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Progressive Jones

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9. You and I are of the same mind on this. There is something wrong with his people.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:23 AM
Mar 2020

I'm sure that most of them take care of business like normal Americans --- love the kids, pay their mortgages,
etc. However, they are on a completely different plane in terms of citizenship, moral direction, levels of compassion and empathy.

I'm 61, and I've never seen our society look as fractured to me it does right now. I've also never encountered the levels of political
ignorance in Americans that I see now. I had to pass civics and Constitution tests in the 8th grade, and in my Senior year at High School. What drives me insane is the number of people my age, who I've known all my life, who have become far right nuts and hard core magaheads. I see footage from those MAGA rallies, and most of the people look just like my neighbors. We were the 70's youth, who entered our 20's as Reagan was being installed. We also didn't live in 24/7 news feed times. A little younger than the Woodstock kids, but only a year or so too young for the draft. We cared about the World, and our nation. So many I know have lost that. They were broken somewhere along the way. Mostly because the jobs went away long ago. They've been underemployed and pissed off about it for 30+ years. They're aiming their anger in the wrong direction.

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Thank you! BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #1
That or soulless, evil, reprobates captain queeg Mar 2020 #2
and if you've spent one minute, even, on his FB feed.... Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #3
If it's all the same ... lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #39
K&R UTUSN Mar 2020 #4
I am less charitable. KentuckyWoman Mar 2020 #5
You and I are of the same mind on this. There is something wrong with his people. Progressive Jones Mar 2020 #9
yours is s beautiful post KentuckyWoman Mar 2020 #21
Well said I could not agree more. Jim_S Mar 2020 #28
What an excellent summary. 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #6
I double checked the ID, cause that's what I thought, too ! Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #44
I hope the author took it as a compliment, as that is how... 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #47
EXCELLENT. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #48
And yet they call us Libatards lunasun Mar 2020 #7
We can thank Limbaugh for that one. Tom Yossarian Joad Mar 2020 #20
Ah, yes................... MyOwnPeace Mar 2020 #23
Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #8
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Mar 2020 #10
Good job of paring down the list! mjvpi Mar 2020 #11
That list is EXACTLY why the loss of the Fairness Doctrine was a cataclysm Moostache Mar 2020 #12
Wow thegoose Mar 2020 #35
Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #13
We think, therefore they are. dchill Mar 2020 #15
I don't think they are stupid... hay rick Mar 2020 #14
That's what most or all of the list demonstrates Major Nikon Mar 2020 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author chwaliszewski Mar 2020 #16
Substitute the word 'hypocrites' for 'stupid'. keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #18
It's either stupid or evil.... or both. nt eilen Mar 2020 #19
Can we add a few? jimlup Mar 2020 #22
He forgot one: skypilot Mar 2020 #24
Not stupid, no. warmfeet Mar 2020 #25
Phenomenal. Thank you. nt Ruby the Liberal Mar 2020 #26
K&R Newest Reality Mar 2020 #27
I use the phrase 'ethically retarded'. These people can feed themselves and drive cars. johnthewoodworker Mar 2020 #29
They feed off anger and selfishness McKim Mar 2020 #37
They are both stupid Polly Hennessey Mar 2020 #30
Dunning Kruger.....They are convinced they are smarter and superior Maggiemayhem Mar 2020 #42
When you show up carrying a sign reading sarge43 Mar 2020 #31
Or one that says "Learn the english langage", "Get a brain morans", and so many examples. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #32
Why do I think water's wet? Goodheart Mar 2020 #33
I don't know about all of them but... llmart Mar 2020 #34
Even leaving these arguments aside Vogon_Glory Mar 2020 #36
It's not about Trump "supporters" PJMcK Mar 2020 #38
Actually - their news does not show the same things that our news shows bloom Mar 2020 #40
And yet I see remarks on FB posts Maggiemayhem Mar 2020 #43
Truth! Tom Yossarian Joad Mar 2020 #49
Because they are? 2naSalit Mar 2020 #41
Wow. Any questions? Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #45
Because willful ignorance is indistinguishable from stupidity? William Seger Mar 2020 #46
The scary part is that they re stupid...or they are totally amoral and want to see the US become a Nitram Mar 2020 #50
Why? Observation, measurement and testing. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #51
"Because they are" works for me, whomever said that. Brainfodder Mar 2020 #52
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