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misanthrope

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50. If someone is just now figuring out how "bad" Americans and their government can be

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Tue May 8, 2018, 08:24 PM

May 2018

then their understanding of history is woefully inadequate.

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If this is who we are, we're a bad people [View all] bigtree May 2018 OP

I've felt that way ever since the trump era began. calimary May 2018 #1

Since Raygun. kairos12 May 2018 #32

I was a teen when Reagan was elected and it produced my first full taste of cognitive dissonance. DemocracyMouse May 2018 #61

Since Nixon for me - Agnew and the Southern Strategy. n/t KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #37

You're BOTH right, KY_EnviroGuy and kairos12. calimary May 2018 #49

Calimary, don't know about you but... KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #57

It says what you need to know misanthrope May 2018 #51

Yes we are. mountain grammy May 2018 #2

Epidemic of moral rot. moondust May 2018 #3

And we as a country will all suffer the Wraft of the ,,,,,, Cryptoad May 2018 #4

The genocide of America's first people misanthrope May 2018 #52

K&R. Excellent post. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #53

Never was a perch. moondust May 2018 #55

This is an awesome post. And sadly true. n/t carpediem May 2018 #60

Now we know what these scumbags are really like. Let us remember all of the ... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #5

The people who voted for them don't care. In fact, they approve of this lunamagica May 2018 #21

How quickly everything can go to shit RussBLib May 2018 #6

Congressman Shiff, Senator Warren thucythucy May 2018 #29

You do know how Congress works, right? The party in the majority in the... brush May 2018 #54

The cherry on this shit sundae gratuitous May 2018 #7

Seperating families has been a hallmark of past atrocities like slavery and the Holocaust. Tommy_Carcetti May 2018 #8

Sessions-Trump policy: Damage the children to punish the parents. It's abhorrent. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #9

The violence and poverty Glaisne May 2018 #10

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #11

We are SCVDem May 2018 #12

I quit putting my American Flag out since the inauguration of the orange bastard Stainless May 2018 #13

Couldn't agree more! Mountain Mule May 2018 #22

I am a proud tRump hating American BigmanPigman May 2018 #45

K & R. We cannot allow this to go on... N_E_1 for Tennis May 2018 #14

Family reunification has been the bedrock principle of all immigration and refugee decisions for 70 grantcart May 2018 #15

The so called faith community ooky May 2018 #47

Bullshit. Mr.Bill May 2018 #16

It's about America. 62,979,879 voted for trump. And no, it was not me it was about economic lunamagica May 2018 #25

I honestly don't believe that many idiots are in this country LittleGirl May 2018 #42

I'm absolutely convinced that the election was rigged, stolen, and hacked lunamagica May 2018 #43

spot on! n/t LittleGirl May 2018 #44

Very typical of a fascist move, policy, and established characteristic. Amimnoch May 2018 #17

Right now, today, we are a very bad KPN May 2018 #18

The "Family Values" Party............... MyOwnPeace May 2018 #19

We are all Nazi's now! 90-percent May 2018 #20

Guess what? It's who we are NOW. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #23

What it proves is that we're far more sucseptible to manipulation than we ever thought possible DFW May 2018 #24

I always watched those old docimentaries about Hitler and was amazed how the German people could be lunamagica May 2018 #26

"Goodness has nothing to do with it." William Blum CrispyQ May 2018 #27

An old co-worker used to say misanthrope May 2018 #59

True LudwigPastorius May 2018 #28

are we the baddies eShirl May 2018 #30

Absolutely. The US could learn an awful lot about the treatment of sinkingfeeling May 2018 #31

What I don't understand is..why don't they seek asylum in Mexico? Honeycombe8 May 2018 #33

I don't see how this has anything to do with the OP. This thread is about lunamagica May 2018 #35

It's a reasonable question. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #40

It may be a reasonable question, but it is not the topic of this thread. The discussion lunamagica May 2018 #41

Crimes against humanity aren't exactly foreign to America Solly Mack May 2018 #34

"Civilized Nations" are destroyed by Lawfulness, not Lawlessness n/t MarcA May 2018 #36

In reality, we are a bad people but border action is not the worst. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #38

Yes Hekate May 2018 #39

K&R hay rick May 2018 #46

Not all of us - but some. sandensea May 2018 #48

If someone is just now figuring out how "bad" Americans and their government can be misanthrope May 2018 #50

Many of these immigrants cross over into land that was stolen from them in 1847-48. roamer65 May 2018 #56

trump and his toadies are Vicious Monsters. Cha May 2018 #58