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This sounds like it’s written by someone that’s never been to a therapist. The goal isn’t to agree with your therapist at all. In fact, your therapists opinions shouldn’t ever even come in to play.
Maybe they've been to counseling. Im glad I decided to agree with mine, it allowed me to keep my job, family and maybe even my freedom. But they definitely interject more than a therapist.
And even then, therapists tend to be more "liberal" because 1) they are more well-educated and 2) talk to a lot of people and experience diversity first hand. The same reason most college students end up "liberal".
MAGA feels like it's gay to get in touch with your feelings. Therefore, the therapist trying to help them explore their feelings is woke and therefore gay and bad.
Is it? Think about some Maga dude who wants to talk about how there's nothing wrong with the way that he punches his wife or how he has trouble making friends these days because when he's around only white people he just starts spouting the n-word and blaming black people for all of his issues And that was never a problem for his father.
That guy is definitely going to think his therapist is a liberal.
Yeah, well, if that's the situation it's not therapists that turn you liberal, it's talking to anybody ever outside of the red neck confederate bar you spend at least 4 hours of every single day at.
My former therapist married a man who is full-on MAGA, and I think she probably is now too. I remember talking to her during the 2012 election cycle, and she was telling me that she "hadn't decided who to vote for yet," but it was pretty clear to me that she didn't want to vote for Obama but didn't want to tell me. I have not seen her since before the pandemic started, but I would bet you money that she was one of those "I can't breathe in a mask" types. It's a damn shame.
See, I think that the fact you know your therapist married someone who is MAGA is unprofessional on her part. Therapist aren’t supposed to be talking about their personal lives. I’ve been in therapy for too long and I’ve never had any therapist talk to me about their personal lives.
You’re passing judgment where none is needed. Stop it.
For one, I stopped seeing her professionally before the pandemic started, and she wasn’t even dating then as far as I knew. For two, she didn’t tell me about her husband being MAGA. We have mutual friends and she came up on Facebook as a recommendation. I saw that she had a hyphenated surname, so I emailed her to congratulate her on her marriage. I also clicked on her husband’s link and that is when I found out he’s a RWNJ. His profile is wide open.
Your judgment about therapists not talking about their personal lives is also off-track. That therapist and I talked about our common experiences because it related to my therapy and decisions I needed to make. My current therapist and I talked very briefly about her personal life because the topic came up and was relevant.
To each their own I guess. I personally see it as unethical if a therapist gives their personal opinions or talks about their lives and I guess I got lucky that the therapists I’ve had have always kept it very professional. I also know people who share my opinion. But if it works for you then I’m happy to hear you’ve found therapists that work for you. I was simply giving my opinion, apologies if I made you feel judged.
Professional and sharing something about one’s personal life are not mutually exclusive. You are just pissing me off. Stop being so judgmental and narrow-minded.
Quick question how was she married to a full full on maga during the 2012 election when maga didn’t exist yet and that election was Obama and mitt Romney trump didn’t happen till four years later and Obama hadn’t yet made fun of him at a White House gathering that made him jump in not politics
I feel like they think “therapy is woke” because you have to be vulnerable and express how you feel. Didn’t someone who is MAGA say that empathy is bad or something like that?
This happened exactly to my ex. The therapist even went as far as introducing male clients, in the waiting room, to her before her sessions and then asking her what she thought of them in sessions.
The following session my ex had me show up and she introduced me to her therapist and had me wear my "Atheism: I just believe in one less god than you" t-shirt.
Because each of us sees the world through our own unique perspective, meaningful conversation requires some forgiveness and a willingness to make small compromises so we can truly understand one another.
The problem is that someone who insists on rigidly holding their position can’t allow themselves to be forgiving or empathetic. This becomes especially challenging for people with strongly conservative beliefs, because maintaining absolute fidelity to those beliefs leaves no room for compromise.
The solution isn't seeking a therapist but to find someone who's willing to help reinforce their original position. And this is the reason why they immerse themselves deeply into their memes, influencers, and news stations.
To remain MAGA they must be surrounded by MAGA information 24/7/365. Otherwise it only takes a few days without it and suddenly they'll feel an overwhelming need to go help feed homeless people.
It is crazy to think that the people in the most respected careers could have such a nasty view of life in America. We think of them as intelligent enough to see through the bs but you know they're out there and it's terrifying.
Yes. A very good one. Works with autistic adults and helped a huge amount in getting parents to understand my situation. Doesn’t announce it to the world and usually not to clients, but we’ve been friends for a while and talk about all kinds of things.
If you haven’t had a MAGA therapist though, might I suggest of all people who’d know if that’d be off-putting to you it would be your therapist?
I mean, it is true that people who identify with hate groups like MAGA are far less likely to the kind of people who have continued their education to the point that they are fully qualified therapists, this meme is laughable for assuming this Is what therapy is.
Which leads one to the obvious conclusion that OP started with a lie (and an unnecessary apostrophe).
I am guessing Russian rather than bot, simply because of the apostrophe.
I’ve had one before. She never said she was maga, but we did discuss vaccinations once during covid, and i was able to glean from her comments that she was anti-vaccine.
I did not trust her judgement and got a new therapist.
there's no need for any for conservatives, we know what a woman is. it's always the crazy people that think they're not crazy that it's others. all the stupid shit your side comes up with & then add a big dose of TDS.... yep you're crazy.
I went to a few liberal therapists before realizing that was why therapy wasnt working out for me at all. We exist in parallel universes in 2025, you cant expect some diametrically opposed to your worldview to actually be able to help you. 1 year with a conservative (no idea if they were Maga) therapist sorted me out. Keep searching for good therapists if youre like me.
Lol what? Your therapist shouldn’t be talking about their political opinions at all, they’re there to help you with your issues, their political opinion shouldnt come into play. If that’s not the case, then they aren’t a very ethical therapist and you should seek a new one.
My wife is a therapist, and very left wing. She has some clients who are right wing, and just has to bite her tongue and work on why their concerns make them angry or scared or whatever and how they can work though those emotions, there’s no “well you shouldn’t think that way because blah blah blah.”
I’ve been to therapy and never experienced my therapist expressing their opinions on my situations.
This really reads like someone who had never been to a therapist.
Most rural community outreach therapists are overwhelmingly Christian and view their therapy through a Christian lense. This must be a city person's problem.
This is idiotic. No even decent therapist brings up politics unless you bring it up first. I've had 3 over a ten year span and we have never once talked about politics
What she's really saying, "I refuse to take accountability for my actions and refuse to change my behavior despite it being pointed out to me that it's hurting others. Instead I choose to frame this issue as my therapist forcing me to agree with them.".
People that go to therapists will look you dead in the windows of your soul and tell you “Yeah, I’ve been going to them for five years, you should totally do it.” You’ve been going to them for five years, that means it’s not working. They’re getting $$$ every time you go. If I went to a podiatrist and my foot was still fucked up on year 5, I would not keep going.
“Oh but I like talking about my problems” but you talk about your problems all day and then you go there and your problems continue or get worse… they’re stringing you along. Just, go outside, read a book, play Xbox, learn a hobby, go to the gym, be more active, have a picnic with a friend. It’s not rocket science.
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I'm liberal, and I've talked to different therapists.Some were not exactly liberal.
While it is true that the more educated become the more liberal your politics typically become (that's one reason the right is trying to control education) it doesn't mean that everyone is.
I mean - not every therapist is intelligent and compassionate.
I actually just left my therapist because she thinks the people abusing SNAP and welfare is a bigger problem than billionaires getting tax refunds and undercutting workers' rights and pay.
As someone who lives in a sea of Baptist and "Non-denominational" churches, I can assure you there is no shortage of maga therapists. I had to search for a long time to find one that's unironically woke.
In layman's terms, a therapist is an unbiased, objective ear to listen to people's perceived or real problems without interjecting their personal beliefs/ viewpoints and to offer reasonable solutions, if applicable , to said problems.
This is according to my licensed therapist acquaintance.
In my experience anyone who claims maga has failed in every respect especially reasonable solutions.
Thankfully I have a live in non-licensed therapist, I call him Bubbles, he walks on four legs and his only bias is towards treats at the end of the session, which he gets. Only therapist I'll ever need.
Therapists are human and therefore flawed. This is where I advocate for machine or Maga help lol. No serious get some help. Jordan Peterson? He fell into the Abyss, Rogan drowned in money and Trumps doing clowncoins up his nose. +1 for True Detective (only series 1 the Biden era) reference.
Ridiculous nonsense. I'm not a liberal, and no therapist I've ever had has ever tried to get me to agree with him about politics. I did have therapists who wanted me to agree with them that my AGAB was accurate, but that was when I was a small child, back when therapists still believed John Money was a scientist rather than a monster.
Yeah. They're like the Jordan Peterson fanboys-- the "Clean your room" types. Honestly some of it isn't even bad advice, it's just they tell you this shit like it's some magical panacea, when realistically, it's just half-decent. The more annoying part is that they feel deeply compelled to push you towards Christianity, no matter how clearly you state that you don't believe in it.
+1 JP is a frightened maschocist who needs deep therapy himself.
conservativism as such is not a mentally healthy culture, exactly for the reasons you mentioned (vulnerability = bad, stereotypy = safety)
My favorite part about Jordan Peterson is that he made a career going around lecturing people about dealing with adversity via stoicism, discipline, and cleaning their own rooms.
Yet the minute life gave him a challenge, he completely folded, became addicted to benzos, and instead of going to rehab and endure the full detox process... he went to Russia to be put in a medically induced coma so that he didn't have to do the work needed to kick the addiction. The program being so completely batshit insane, that led him to develop irreversible serious damage.
Only for him to surface back as a total strung out mess, with a pigsty of a room in the background of some of his video calls...
Some might call this the bitter sweet irony of life. Personally I just see some asshole’s projection crumble in view of the public. An ironic footnote, only to be remembered by Some More News’s super short video about him.
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This sounds like it’s written by someone that’s never been to a therapist. The goal isn’t to agree with your therapist at all. In fact, your therapists opinions shouldn’t ever even come in to play.
Agree, this person doesn't know much therapy.
I disagree. But the goal isn’t to agree with me at all.
At most they might encourage you to practice empathy (or even just to think about your own actions).
Wait a second...
Are you suggesting maga forms unshakable opinions without actually knowing anything? Not possible
I don't know. My therapist has a lot of "opinions" on whether or not it's productive to hit walls and/or my spouse.
Should probably see someone more professional
I doubt he has a choice, seems like a court mandated type situation right there.
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Maybe they've been to counseling. Im glad I decided to agree with mine, it allowed me to keep my job, family and maybe even my freedom. But they definitely interject more than a therapist.
And even then, therapists tend to be more "liberal" because 1) they are more well-educated and 2) talk to a lot of people and experience diversity first hand. The same reason most college students end up "liberal".
👆 this right here
The problem isn't the therapist's feelings.
MAGA feels like it's gay to get in touch with your feelings. Therefore, the therapist trying to help them explore their feelings is woke and therefore gay and bad.
The milage on therapists who take Medicaid varies substantially, which presents a sampling bias.
I've never been for myself, I guide others to a treasure I cannot posses and all, but many of them seemed to need to see someone themselves.
This is just dumb.
Is it? Think about some Maga dude who wants to talk about how there's nothing wrong with the way that he punches his wife or how he has trouble making friends these days because when he's around only white people he just starts spouting the n-word and blaming black people for all of his issues And that was never a problem for his father.
That guy is definitely going to think his therapist is a liberal.
Yeah, well, if that's the situation it's not therapists that turn you liberal, it's talking to anybody ever outside of the red neck confederate bar you spend at least 4 hours of every single day at.
My former therapist married a man who is full-on MAGA, and I think she probably is now too. I remember talking to her during the 2012 election cycle, and she was telling me that she "hadn't decided who to vote for yet," but it was pretty clear to me that she didn't want to vote for Obama but didn't want to tell me. I have not seen her since before the pandemic started, but I would bet you money that she was one of those "I can't breathe in a mask" types. It's a damn shame.
Every profession has its share of morons.
See, I think that the fact you know your therapist married someone who is MAGA is unprofessional on her part. Therapist aren’t supposed to be talking about their personal lives. I’ve been in therapy for too long and I’ve never had any therapist talk to me about their personal lives.
You’re passing judgment where none is needed. Stop it.
For one, I stopped seeing her professionally before the pandemic started, and she wasn’t even dating then as far as I knew. For two, she didn’t tell me about her husband being MAGA. We have mutual friends and she came up on Facebook as a recommendation. I saw that she had a hyphenated surname, so I emailed her to congratulate her on her marriage. I also clicked on her husband’s link and that is when I found out he’s a RWNJ. His profile is wide open.
Your judgment about therapists not talking about their personal lives is also off-track. That therapist and I talked about our common experiences because it related to my therapy and decisions I needed to make. My current therapist and I talked very briefly about her personal life because the topic came up and was relevant.
To each their own I guess. I personally see it as unethical if a therapist gives their personal opinions or talks about their lives and I guess I got lucky that the therapists I’ve had have always kept it very professional. I also know people who share my opinion. But if it works for you then I’m happy to hear you’ve found therapists that work for you. I was simply giving my opinion, apologies if I made you feel judged.
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Professional and sharing something about one’s personal life are not mutually exclusive. You are just pissing me off. Stop being so judgmental and narrow-minded.
Seems like you should go back 😬
Quick question how was she married to a full full on maga during the 2012 election when maga didn’t exist yet and that election was Obama and mitt Romney trump didn’t happen till four years later and Obama hadn’t yet made fun of him at a White House gathering that made him jump in not politics
Read what I wrote. She wasn’t married to him then.
I have no idea what any of the political leanings of the therapists/psychiatrist/ psychologist ive been to.
Sounds like someone was going to a therapist as a court order vs someone trying to improve their mental health by choice.
I think they’re trying to suggest “therapy is woke” or something to that extent.
I feel like they think “therapy is woke” because you have to be vulnerable and express how you feel. Didn’t someone who is MAGA say that empathy is bad or something like that?
I think they actually said empathy is evil.
Yeah, I just assumed this person maybe has anger issues libtards are responsible for.
There are definitely Christian counselors out there that will tell women they are depressed because they don't have a husband and children.
This happened exactly to my ex. The therapist even went as far as introducing male clients, in the waiting room, to her before her sessions and then asking her what she thought of them in sessions.
The following session my ex had me show up and she introduced me to her therapist and had me wear my "Atheism: I just believe in one less god than you" t-shirt.
Or that they're depressed because they're "defying" their husband and making him unhappy.
There are and they work at churches.
And you pay them to shame you for not being Christian enough
And to diddle your kids
MAGA therapy is also known as abuse. Nobody gives a doctorate in that.
I’m sure Liberty University will soon.
Trump University had a Masters program in that, I think. But no PhDs.
But what did your therapist possess
MAGA doesn't use therapists they use reformers.
Because each of us sees the world through our own unique perspective, meaningful conversation requires some forgiveness and a willingness to make small compromises so we can truly understand one another.
The problem is that someone who insists on rigidly holding their position can’t allow themselves to be forgiving or empathetic. This becomes especially challenging for people with strongly conservative beliefs, because maintaining absolute fidelity to those beliefs leaves no room for compromise.
The solution isn't seeking a therapist but to find someone who's willing to help reinforce their original position. And this is the reason why they immerse themselves deeply into their memes, influencers, and news stations.
To remain MAGA they must be surrounded by MAGA information 24/7/365. Otherwise it only takes a few days without it and suddenly they'll feel an overwhelming need to go help feed homeless people.
It's not the therapist's fault that reality skews left.
Therapists need empathy, an emotion that Maga idiots are incapable of having.
It is crazy to think that the people in the most respected careers could have such a nasty view of life in America. We think of them as intelligent enough to see through the bs but you know they're out there and it's terrifying.
We’ve seen enough MAGA doctors for me to confidently declare you do not want to see a MAGA therapist.
You wouldn't want to see any MAGA therapist.
As with the rest of MAGA, he/she would think empathy is a weakness.
Yes. A very good one. Works with autistic adults and helped a huge amount in getting parents to understand my situation. Doesn’t announce it to the world and usually not to clients, but we’ve been friends for a while and talk about all kinds of things.
If you haven’t had a MAGA therapist though, might I suggest of all people who’d know if that’d be off-putting to you it would be your therapist?
Maga is perfect. They don't need therapy. Neither does the stable genius leading them.
I mean, it is true that people who identify with hate groups like MAGA are far less likely to the kind of people who have continued their education to the point that they are fully qualified therapists, this meme is laughable for assuming this Is what therapy is.
Which leads one to the obvious conclusion that OP started with a lie (and an unnecessary apostrophe).
I am guessing Russian rather than bot, simply because of the apostrophe.
You gotta ship for a lib therapist or you don't get exposed to EMPATHY
GOP nailing the meme game again.
Being a therapist requires empathy, which MAGAs don’t have. The fuck your feelings people not known for caring about the plight of others.
Reality has a liberal bias.
There are tons of them.
I’ve had one before. She never said she was maga, but we did discuss vaccinations once during covid, and i was able to glean from her comments that she was anti-vaccine.
I did not trust her judgement and got a new therapist.
Jordan peterson
Therapy saved my life and my marriage. Yeah either this guy is a Scientologist or a fool. MAGA are barely human at this point.
there's no need for any for conservatives, we know what a woman is. it's always the crazy people that think they're not crazy that it's others. all the stupid shit your side comes up with & then add a big dose of TDS.... yep you're crazy.
Even if this was the case, which it isn't, it would explain a lot of mental health issues amongst Magakind....
I wonder if there are any MAGAs out there who are empathetic and educated.
No, there aren't.
You aren't supposed to "agree" with your therapist, but they do help you recognize reality. That is often confused with being liberal.
That sounds like a s***** therapist...
"As your therapist I advise you to treat everyone like dirt and they get angry just say they did it to you first."
The MAGA therapists just prescribe drugs to solve problems.
I became liberal because aroind the time i was 16 I realized that all the conservatives I knew outside my parents were hateful, mean-spirited people
Don't know about that but I do believe access to therapy has people preferring Delusion over Depression and I'm not sure that's for the best.
Dr. Phil, and he'll just yell at you, call you stupid, and exploit you for personal gain.
Maybe it’s talking to a person with a compassionate soul. If that’s “liberal” I’ll accept this point.
In my experience therapy is more about finding someone to blame for all of your problems.
That's why I personally quit going
My last therapist was MAGA, and suggested I read Jordan Peterson. I never went back.
Trump loves the poorly educated after all
makes no sense
Oh I can’t accept that I am a POS. Fixed that for you.
I went to a few liberal therapists before realizing that was why therapy wasnt working out for me at all. We exist in parallel universes in 2025, you cant expect some diametrically opposed to your worldview to actually be able to help you. 1 year with a conservative (no idea if they were Maga) therapist sorted me out. Keep searching for good therapists if youre like me.
Then thats not real therapy, thats conversion therapy to make you a Liberal. 🤨
A therapist has to have some level of empathy, a quality that is absent in conservatives. So no, there are no maga therapists.
Liberals go to therapists MAGA follows the rapists I see where the confusion comes from.
Lol what? Your therapist shouldn’t be talking about their political opinions at all, they’re there to help you with your issues, their political opinion shouldnt come into play. If that’s not the case, then they aren’t a very ethical therapist and you should seek a new one.
My wife is a therapist, and very left wing. She has some clients who are right wing, and just has to bite her tongue and work on why their concerns make them angry or scared or whatever and how they can work though those emotions, there’s no “well you shouldn’t think that way because blah blah blah.”
I’ve been to therapy and never experienced my therapist expressing their opinions on my situations.
This really reads like someone who had never been to a therapist.
Silliness without merit
Apostrophes aside, MAGA can’t meme for 💩
It would require introspection. So no.
Therapist are paid friends. They’re not there to fix you but help you fix yourself and yes some of them are conservative
Most rural community outreach therapists are overwhelmingly Christian and view their therapy through a Christian lense. This must be a city person's problem.
Said like someone who has never had therapy before
I’m one. Literally at work right now
My experience with therapists is most of them are out of touch
Dr, Phill, lol 😂 Nice try idiots.
This is idiotic. No even decent therapist brings up politics unless you bring it up first. I've had 3 over a ten year span and we have never once talked about politics
Sure, except theyre called spiritual advisors
Keep in mind that anyone who would write this probably thinks the same about education.
As A LiBeRal
Plenty of maga nurses and drs which is mind blowing considering his handling of the pandemic
As someone who lives in the south there's a lot of faith-based therapists and I'm pretty sure they're probably conservative
Have you been to church? There are services provided there that mare more approachable to differ t demographics.
If not, there is beer and weed.
Maybe because MAGA generally have no empathy!
Maga doesn't need therapy. we have common sense.
The "MAGA therapist" is just going to a hate-mongering church.
No MAGA philanthropists, either.
This is bullshit shit posting.
I wonder why a field that requires years of study and some understanding of human behavior has no MAGA in it. 🤔
In order to make an appointment to see a therapist you need to self reflect and want to change the faults you have. Maga is not capable of such feats.
Much better than sh**ting up a place of higher learning like you people tend to do.
What she's really saying, "I refuse to take accountability for my actions and refuse to change my behavior despite it being pointed out to me that it's hurting others. Instead I choose to frame this issue as my therapist forcing me to agree with them.".
What is political about going to a therapist?
There aren't because therapists have empathy and use critical thinking.
People that go to therapists will look you dead in the windows of your soul and tell you “Yeah, I’ve been going to them for five years, you should totally do it.” You’ve been going to them for five years, that means it’s not working. They’re getting $$$ every time you go. If I went to a podiatrist and my foot was still fucked up on year 5, I would not keep going.
“Oh but I like talking about my problems” but you talk about your problems all day and then you go there and your problems continue or get worse… they’re stringing you along. Just, go outside, read a book, play Xbox, learn a hobby, go to the gym, be more active, have a picnic with a friend. It’s not rocket science.
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Therapist? Find me a MAGA artist 🧐
Yeah this is bullshit.
I'm liberal, and I've talked to different therapists.Some were not exactly liberal.
While it is true that the more educated become the more liberal your politics typically become (that's one reason the right is trying to control education) it doesn't mean that everyone is.
I mean - not every therapist is intelligent and compassionate.
I actually just left my therapist because she thinks the people abusing SNAP and welfare is a bigger problem than billionaires getting tax refunds and undercutting workers' rights and pay.
Criminals don’t make good therapists.
I had one once. Their solution ot all my problems was to go to church and talk to jesus.
As someone who lives in a sea of Baptist and "Non-denominational" churches, I can assure you there is no shortage of maga therapists. I had to search for a long time to find one that's unironically woke.
What do you think talk radio was created for?
I can whole heartedly say, you should search for different therapists.
If they're giving you guidance on political opinions, they're not doing their job.
In layman's terms, a therapist is an unbiased, objective ear to listen to people's perceived or real problems without interjecting their personal beliefs/ viewpoints and to offer reasonable solutions, if applicable , to said problems.
This is according to my licensed therapist acquaintance.
In my experience anyone who claims maga has failed in every respect especially reasonable solutions.
Thankfully I have a live in non-licensed therapist, I call him Bubbles, he walks on four legs and his only bias is towards treats at the end of the session, which he gets. Only therapist I'll ever need.
Therapists are human and therefore flawed. This is where I advocate for machine or Maga help lol. No serious get some help. Jordan Peterson? He fell into the Abyss, Rogan drowned in money and Trumps doing clowncoins up his nose. +1 for True Detective (only series 1 the Biden era) reference.
Ridiculous nonsense. I'm not a liberal, and no therapist I've ever had has ever tried to get me to agree with him about politics. I did have therapists who wanted me to agree with them that my AGAB was accurate, but that was when I was a small child, back when therapists still believed John Money was a scientist rather than a monster.
Yeah. They're like the Jordan Peterson fanboys-- the "Clean your room" types. Honestly some of it isn't even bad advice, it's just they tell you this shit like it's some magical panacea, when realistically, it's just half-decent. The more annoying part is that they feel deeply compelled to push you towards Christianity, no matter how clearly you state that you don't believe in it.
+1 JP is a frightened maschocist who needs deep therapy himself.
conservativism as such is not a mentally healthy culture, exactly for the reasons you mentioned (vulnerability = bad, stereotypy = safety)
My favorite part about Jordan Peterson is that he made a career going around lecturing people about dealing with adversity via stoicism, discipline, and cleaning their own rooms.
Yet the minute life gave him a challenge, he completely folded, became addicted to benzos, and instead of going to rehab and endure the full detox process... he went to Russia to be put in a medically induced coma so that he didn't have to do the work needed to kick the addiction. The program being so completely batshit insane, that led him to develop irreversible serious damage.
Only for him to surface back as a total strung out mess, with a pigsty of a room in the background of some of his video calls...
Some might call this the bitter sweet irony of life. Personally I just see some asshole’s projection crumble in view of the public. An ironic footnote, only to be remembered by Some More News’s super short video about him.
MAGA has sent the opposite of liberal. Conservative is.