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dflprincess

(29,417 posts)
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 05:23 PM Jan 2021

This is a rhetorical question but I have to wonder if any of these yahoos

has given even a brief thought to what would happen were they to succeed in overthrowing the government?

I imagine they all think their Social Securuty, VA, or whatever programs they rely on will continue to magically appear in their accounts.

For those with 401ks, don't expect the markets to react well to the collapse of the U S.

And don't think for a second Trump will help you.

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This is a rhetorical question but I have to wonder if any of these yahoos (Original Post) dflprincess Jan 2021 OP
The yahoos are like the yahoos on Locked Up Abroad. LakeArenal Jan 2021 #1
Let it be said... Newest Reality Jan 2021 #2
Very reminiscent of how the big talking southerners spewed forth before the start of the civil war.. hlthe2b Jan 2021 #3
Or WHOM WOULD FILL THAT VACCUUM. Bluethroughu Jan 2021 #4
They all believe that donny has a little black book Doreen Jan 2021 #5
The mensheviks overthrew the tsar; but they didn't actual make out so well. Jim__ Jan 2021 #6
Yup and most were Wellstone ruled Jan 2021 #8
Don't forget the brownshirts Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #10
It is simple, they don't think ahead Chainfire Jan 2021 #7
First responder's pensions should be on the line! czarjak Jan 2021 #9
Yes Ived thought the exact same thing captain queeg Jan 2021 #11
For them to have "a brief thought", one needs a brain. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #12
they actually had pretty specific things KayF Jan 2021 #13

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
1. The yahoos are like the yahoos on Locked Up Abroad.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 05:27 PM
Jan 2021

Ohhhh! That’s illegal. I really didn’t think about it at the time.

hlthe2b

(114,697 posts)
3. Very reminiscent of how the big talking southerners spewed forth before the start of the civil war..
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 05:28 PM
Jan 2021

If you remember that scene from Gone With the Wind ("All We Got is Cotton, Slaves, and Arrogance!" ), it sort of clinches the testosterone-driven idiocy that is driving the same stupidity today:



This single scene is to me some of the redemption GWTW requires, given the "whitewash" of slavery. It put forth a lot of truth in this scene.

Bluethroughu

(7,215 posts)
4. Or WHOM WOULD FILL THAT VACCUUM.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 05:30 PM
Jan 2021

it sure wouldn't be the guy with the fur and horns. We could have had a coup d'idiot taken over by the real players in the world.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
5. They all believe that donny has a little black book
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 05:30 PM
Jan 2021

with the names of every single one of his die hard followers ( them ) to make sure they do not lose anything that everybody else would lose.

Cirque du So-What

(29,889 posts)
10. Don't forget the brownshirts
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 06:03 PM
Jan 2021

There’s always a night of the long knives awaiting those who have outlived their usefulness.

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
7. It is simple, they don't think ahead
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 05:42 PM
Jan 2021

In fact, many of them don't think at all. They let the Right-wing media do their thinking for them.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
11. Yes Ived thought the exact same thing
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 06:05 PM
Jan 2021

What do they think would happe? Trymp would embrace them and they'd go back hime and to return to their old life, only somehow better? That the majority of americans who voted against him would now accept him?

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,198 posts)
12. For them to have "a brief thought", one needs a brain.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 06:09 PM
Jan 2021

Something trumpers just don't have. If they did, they wouldn't have voted for the grifter in the first place.

KayF

(1,345 posts)
13. they actually had pretty specific things
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 06:12 PM
Jan 2021

I saw something about a man who had cancer that believed Trump had a cure. I didn't hear the reason he didn't release it before now but I'm sure there was one.

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