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Initech

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45. The really sick thing is that there's hate groups in foreign countries running propaganda groups ...

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 05:00 PM

Mar 2020

On US soil. And they can get away with it because we don't have hate speech laws And they say some extremely hateful shit.

But I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole.

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This vicious cycle of electing a Republican President after a successful Democrat needs to stop. [View all] Bleacher Creature Mar 2020 OP

Democrats have to attack Republican policies. LaurenOlimina Mar 2020 #1

Yes, I agree! Enough being afraid and playing nice. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #3

Agreed! BadgerMom Mar 2020 #25

No! We must reach across the aisle and work with the other side!! hangaleft Mar 2020 #48

The hand wringing and reaching across the aisle bullshit needs to stop too 47of74 Mar 2020 #60

I'll take 8 out of every 12 years until people wise up. Hoyt Mar 2020 #2

K&R, There hasn't been a democratically elected Republican president in the last 20 years and there uponit7771 Mar 2020 #4

That's what I was thinking: both Bush and traitor Trump were cheated into office. C Moon Mar 2020 #21

It's even worse not fooled Mar 2020 #57

Bleacher Creature, you are so correct that it's not even funny DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #5

California solved this problem. Yavin4 Mar 2020 #6

It took 25 years after Prop 187 BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #13

Well, they did manage to get Gray Davis removed from office, by lying about their own crimes. C Moon Mar 2020 #22

Oh yeah shanti Mar 2020 #32

Wow! $15-20,000? That's nuts! C Moon Mar 2020 #36

california might, literally, recall "permanent democratic leadership" rampartc Mar 2020 #53

We must retain the House and take back the Senate and White House. BadgerMom Mar 2020 #7

And don't forget I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2020 #18

I have thought the same thing Frances Mar 2020 #8

I say this all of the time and have been for years and years. chowder66 Mar 2020 #9

I'll alert the media. dchill Mar 2020 #10

just stop ignoring 1500 coordinated radio stations the russianss have been using for the last 10 yrs certainot Mar 2020 #11

It goes back to FDR. FORGET what Republicans said. rusty quoin Mar 2020 #12

It's human nature. The media doesn't help either Azathoth Mar 2020 #14

A lot of our problems can be traced back to Fox News and AM hate radio. Initech Mar 2020 #15

If propaganda is protected speech, we can expect this from now till extinction. FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #44

The really sick thing is that there's hate groups in foreign countries running propaganda groups ... Initech Mar 2020 #45

Same as it ever was relayerbob Mar 2020 #16

We need a leader bright enough to figure that out Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #17

We (American voters) are the ones who need to be bright enough to figure it out. herding cats Mar 2020 #24

Yet I think a leader needs to really synthesize the Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #30

It is a weird phenomenon lame54 Mar 2020 #19

Not really, at least from the perspective of government. Caliman73 Mar 2020 #37

I thought GWB would be the last UpInArms Mar 2020 #20

Yeah, I was shocked not fooled Mar 2020 #58

Here's what I think marlakay Mar 2020 #23

You said it much simpler than I Caliman73 Mar 2020 #38

Part of it is very me me me marlakay Mar 2020 #46

If critical thinking was taught in schools area51 Mar 2020 #26

Kids are not the problem Cosmocat Mar 2020 #28

+100000000 Celerity Mar 2020 #33

I would quibble somewhat. Caliman73 Mar 2020 #39

Yes, and didn't raygun not fooled Mar 2020 #59

And each time the republicans get worse and worse. Squinch Mar 2020 #27

i find the teevee gnewz HATE smart presidents as it makes THEM look DUMB.and the ratings! pansypoo53219 Mar 2020 #29

Squirrels are at least cute, smart, and fun to watch. 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #51

movie reference. SQUIRREL! gnews like dogs/babies. like new shit. pansypoo53219 Mar 2020 #61

I guess I need to get out more, as the saying goes. 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #62

found some SQUIRREL! clips for you ... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #63

Every election Rs have won beginning in 2000, they have stolen. 2000, 2004, 2012. Amaryllis Mar 2020 #31

I think you mean 2016, not 2012 nt Celerity Mar 2020 #34

Republicans MAX OUT the credit card (leveraged debt against the Social Security Benefit Fund) WyattKansas Mar 2020 #35

It is the result of the flaws of the system, and the monster can't fix itself? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #40

The problem is hate radio maxrandb Mar 2020 #41

I've noticed the cycle, too. Part of the problem is propaganda media. And another is demigoddess Mar 2020 #42

I'm not fully convinced that Bush II or Trumpsky Harker Mar 2020 #43

That very question was asked on one of the talking head shows a couple of weeks ago Hestia Mar 2020 #47

This, all day every day. mahina Mar 2020 #49

I've often said, if everybody voted the repugs wouldn't have chance of getting elected. rickyhall Mar 2020 #50

The party of FDR morphed into one that voted for deregulation and protections for financial CentralMass Mar 2020 #52

Part of it is the idea that change is good. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #54

We do seem to have fallen into a rut DFW Mar 2020 #55

It always seems to happen under pretty nefarious conditions too. Funny that. nt Baltimike Mar 2020 #56

Yes, I have been saying that for a long time, mostly as disbelief that it happens Perseus Mar 2020 #64

for sure seems like low information voters decide to be "fair" and treestar Mar 2020 #65