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It’s strange for me to even say this, because I served 20 years in the military, and respecting the President of the United States, Republican or Democrat, whether I agreed with them or not, is almost in my DNA. I have always believed in the office, in the Constitution, and in the guardrails Congress is supposed to provide.
I can honestly say that, with maybe a few exceptions when I was a much younger man, I haven’t hated many people in my life. If someone is toxic, I usually just walk away. People call me names on here every day, and it doesn’t bother me. I don’t care what people I don’t respect think of me or say to me. I try to stick to the facts. Their opinions carry no weight.
So when I say I hate the convicted felon with every fiber of my being, that actually makes me sad. Not because I think my hate is unjustified, but because I hate that I have allowed any one person to bring me to that place.
I don’t hate him because he is a Republican, he isn't. I have voted for Republicans. I don’t hate him because he disagrees with me. Plenty of people do. I hate what he has done to the office, to our institutions, to the truth, to the military, to the country, and to the way Americans treat one another.
And maybe the part that bothers me most is realizing that a man I’ve only met twice has managed to pull an emotion out of me that I spent most of my life refusing to give to anyone.
I don’t like that. I don’t like that I’ve allowed him to occupy that kind of space in my head, and I don’t like what that says about where we are as a country.
I can disagree with people. I can be angry. I can fight like hell over policy, principle, and the Constitution. But hate is different. And it genuinely saddens me that I’ve reached a point in my life where that is the word that feels most accurate.
Now you know why I waste my time with long form rebuttals, I can't help myself.
@Beno10_MFC I see four differences. I’m using the left as showing the differences.
1) The string on the bag is slightly longer and thinner.
2) The middle finger (arm with watch) is slightly longer.
3) Mouth is slightly thinner and longer.
4) The hand holding the bag is odd looking.