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nolabear

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30. It upsets me not because its scary but because its passive.

Sat Mar 10, 2018, 04:09 PM

Mar 2018

So we’ll roll over and let our rights go to hell until the actions of some other country determines our course? We might as well lie down because in spite of the fact that we’re on the side of respecting and caring for our fellow man and we outnumber them they’re tougher and louder and that’s something we can never equal?

Fine. Get out of the way. We’ve got things to do. Easily? Quick? Hell no. What’s easy is laying back and letting others determine the course of our lives.

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I have said this before and it upsets some people because it is scary. [View all] shockey80 Mar 2018 OP

Sounds like Bannon's plan lame54 Mar 2018 #1

Or cilla4progress Mar 2018 #2

Oh man that turns my stomach TEB Mar 2018 #3

Its the power of propaganda. poboy2 Mar 2018 #4

Yes. Billionaire funded propaganda sharedvalues Mar 2018 #9

And let's not forget they use Christianity as a tool in this effort, as well. Texin Mar 2018 #19

Yes. Interpellation (as per Althusser) at its finest pandr32 Mar 2018 #60

From Bernays "Propaganda", 1928: Ligyron Mar 2018 #45

Im glad I'm old Cartoonist Mar 2018 #5

Ill bring the ice tea TEB Mar 2018 #6

Me too... wcmagumba Mar 2018 #8

I May Be Old True Blue American Mar 2018 #58

I'm not that old, but when I hear people talking about prepping for nuclear war or similar disasters Neema Mar 2018 #13

I concur. It'd be like walking death. Zombie planet until the species dies off altogether. Texin Mar 2018 #21

Me too. TexasBushwhacker Mar 2018 #64

I'll be doing the same thing you are doing..... onecent Mar 2018 #15

Not me... defacto7 Mar 2018 #65

I agree 1000%. I can't see it improving short of doc03 Mar 2018 #7

2018 is going to be a blue wave. Resist! Vote! sharedvalues Mar 2018 #10

Sounds like the "scorched earth" theory that the far left "advocate" or "advocated in the past". Lil Missy Mar 2018 #11

I can't disagree with this at all. tymorial Mar 2018 #12

It also seems to me that fear is at the root of manipulation and control. Lint Head Mar 2018 #14

I felt the same way during the Bush years but then we got Obama. meadowlander Mar 2018 #16

I agree, and more people have to vote. Every generation has a cross-section of people vkkv Mar 2018 #31

Agree that the environment is key. Collimator Mar 2018 #40

good luck InformedElitist Mar 2018 #41

I hope this is the death knell of Republicanism; I fear it's the death knell of this nation. hedda_foil Mar 2018 #62

It goes back to Reagan and the destruction of the fairness doctrine dhol82 Mar 2018 #17

We are far beyond Fox News now... Fiendish Thingy Mar 2018 #25

That is correct - the money dhol82 Mar 2018 #49

imo we wasted the last big crisis shanny Mar 2018 #18

We didnt elect Donald Dumbass to jackShit... czarjak Mar 2018 #20

Thank you! Sheesh. What a downer OP. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #26

I cant say I dont agree with you sometimes... MontanaMama Mar 2018 #22

Dark and gloomy post that I for one do not ascribe to. infullview Mar 2018 #23

Im with you! Life has always had a dark side. We need to cut through the propaganda. bettyellen Mar 2018 #34

The problem with that is it won't be the deplorables and white college revolutionaries that hurt KitSileya Mar 2018 #24

Maybe.. but there are SO MANY FORCES at work. Certain forces got Trump elected, other forces vkkv Mar 2018 #27

WAR and DEPRESSION is pure poetry to Republican's ears! BamaRefugee Mar 2018 #28

Second Civil War has been brewing since Reagan in Philadelphia, Mississippi... Moostache Mar 2018 #29

It upsets me not because its scary but because its passive. nolabear Mar 2018 #30

Actually, Trump's election and subsequent events have been sufficient. We don't need a war or a Nitram Mar 2018 #32

I agree with your assessment but I seriously doubt that it will change. It hasn't in my lifetime and walkingman Mar 2018 #33

A revolution? Maxheader Mar 2018 #35

The real problem DV1 Mar 2018 #36

It's the ignorance. It's not the naturally occurring kind... dchill Mar 2018 #37

remember that we are not descended from fearful men bronxiteforever Mar 2018 #38

The Susan Sarandon Theory TomCADem Mar 2018 #39

That's just nuts. Spacibo. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2018 #42

You need to read more about the Great Depression and WWII Yavin4 Mar 2018 #43

Don't worry, we have television and the rest of the corporate media to keep us sleepy. jalan48 Mar 2018 #44

it's depressing InformedElitist Mar 2018 #46

I've had the same dreaded feeling for years EOM drmeow Mar 2018 #47

I agree, but I'm an optimist Poiuyt Mar 2018 #48

We're already in a great depression and nobody seems to care. Initech Mar 2018 #50

I know it looks bad. Christ Christie had an 80% approval before Bridgegate, he left office with 18% njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #51

Just when I think it's as bad Progressive dog Mar 2018 #52

You ain't seen nothing yet Boomer Mar 2018 #53

I don't think Americans in general are nearly as bad as you paint us. lark Mar 2018 #54

"I grew up in the 60s and 70s, that was a crazy era. But it made sense." Tarc Mar 2018 #55

I grew up in the 50's and 60's and you're right mountain grammy Mar 2018 #63

From what I can find with research, a great depression helps those with Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #56

it's deeper than that Locrian Mar 2018 #57

K&R. Truth! KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2018 #71

most of the history of war in america... tomp Mar 2018 #59

Democracy has failed us because Big Money wanted it to fail bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #61

You may just be right. defacto7 Mar 2018 #66

"We elected the biggest asshole in the country to be our president." area51 Mar 2018 #67

SMDH DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #68

It's probably by design, but Americans have a very short memory ecstatic Mar 2018 #69

I Thought we were doomed under W. But I never felt this way then. bitterross Mar 2018 #70

Wow, what a depressing thread. So many defeatist duers. Smh. Tipperary Mar 2018 #72