We gave them civility and they stole a Supreme Court seat.

[kpete]

We gave them civility and they passed a racist travel ban.

We gave them civility and they appointed a corrupt administration.

We gave them civility and they politicized the DOJ.

MAYBE CIVILITY DOESN’T FUCKING WORK?!

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[Cha]

1. No matter what we do.. we'll always be on

a higher road then the Fascist Lying Scumbags that took over our government with assistance from the Russians and their enablers.

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[KPN]

12. +1111!

[Tatiana]

2. We have to abandon the negotiating style of the past. It doesn't work on immoral people.

We really need Democratic leadership who can lead this fight. We have a lot of strong organizations like MoveOn and DFA and Indivisible. But we need to come together and make one big fist for a knockout of this racist and fascist regime.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Fuck civilty... the only thing civil they deserve is a civil war.

[appal_jack]

4. And yet, Schumer & Pelosi are falling for it AGAIN! nt

[kimbutgar]

5. I can no longer be civil around Twitler supporters

And when I meet someone who supports Twitler I will stop talking to them and walk away. If I am working for a Twitler supporter I will not engage them but be silent and just do my job quietly with minimal interaction.

[Mr.Bill]

6. I'm old enough to remember that

we went somewhat beyond the bounds of civility to stop the Vietnam war. It wasn't easy and it took a long time, but it worked.

[kpete]

7. Thank you Mr. Bill

I am old enough as well and quite willing to act again.

[KPN]

13. Ditto!

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[mythology]

17. Perhaps you also remember the civility of the Civil Rights Movement

or the Indian Independence movement or Cesar Chavez, or the Singing Revolution where the Baltic states gained independence from the Soviet Union, the Velvet Revolution, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the People Power Revolution in the Philippines, the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, much of the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., tree sitters in New Zealand.

But sure, civility has never done a thing.

Also the violent protests against the Vietnam war were ineffective. The Weathermen's Days of Rage was an absolute dud. And there's a reason Nixon was happy when he was told in a briefing to expect increased violence among protestors. He literally wrote "Good" on the briefing.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Gorsuch is an illegitimate Justice

and I'm being polite

[MyOwnPeace]

10. And Trump

is an illegitimate "resident of the White House" (sorry, can't call him by THAT title!) ((well, NO, I'm NOT sorry, I'm PISSED!!!!))

[Liberalhammer]

11. Time to stand up

Rightwing fascists are playing to destroy, and take over.

I'm ready to fight.

[Still In Wisconsin]

14. If we're going to go down, and it looks like we are, let's go down swinging.

Democracy in the United States may die under these fascist assholes, but let it not be with a whimper.

[KPN]

15. K&R!

[TeamPooka]

16. Politically, Democrats need to fight Republicans the way Republicans fight Democrats.

[OliverQ]

18. McConnell's team actually posted a picture of him handshaking Gorsuch

today. He's literally flaunting that he stole that seat.

It's so infuriating and unfair. I hate McConnell so freakin much, almost more than Trump. He needs to hurry up and die off and spend eternity in hell.

[Bluepinky]

19. Moral people care about civility, immoral people don't.

Immoral people don’t care what other people think of them and act any way they want. They act to benefit themselves, not society as a whole.

[Volaris]

20. I would would agree with that (right now)

I like to think that The Other Side is honorable and that Michelle Obama is correct.

But it's obvious at this point that the only thing these fascists understand or respond to, is Power. So, let's start standing up and being fucking defiant. Neither SHS OR her boss should be tolerated in civilized public company...The ONLY place they should feel 'secure' in how we feel about them is at one of his Riechstag Rallies(sp).
Anyplace else, they should be made to feel unwelcome because they damnwell ARE. And it's about more than just the politics of the moment, it's about the morality of what this nation was conceived to represent, and they aint it.

[progressoid]

21. Phew.

I was worried that when they go low, I was going to have to go high.