I think we are really screwed....

[Acornsouth]

With RBG dying this week, it has put a hole in my heart for this country. Even before she is in the ground, Republicans are already talking about replacing her . They show no respect for her life and her death. They only are eager to replace her so they can finally put a nail in abortion rights. Which will drive women to back alleys again and causing more of them to die, but they don't care about that.

Trump promised that he would permanently stop collecting tax that supports SSI and Medicare. It has been reported that if he does, by 2023, it will be unable to pay out any benefits to retirees and Medicare would cease to exist. (I am one of those currently collecting both) What are we suppose to do? Most people that are on SSI and Medicare can not work due to their age or physical attributes. My wife has a brain tumor (3rd time) and she can't work. I take care of her 24/7, so I can't hold a full time job at 65 and who would hire someone that age?. I know I am not the only one in this boat. How are people going to be able to stay in nursing homes when Medicare is gone? Our kids are not set up to take care of the elderly, because they barely are able to take care of themselves. Millions of Americans paid into SSI and Medicare, yet, these Republicans think nothing to destroying the programs, while putting us all into poverty and throwing us out into the streets.

Oh, and thinking about living on the streets, that will become illegal as some city's are now making homelessness a crime.

The upcoming election, shows some promise, but as we all know, it wont be a honest one because cheating is now the new norm and cheered on by one party.

I feel that we have gone over the cliff, awaiting to reach the bottom, but it never comes.

Our country has gone through some bad times, but never this bad and I am afraid there is no stopping any of this, no matter how hard we try!

[SharonAnn]

1. No matter what, I will not give in to Trump and the right-wing Republicans.

[wcmagumba]

2. I'm with you man...

I live on ss early retirement and have the ACA for probably only a couple of months it looks like...with no insurance I will likley not survive for too long...thanks, Stein, Sarandon and trumptistas...

[LakeArenal]

3. Yes. But that ends in Nov.

Even if we need Federal Marshals to take him out In January. Preferably in a straight jacket.

We really don’t need anymore doom and gloom posts.

[Acornsouth]

5. It's not doom and gloom...it's reality and it sucks

[LakeArenal]

6. No it's not reality. It's your opinion.

I hope you didn’t join DU just to tell us how screwed you think we are.

[Atticus]

12. This. nt

[dware]

36. Been noticing a lot of low post, dormant accounts coming to life

lately with doom and gloom predictions.
Makes one wonder what the true agenda is here.

[Hoyt]

4. We aren't screwed unless we screw up the election. Don't think we will.

[LW1977]

7. Thank you for your "concern."

[Skittles]

11. so much concern

[klook]

8. Republicans would love it if we folded.

Fortunately we aren’t.

Trashing thread.

[Grokenstein]

9. Another doomsayer for the Full Ignore list.

"Thanks for the pep talk, piss-ant." -- Tony Stark

[Heartstrings]

10. I much prefer this approach....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214108354

[dpibel]

13. Where did you grow up?

I'm fascinated by American English dialects, and yours is unfamiliar to me.

For instance, it's rare for the native English speaker to leave out articles, as in "Trump promised that he would permanently stop collecting tax..." It's surpassing rare for a native speaker, not matter how thick the dialect, to say anything other than "collecting the tax."

And here's an idiomatic issue: "They only are eager to replace her so they can finally put a nail in abortion rights." I realize that idioms have some variation from region to region, but what you put a nail in, in English, is a coffin. So you would say, "they can put another nail in the coffin of abortion rights." But "put a nail in abortion rights" actually makes no sense in English. Literally speaking, putting a nail in something is building it. And there's no figurative usage that I know of (other than nail in coffin) where you put a nail in something to kill it.

And prepositions are the bane of anyone learning a second (or more) language, aren't they? I'm not thinking of any regional dialect that would say, "these Republicans think nothing to destroying the programs..." I just can't think of a regional dialect where a person wouldn't say, "think nothing of..." Because using "to" with a gerund simply isn't done.

So anyway, back to my initial question: Where'd you grow up. I'm dying to know what tiny subregional dialect of American English contains these quirks (and the others in your post I haven't taken the time to detail).

So look I forward to your replying.

[Skittles]

14. I am fascinated by your analysis

are you a linguistics professor?

[yonder]

17. Interesting...

[Bradshaw3]

18. Bet you don't get a reply

That was a very interesting analysis you provided.

[notinkansas]

20. Marginally interesting.

Mostly nitpicky.

I am not in the doom and gloom camp, but forum posts don't normally get a particularly rigorous examination. It's more like personal conversation.

Is the intent of the critique to try to determine if the OP is really an American citizen?

[Bradshaw3]

29. It was certainly more interesting

than your reply.

[notinkansas]

35. OK dude.

Last edited Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:33 AM - Edit history (1)

Nitpick away.

[Adsos Letter]

19. Is mystery.

[King_Klonopin]

22. Good pick up!

They gist of the post is to discourage us, disuade us from voting,
sow seeds of doubt. . . "what's the point?" which is typical of
cyber attacks from Russian trolls.

[LiberalLoner]

25. 👍👏🤣

[Aristus]

32. Well done.

I think he's going to be docked a vodka break for blowing his cover.

[secondwind]

15. Read Steven Schmidt's thread on Twitter. You can use it right now.

It’s not over. Not by a long shot.

[LiberalLoner]

26. +1

[Binkie The Clown]

16. The good news: Fascist regimes always fall. The bad news: ...

They usually fall violently and with much bloodshed.

[King_Klonopin]

21. I don't feel defeated

I feel exhausted by having to endure the attacks on the spirit and on
human decency perpetrated by the GOP on a daily basis.

Combating evil, lying, corrupt, shameless, soulless, immoral bullies
tends to weigh on a person after a while. It will try the faith of the
staunchest fighter.

I also feel disgusted and enraged, and I fully expected this because the GOP
simply has no conscience as a whole. We only need 3 GOP Senators to
squash all this nonsense. Can we find 3 who actually have a conscience?
Remember the Kavanaugh hearings? As Don Lemmon said on CNN, the
hypocrisy of the GOP is "stunning".

This is why a 60% majority vote should be the standard for SCOTUS
nominees. It forces the nominating party to persuade at least a few people
from the opposing party to vote in support of the nominee -- otherwise, no
deal.

[vercetti2021]

23. We're not going home

This isn't over. Not by a long shot. We'll win the war

[FreepFryer]

24. So much concern, thank you tovarisch. (Nt)

[Blue_playwright]

27. I feel completely hopeless...

... and powerless. The worst continues to happen this year (including my health declining and my daughter’s rape) and I don’t expect anything positive to come in November. They’ve had four years to perfect their cheating and I feel it will be a win for Trump.

A lot of us feel this way. It’s not just me. You guys piling on anyone who expresses their fears is not helpful. People have to vent. Have to process. That’s what we all thought DU was for...maybe not?

You say it’s not helpful to post “doom and gloom” but when that’s all you see or feel, being attacked for expressing it or your fears instead of feeling supported will only drive people away. If you drive people off DU - especially new ones - you might even lose a small percentage of those to the party. They might vote third party or feel their feelings don’t matter and skip voting Blue - because of the beatdown they got right here.

Don’t act like Republican assholes who require loyalty and people to toe the party line with no discussion. Let folks express their concerns and fears.

We’re Democrats. Act like one.

[LakeArenal]

30. Don't you get it? If you feel powerless, that's YOU.

Not all of us. you express your powerlessness we get to express that we are not interested in hearing it.

DU is moving forward with Joe. We are not wringing our hands and stuck in the negative feelings. Positivity is always a better rallying point.

Sorry about your family problems. Each and everyone one of us have had tragedy over the past year. Cancer deaths, covid deaths, health care still continue for all of us .

[LakeArenal]

31. Also nice threat.

Threatening to take your vote elsewhere is definitely not going to work here.

You think your doom is now, your vote elsewhere is really not in your best interest. If you joined DU it was to support Democrats. If you aren’t going to do that because of your “feelings” good or bad then get off DU.

It’s a discussion board to many of us. Not a bitch session.

[Blue_playwright]

33. What threat? Did you read what I wrote?

I asked that we stop collectively attacking people because we could run them off? Then you attack me and accuse me of some kind of threat?

That’s EXACTLY what I was talking about. If I wasn’t a lifelong Dem, if I was someone looking for reassurance, if I was independent and not certain - you would have literally chased me to a third party or to feel like the Democrats don’t care about me.

Geez, people.

But live in your bubble where everyone has to be positive. Not all of us can live there. I’m working my ass off in red Kansas to GOTV but that doesn’t change the fact that I feel this election will be stolen and the SCOTUS will uphold it.

[LakeArenal]

34. Support Democrats.

You can’t be pushed away. His is a discussion board. If you think I’m attacking you, alert on me.

You accuse someone,I’m not sure who, of living in a bubble.

Being confident is not living in a bubble. But you seem unhappy that doom and gloom isn’t spreading.

So cheer up. Your feelings matter. Don’t lose hope. Spread joy not fear. Have faith.
Buck up. Visualize success. Don’t wallow.
Be positive. Attitude is everything.

Bye now.

[BainsBane]

41. He didn't threaten to take his vote elsewhere

He said treating people badly can have that potential effect. I see no reason for the attacks on the OP. He is frightened. I've been frightened myself lately, panicked actually. I can't sleep at night. That doesn't make me a troll and the OP's fears don't make him one.

[LakeArenal]

42. You bring up the t-word. Not me.

I think doom and gloom is an opinion. Which my opinion is a useless opinion.
Your opinion is that it’s okay. Which I disagree with. But that is an opinion.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

40. This is true

Expressing fears has to be allowed. We can't afford to pretend we are not upset by what trump wants and does along with the whole psychopath party that follows him like sheep.

If we get superstitious about expressing fear it will be harmful to people.
I am not a positive person all the time. Seems some DUers forget that in the rush to appear positive.

[LakeArenal]

44. Here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214127669

[chriscan64]

28. They are an immovable object, we have to be an irresistable force.

It is complicated and difficult, but not over. We are playing chess and they are playing knock the board over. The good news is that it is two against one. Many will vote for the Democrat because he is a Democrat and gives the hope that something progressive will come to pass. We are joined by those who simply want the system that has served us well to be preserved. Where the intelligence agencies and diplomatic corps are apolitical and not infiltrated by the president's loyalists. Where rules and laws are applied consistently without regard to which party it helps or hurts. Where the checks and balances are not just speed bumps to the president's selfish ambitions. Bad things may still happen if we fight, they will happen if we do not.

[marie999]

37. In the long run, trump is a minor problem.

Overpopulation and pollution are the major problems and until major changes are put into place world wide, in 50 years, who is elected president in this election, won't matter. Yes, I want Biden to win because I am 72 years old and he will make my life better than trump will.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

39. If my SSI stops

I will die. If I am going to die I have nothing left after I lose my home my meds,everything I own,my cat my life and sanity...
I would have about a week or month until my diabeties kills me,it depends on how long my meds last.

I would have nothing to lose and I won't go to the grave without making my fury known to these psychopaths,personally..

[LakeArenal]

43. Then vote blue.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

46. I am

Straight Dem ticket like I always do.

[LakeArenal]

45. Here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214127669

[MustLoveBeagles]

47. Take a break from the news and take care of yourself