Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will stop using “toxic” rhetoric, marking what would be a dramatic shift in a political brand hallmarked by derogatory comments.
If you give people no credit for admitting they were wrong or give them no chance to atone, then you give them no reason to do it and they will continue down the path they are on. To me it is preferable that she stops being toxic vs her continuing if those are the two choices.
I am not saying she should be forgiven, but if she is genuine, and that remains to be seen (she has a lot of work to do to prove that), then continuing to punish or otherwise vilify her, sends her the message that she’s damned is she does and she’s damned if she doesn’t so why not continue being toxic. Why should she try to be better?
If she continues to atone and does some very positive things in future (again doubtful) there should at least be some consideration given that she may have changed.
If you give people no credit for admitting they were wrong or give them no chance to atone, then you give them no reason to do it and they will continue down the path they are on. To me it is preferable that she stops being toxic vs her continuing if those are the two choices.
i understand this argument, but if you enter politics by being willing to burn the society to the ground for your personal profit, that shouldn’t be easy to wave away. at least you shouldn’t be able to keep the profit from doing so.
imagine i steel your wallet and then say “oh, i regret that, but i have changed and i am a better person now, so please like me. also i’d like to keep that wallet.” that would be clearly absurd, and she is in similar position.
let her go work for the ngo and help poor people, after doing so for as long as she was evil, i may be willing to admit she really changed.
If you give people no credit for admitting they were wrong or give them no chance to atone, then you give them no reason to do it and they will continue down the path they are on. To me it is preferable that she stops being toxic vs her continuing if those are the two choices.
I am not saying she should be forgiven, but if she is genuine, and that remains to be seen (she has a lot of work to do to prove that), then continuing to punish or otherwise vilify her, sends her the message that she’s damned is she does and she’s damned if she doesn’t so why not continue being toxic. Why should she try to be better?
If she continues to atone and does some very positive things in future (again doubtful) there should at least be some consideration given that she may have changed.
i understand this argument, but if you enter politics by being willing to burn the society to the ground for your personal profit, that shouldn’t be easy to wave away. at least you shouldn’t be able to keep the profit from doing so.
imagine i steel your wallet and then say “oh, i regret that, but i have changed and i am a better person now, so please like me. also i’d like to keep that wallet.” that would be clearly absurd, and she is in similar position.
let her go work for the ngo and help poor people, after doing so for as long as she was evil, i may be willing to admit she really changed.