TW/CW abuse I am not a survivor of abuse but aren't these comparisons a bit inappropriate? The parallels in manipulation and abuse are very obvious between politics and interpersonal/ domestic relationships. Maybe so obvious that the analogy isn't necessary?
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
18 Jul 2021
The Republican party is like a father who’s whipping you with a belt & the Democratic Party like a mother who’s so upset about it and she’s going to smother you with kisses & give you milk & cookies when the whipping is over. Which one do you think you’d grow up to be angrier at?
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Replying to @RubinsBlockList
Not inappropriate at all. The same psychological patterns that play out in an individual’s life play out in the collective as well, because the collective is simply a group of individuals. Recognizing our patterns is part of the awakening that interrupts them.

Jul 18, 2021 · 3:28 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
I am not disputing the accuracy of the comparison. It just seems tautologically true that abuse functions in this way on individual and collective levels. So I don't understand what new understanding the comparison brings to the conversation.
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Mommy needs to call 911. Mommy needs to get tough with daddy. Mommy needs to abolish the filibuster. Mommy needs to pass the “For the People Act.”
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