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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:36 PM Jun 2020

Some days---and this is one of them---I despair that we, the sane, reasonable, tolerant, thinking

majority are being sucked under by the vortex of mean-spirited ignorance being instigated by Trump and implemented by the ignoramuses who proudly support him.

There is little doubt that the Trump rally in Tulsa tomorrow will prove to be a "superspreader" eventually. The idiots---and I make no apology for using that term---who attend this Klan gathering as Corona virus cases spike in Tulsa will return to their home towns afterward and at least some will take a fresh crop of viruses with them. And, some of their family members and neighbor's and coworkers, people who self-isolated, wore their masks and practiced social distancing when they had go out in public, will be infected. And, some of them will die.

Why?

Because the idiots have figured out that, like spoiled children, they don't have to do a damn thing they don't want to because that's how Trump behaves and he has encouraged them to do as he does. Why should they follow the rules and obey the laws? Trump doesn't and he never pays a price.

So we, the sane majority that just wants to live and let live and do our jobs and raise our kids and do our best to love each other, will pay the tab for the parties and games and rallies that we were smart enough not to attend.

That "vortex of ignorance" I mentioned above? That may just be the drain we're circling.

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Some days---and this is one of them---I despair that we, the sane, reasonable, tolerant, thinking (Original Post) Atticus Jun 2020 OP
those deplorables are VASTLY outnumbered Skittles Jun 2020 #1
Thank you!! We must all remind each other of that fact when needed. We are the majority Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #7
in soldiarity with BLM Skittles Jun 2020 #11
All good people need to avoid peering at this pigsty feeding frenzy hate fest in Tulsa Olafjoy Jun 2020 #2
I have no intent to watch that cesspool. Just knowing it is there makes me gag. nt Atticus Jun 2020 #3
+1 crickets Jun 2020 #10
I wonder how many of them will be sufficiently Phoenix61 Jun 2020 #4
It's why WE, intelligent ones, must protect ourselves. No one else is going to do it for us Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #5
I'm doing it, but I resent it Generic Brad Jun 2020 #6
I feel anger and anger Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #8
I hear you loud and clear Generic Brad Jun 2020 #9
up-side: we are leading research into idiocy's "critical mass" 0rganism Jun 2020 #12

Skittles

(153,122 posts)
1. those deplorables are VASTLY outnumbered
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:41 PM
Jun 2020

America is stronger than Donald Fucking Trump and his pathetic supporters; we WILL PREVAIL.

Skittles

(153,122 posts)
11. in soldiarity with BLM
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 10:55 PM
Jun 2020

Trump humping freaks need to relegated to the same place the confederacy belongs: IN THE PAST......November cannot get here fast enough.

Olafjoy

(937 posts)
2. All good people need to avoid peering at this pigsty feeding frenzy hate fest in Tulsa
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jun 2020

They are just trying to be as horrible as possible and the media is going to be all over their ignorant, racist statements. Watching will burn your retinas and suck out your soul.
TURN IT OFF TURN IT OFF

Phoenix61

(16,994 posts)
4. I wonder how many of them will be sufficiently
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:39 PM
Jun 2020

emboldened to spew their hate filled bs on social media and learn when they return to work on Monday they have been fired. You know at least one will.

Generic Brad

(14,272 posts)
6. I'm doing it, but I resent it
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:53 PM
Jun 2020

We are being denied our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Tonight I’m feeling a mix of despair and anger.

0rganism

(23,932 posts)
12. up-side: we are leading research into idiocy's "critical mass"
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 11:03 PM
Jun 2020

how many activated idiots does it take to ruin a society? what % needs to become willfully ignorant and zealously brainwashed before democracy crumbles away?

future civilizations have much to learn from us.

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