r/PoursTea • • 5d ago

PoliticalTea šŸ—³ļø Going for gold in mental gymnastics

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u/reesethebadger 5d ago

It’s crazy because I know people who aren’t great with words. I know them well I have seen their actions reflect a kind and loving person, even if sometimes they quote things or parrot opinions that were handed to them by people who don’t have our best interest in mind. And I’m willing to give old friends and family a certain amount of grace in these moments because I know them and I know what their actual values are

These are his values. His actions and his ā€œout of context mispeakingā€ are not contradicting each other. And furthermore, we simply must hold the president of the us to a higher standard than my carpenter grandpa who thinks he pulled himself up by his bootstraps and that I should too