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D_Master81

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 11:11 PM Oct 2018

How does a country continue to function when 1/2 the citizens have lost their minds? [View all]

I sit here this evening wondering where does this country go from here? No one was killed today but a message was sent. Yet as I sit here tonight I also see whats popping up on social media, to a conversation I overheard tonight at a local market all the way up as high as Fox News. "It was the Democrats". Yes the bomber was clearly a clever Dem that thought the best way to influence the election was to send mail bombs to Democrats folks. I overheard an elderly lady talking to a friend in line and she was talking about the Clintons and the Obamas being part of the Deep State that's trying to undermine the President and get him overthrown. I see posts from friends checking in "Safe" on Facebook from the "Democrat false flag bombing operation". And as I sit here in 1 of the reddest locations in Indiana which is a pretty Red state I don't know how much longer I can take it. I sit here and see these people, intelligent people, losing their GD mind when it comes to the political reality of this country.

I've never said or thought this, but in this part of America, had those bombs gone off and every one of those people died, not only would they not have shed a tear, they would've secretly cheered. I've heard how they talk, they wouldn't say it publicly and i don't think they'd act on it, but they think the country would be better without liberals. And now, I don't know how we continue to duct tape and shoe string this thing we call democracy together for the long haul when so many people live in a parallel universe that doesn't exist in reality. Hopefully we save ourselves from ourselves, before its too late and actual blood begins to spill.

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I take heart in a Winton Churchill quote about us. nycbos Oct 2018 #1
Yeah, Churchill wasn't exactly bang on 100 percent of the time... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #9
today's Fireside Chats come from hate radio Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #22
It's been done before... ever hear of Father Coughlin? RHMerriman Oct 2018 #29
unfortunately D_Master81 Oct 2018 #2
Well, in 1861 it was about one-third in terms of like to like populations, and it took four years... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #3
I am feeling the same way. AJT Oct 2018 #4
All of us here are beyond disbelief at what is happening in America renate Oct 2018 #13
Do they have on FOX 24/7 ??? YOHABLO Oct 2018 #17
Yes. It is my mom's only news source, and she always has it on. AJT Oct 2018 #20
a cult only trusts itself Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #23
The scary part is: what if this is not a characteristic of people marybourg Oct 2018 #27
There's always the "Soylent Green " solution..... AJT Oct 2018 #32
this movie is for you: maxsolomon Oct 2018 #33
When you think a bombing plot is a false flag conspiracy, you've lost your mind. Initech Oct 2018 #5
People cheered when JFK was shot meadowlander Oct 2018 #6
Not half SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #7
Internet, Fox since 1996, Hate Radio started early 1980s appalachiablue Oct 2018 #8
Alan Berg murdered and that left pretzel4gore Oct 2018 #30
It's all about winning to them. Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #10
I understand people have good reasons for living in stark red areas, but... Garrett78 Oct 2018 #11
CNN, FOX "News", MSNBC, ABC, CBS. . . EVERY. DAMN. ONE. OF. THEM! Separation Oct 2018 #12
Precisely and even after today they'll keep doing it. onecaliberal Oct 2018 #25
And Trump blames the media and the Democrats- dawg day Oct 2018 #14
Take heart it's less than 1/2. More like 1/4 Merlot Oct 2018 #15
There are surely right wing crazies who don't vote. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #21
No, it isn't ... Cosmocat Oct 2018 #34
Take heart, it's more like 25% and Hassler Oct 2018 #16
This cry from the right about ''liberal media'' is bogus. YOHABLO Oct 2018 #18
I can explain it to you very easily if you will explain to me how . . . grantcart Oct 2018 #19
A mind? What mind? allgood33 Oct 2018 #24
Sad part is that maybe they haven't lost their minds. Jakes Progress Oct 2018 #26
Nazi Germany managed it so we can too! Kablooie Oct 2018 #28
It isn't half. Caliman73 Oct 2018 #31
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