Same reason most anyone does who is an ass. They enjoy the pain of others. There’s just a closer overlap between embracing conservatism and celebrating pain on the venn diagram.
I think they saw all the lawfare and corruption. The bloated bureaucracy the money laundering and they want action. This had been going on for years and people are seeing this as a step in the right direction to make our government what it should be. I know I’ll get down voted but this is a true answer to your question
I disagree with conservatives cheering for people being fired. However, if you’re not working or your job is superfluous, I think it’s expected you’ll be fired, and many folks were very happy when anti-v@xxrs were fired during COVID. Both sides can be bad in their own ways and use their own ideologies to justify it. Neither side is truly better or worse, just two sides of the same coin.
A lot of conservatives believe that Democrats, liberals and leftists have infiltrated every facet of the government at the managerial level, as well as in key influential sectors like education, and believe, as a result, that the mass firings and replacements of those people is fair game. Because most don’t understand the difference between administrative jobs and political appointments and they grossly overestimate how much discretion and power is in a government job to just make your own policy. They basically think a random State Department manager could stall government policy if they just decided to.
You know that George Carlin clip where he says you don’t need a conspiracy when you have overlapping interests? That’s basically what conservatives believe.
So, as a result, every person fired is one less leftist interfering with the America First agenda, and one less leftist living off taxpayer money.
It’s because they believe the people being fired are ideologues responsible for the partisan capture of their institutions. They are very pleased by this.
Assuming you’re talking about the federal government. Personally, I see it as a over-correction/reaction to what is a lack of accountability. The best comparison is how many on the left celebrate when police get fired. Anecdotally, I know a lot of federal hires that only got in cause of nepotism. That breeds a lot of jealous, hatred, and/or lack of empathy.
I think it’s highly important to highlight where. I believe that we should create the most efficient, and therefore smallest, federal government, and the collateral damage of that is people getting fired due to the fact that their jobs have become useless.
That doesn’t imply that I cheer when we kick out individuals, but I’m not afraid to at least out my sheer happiness if they succeed at decreasing the size of the federal government. (e.g. devolving certain departments to the states, reviewing the tax brackets to counter tax evasion, cutting in the top wages of the federal government, creating a smaller cabinet,…)
Because we all cheer when bad things happen to bad people.
Remember when Biden won in 2020 and people started spontaneously dancing in the streets? That was celebrating bad things happening to bad people.
They cheer because they believe these people are bad. They’ve been told for years that everyone is terrible. Teachers, librarians, doctors, public servants. All of these people hate America and actively support its sabotage and defeat.
If that’s what you believed, why wouldn’t you celebrate those people being fired?
because they are sadistic vindictive people that understand the world as a zero sum game, if someone else is suffering it means the “good” people benefit. They understand anyone they dislike as succeeding as inherently taking away from the “good” people.
I hope the Conservative enjoys the show because in life, what comes around goes around. As a former Conservative, one element I fear when it comes to Liberals is they don’t forget. Every defeat and humiliation they faced, they held on to it until the day they plot their revenge.
They don’t understand how government works, or how political power in general works. To make a bureaucracy more efficient, you have to change the rules. And it could also mean investing in new technologies and training, which in the short run will raise costs. If you just fire people and cut funds, you will make things worse because there are fewer people to process the paperwork now.
They think those people are the enemy. Not everyone has sympathy for those they think are their enemies. Even liberals.
For decades we’ve heard the mantra, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” Then all the memes about lib hunting season. Political ads about hunting libs and rhinos. Etc etc.
The left and anyone they think is associated with them is their enemy. No mercy for those who oppose them.
They’re mad. I’ll keep saying what I’ve said for years. They’re mad for all the right reasons at the wrong people.
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Same reason most anyone does who is an ass. They enjoy the pain of others. There’s just a closer overlap between embracing conservatism and celebrating pain on the venn diagram.
I think they saw all the lawfare and corruption. The bloated bureaucracy the money laundering and they want action. This had been going on for years and people are seeing this as a step in the right direction to make our government what it should be. I know I’ll get down voted but this is a true answer to your question
I disagree with conservatives cheering for people being fired. However, if you’re not working or your job is superfluous, I think it’s expected you’ll be fired, and many folks were very happy when anti-v@xxrs were fired during COVID. Both sides can be bad in their own ways and use their own ideologies to justify it. Neither side is truly better or worse, just two sides of the same coin.
Because they think they’re “owning the libs”. Also, they’re very suggestible to othering,
Former conservative here
A lot of conservatives believe that Democrats, liberals and leftists have infiltrated every facet of the government at the managerial level, as well as in key influential sectors like education, and believe, as a result, that the mass firings and replacements of those people is fair game. Because most don’t understand the difference between administrative jobs and political appointments and they grossly overestimate how much discretion and power is in a government job to just make your own policy. They basically think a random State Department manager could stall government policy if they just decided to.
You know that George Carlin clip where he says you don’t need a conspiracy when you have overlapping interests? That’s basically what conservatives believe.
So, as a result, every person fired is one less leftist interfering with the America First agenda, and one less leftist living off taxpayer money.
They’re evil.
Why don’t you ask an actual conservative?
Their platform is cruelty.
They don’t believe in empathy.
Sociopaths.
Because they’re ignorant, hateful pieces of shit.
Because it’s someone else.
For government workers specifically, it’s because Republicans are delusional idiots.
It’s because they believe the people being fired are ideologues responsible for the partisan capture of their institutions. They are very pleased by this.
Assuming you’re talking about the federal government. Personally, I see it as a over-correction/reaction to what is a lack of accountability. The best comparison is how many on the left celebrate when police get fired. Anecdotally, I know a lot of federal hires that only got in cause of nepotism. That breeds a lot of jealous, hatred, and/or lack of empathy.
I think it’s highly important to highlight where. I believe that we should create the most efficient, and therefore smallest, federal government, and the collateral damage of that is people getting fired due to the fact that their jobs have become useless.
That doesn’t imply that I cheer when we kick out individuals, but I’m not afraid to at least out my sheer happiness if they succeed at decreasing the size of the federal government. (e.g. devolving certain departments to the states, reviewing the tax brackets to counter tax evasion, cutting in the top wages of the federal government, creating a smaller cabinet,…)
Because they’re stupid assholes. That’s it. There isn’t any logic, they’re just dumb and mean.
They lack empathy. They won’t care about things until it happens to them.
Because we all cheer when bad things happen to bad people.
Remember when Biden won in 2020 and people started spontaneously dancing in the streets? That was celebrating bad things happening to bad people.
They cheer because they believe these people are bad. They’ve been told for years that everyone is terrible. Teachers, librarians, doctors, public servants. All of these people hate America and actively support its sabotage and defeat.
If that’s what you believed, why wouldn’t you celebrate those people being fired?
because they are sadistic vindictive people that understand the world as a zero sum game, if someone else is suffering it means the “good” people benefit. They understand anyone they dislike as succeeding as inherently taking away from the “good” people.
Just another way to own the lib.
I hope the Conservative enjoys the show because in life, what comes around goes around. As a former Conservative, one element I fear when it comes to Liberals is they don’t forget. Every defeat and humiliation they faced, they held on to it until the day they plot their revenge.
This is not unique to conservatives. Plenty of progressives cheering for firings in 2020 for instance.
They don’t understand how government works, or how political power in general works. To make a bureaucracy more efficient, you have to change the rules. And it could also mean investing in new technologies and training, which in the short run will raise costs. If you just fire people and cut funds, you will make things worse because there are fewer people to process the paperwork now.
They think those people are the enemy. Not everyone has sympathy for those they think are their enemies. Even liberals.
For decades we’ve heard the mantra, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” Then all the memes about lib hunting season. Political ads about hunting libs and rhinos. Etc etc.
The left and anyone they think is associated with them is their enemy. No mercy for those who oppose them.
They’re mad. I’ll keep saying what I’ve said for years. They’re mad for all the right reasons at the wrong people.