Trump accuses Kamala of having a “low IQ” – Trump might not even know what “IQ stands for” – it is “Intellectual Quotient” by the way. And yes, most people with a room-temperature IQ will call somebody else a derogatory epithet rhyming with “stupid” and wouldn’t even know what “IQ” stands for. True story, I had such a discussion not too long ago with somebody else who was parroting Trump’s talking point about Kamala’s IQ.
But if something as low hanging fruit as not knowing what “IQ” stands for, then it would be even a higher question to ask, “what figure is considered a high or a low IQ?” And follow up question, what is the actual IQ from the person accusing of others of having a low IQ? By the way an average IQ starts at 90, and a gifted IQ is starts at 130. Hence my comment about “room temperature IQ.” I would be very surprised if Kamala is in that low IQ category Trump keeps mentioning, given her stellar career.
Trump on the other hand has not released his IQ score (since he accused her opponent about it) – then it is fair game to ask him for it. Then again Trump has a ~500-word vocabulary, and is reluctant to release any medical records, to include his miracle-ear wound. You would think that knowing him, if that wound was significant, he would have monetized it as a she monetized anything else about the incident. But no medical record has been released by him. Although Trump won’t shut up about how “capable he is” or demanding others to release their records. Kamala did release her medical record by the way, she is fine.
Not a conspiracy theory but think about it. If an actual bullet indeed hit Trump’s ear, he would proudly display that for the world to see – even if was to make a point, it’s not like he is shy about opening his mouth. But if instead of a bullet what hit him was some shrapnel or a piece of the teleprompter, or a ricochet – that is a lot “less dramatic” than saying “taking a bullet” for America.
I would ask Trump, prove us wrong. Release the records, we all condemned the violence, and saw it. Don’t you ever wonder, why he is so adamant about hiding stuff that should be easily and voluntarily released? Like his taxes, or medical records… Afterall, he is seeking the highest office on the planet. Why is it always a fight to get any reasonable information from him?
So, with that context, ask yourself (if you’re MAGA) if you would have tolerated this from Kamala if the shoe was on the other foot? Or would at least want to learn more about it? And to make it easier on you, for me personally – hell yes, I would like to know the full story if ANY of this applied to Kamala in order to give her my vote. Spoiler alert, all the following were attributed to Trump, there is evidence, and if you look it up, you’ll find plenty of content in 4K video.
- Incited J6, and keeps doubling down on it, even though he disavowed the mob for a brief moment before flip flopping as it became convenient to him.
- Kept highly classified documents on this residence on an unsecure space
- Calls the USA a nation in decline – constantly.
- Calls the USA the garbage dump from the world.
- Maintains unofficial communications with the leaders from adversarial regimes.
- Staffed the White House with his family members.
- Insulted the people who are tasked with keeping him accountable (such as his cabinet members and Chiefs of Staff).
- Whines a lot, constantly acts like a wimp, complaining about grievances and calling people childish nicknames.
- Refuses to answer questions on networks that can be challenging to him, or outside of his comfort zone. And if ever facing a tough interview, he attacks the press, stating that their “license should be revoked.”
- His orbit includes a bunch of people who had been in prison, or have criminal records, and/or at the very least have some controversial stories about all of them (Trump included).
- Monetizes everything he does, from hats, to trinkets, to watches, to “assassination shoes,” or “assassination wine,” or NFTs, cryptocurrencies, selling pieces of the suit for a bunch of money to his MAGA Base.
- Insults people who disagree with him, even using the presidential podium.
- Refuses to be transparent to the American people, to include releasing his medical records, or taxes.
- Has 90+ criminal federal charges spanning four cases
- Is a convicted felon with 34 counts of falsification of business records, in a failed attempt to cover a short and cringeworthy sex encounter while his third wife was pregnant with their infant son.
- Found civilly liable for rape and fraud.
- Panders to at least one billionaire to “buy” votes through a daily raffle of 1,000,000 dollars if they support MAGA. And the same person posts to an entire social media platform regardless of whether you follow him or not – or even cares about what he says or not.
- Has stonewalled a bunch of legal proceedings, while bragging on national television, his own social media, and the court of public opinion as though he is getting away with it.
- Has been responsible for destroying and disbarring a bunch of attorneys who were doing his bidding – and many of which ended up flipping on him.
- Constantly spews racially and misogynistic charged rhetoric and encourages his followers to follow suit.
- Exploits his own followers for tons of time and money and shows up late to his own rallies.
I can go on, but if you need more proof, then I don’t know what to tell you, except that you really don’t care about the double standard. Keep in mind, that everything I mentioned its easily verifiable. Don’t ‘take my word for it, look it up. You’ll realize the obvious, many MAGA-acolyte outlets deny the full context to their own people. It sucks to them that these “libs” and “RINOs” were actually right about Trump, and I know that it is terrifying for MAGA folks to contend with. And as you do your research, you’ll find out that my list is extremely short.
But you’ll be ok, there is a reason why there are so many Ex-MAGAs, and that includes ex-Ultra-MAGAs. They realized that they were being gaslit. Simple, don’t take my word for it, be objective and do your research – go outside your own little bubble, and whenever you see yourself giving Trump the “benefit of the doubt” – stop and think – What if Kamala was doing the same or similar stuff? If you can unequivocally give her the SAME benefit of the doubt with the same metric, then you’re intellectually honest. We could agree to disagree, but at least you’ll be honest.
If you cannot do that, then you’re not intellectually honest, and you’re subject to manipulation – and that means that somebody – mainly the MAGA higher echelons are playing you… not like a fiddle, but like a full orchestra. I know, it sucks, even thinking about it. But many Americans have realized it, left Trump, and are voting blue down ballot this time. Why? Because disagreeing on policy is ok, but dividing America on the mouth of one conflicted man is not ok.
There is a reason why more and more Republicans, and Independents are behind Kamala this time around. This election is not about “left or right” – it is between America or MAGA, and MAGA is only an illusion created by Trump’s handlers. If you think he is in charge, you have another thing coming. Practically everything that comes out of Trump’s mouth mirrors state-sponsored adversarial propaganda talking points. As always, don’t take my word for it, look it up.
Then you’ll realize again the obvious, what we are desperately trying to communicate. If Trump wins, he won’t be in charge of the USA; instead, we’ll be governed by proxy under the heel of the same regimes who are controlling Trump’s antics right now. The adversarial forces were after Trump’s clout. They got that now, but the only way an adversarial can win is if we let them do so. Look at the red flags, and the exploitation of wedge issues. You’re not voting Trump into office, you’re de facto voting Trump’s handlers.
There is no such thing as a fight between “good and evil” – but there is a fight between freedom and authoritarianism. The authoritarian will redact the truth, hide records, insult the free press, avoid answering hard questions, and will be overall petulant. There is a reason why Trump chickened out to any other debate next to Kamala, she mopped the floor with him, and he knows it. He is afraid, but he is hoping his MAGA followers won’t realize it – at least until after they cast their vote. HLC