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madashelltoo

(1,834 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 11:23 PM Nov 2020

Why don't people understand

That this country has been beaten, raped and robbed? That it has been stripped? That it has been left on crates on the side of the road? Progressives want to move forward? Really? Without wheels? No doors, windows or windshield? Really? America needs a lot of repairs, replacements, alignments and a decent set of wheels before we can propel into the future. Do we want to be the bright, shining city on the hill, or the projects? Give Biden a chance.

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Why don't people understand (Original Post) madashelltoo Nov 2020 OP
Of course not. Dramas. Division hype mahina Nov 2020 #1
It only took 24 hours after a hint at concession Dem2 Nov 2020 #2
America is sort of like one of Jeffrey Epstein's trafficked girls. LuvNewcastle Nov 2020 #3
No, not even close. Bucky Nov 2020 #6
"shining city on the hill, or the projects" 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #4
I always mistrust people comparing political inconveniences to rape Bucky Nov 2020 #5

Dem2

(8,178 posts)
2. It only took 24 hours after a hint at concession
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 11:58 PM
Nov 2020

For some to chime in "the rest of y'all are ok, but not as cool as those who use this particular political moniker"

LuvNewcastle

(17,911 posts)
3. America is sort of like one of Jeffrey Epstein's trafficked girls.
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 12:00 AM
Nov 2020

We've been used for the pleasure of the worst people in the world. When they get all they can out of us, they're going to throw us in the garbage and leave us without anything to fall back on. We have a chance with Biden. He might get us the tools we need to get out of that life and move on. If Trump had stayed in office, we'd be giving blow jobs in an alley pretty soon.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)
6. No, not even close.
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 12:16 AM
Nov 2020

Please don't compare economic and political troubles to rape.

It's insensitive, sickening, and ignorant.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)
5. I always mistrust people comparing political inconveniences to rape
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 12:14 AM
Nov 2020

I think if you get away from your computer or cell phone and walk around your neighborhood for a bit, you'll see we have national difficulties that are manageable. Say howdy to a neighbor from a socially distanced space.

We have reasons to be sober, we have reasons to get to work, but we don't really have a reason to panic.

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