• Soleos@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It just reeks to me of him being jealous of people who don’t have kids and/or him regretting being a parent?

    Perhaps. I don’t think there’s much here to substantiate that reading though, even with the context. I’d want a bit more evidence if I were to incorporate that into my appraisal of him.

    You can judge someone to be morally repugnant without interpreting everything they say/do as an extension of the things that make them repugnant. It doesn’t lessen the repugnance.

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      5 months ago

      This is all true. Like I said, I wasn’t sold on the take I gave (which was a gut take) from the logical side. I think your point about wanting more evidence is the best takeaway. Shady vance is the guy you can just give rope to and he’ll hang himself.