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plimsoll

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24. I can deal with reality,

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #23)

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 02:25 PM

Apr 2020

And still refuse to accept the notion that the right bears the lions share of blame for the hyper partisan conditions you were discussing. I cited Newt, but the right has a long history of demanding rights they gleefully deny others. Pretending otherwise and not remembering that a big portion of their leadership (not to mention the"base" ) do not act or negotiate in good faith. That is another part of the reality.

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It is perhaps a failing of my character... [View all] Orrex Apr 2020 OP

What is sad is they will take innocents with them, healthcare professionals and anyone redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #1

Absolutely. The "protesters" are bioterrorists and should be regarded as such Orrex Apr 2020 #3

Excellent word JustAnotherGen Apr 2020 #6

Credit goes to my wife Orrex Apr 2020 #11

They claim China unleashed a bioweapon. So why are they out spreading it FOR CHINA? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #12

They are willing to sacrifice the lives of those with pre-existing conditions and the elderly liberalmuse Apr 2020 #2

They gave us President Trump. dalton99a Apr 2020 #4

Folks who court death so assiduously should celebrate when death comes calling gratuitous Apr 2020 #5

Their stupidity may end up killing innocent people Cirque du So-What Apr 2020 #7

Mine too malaise Apr 2020 #8

I don't feel bad. Yesterday kairos12 Apr 2020 #9

Guarantee that asshole pretends to be a "pro-life" "Christian" Orrex Apr 2020 #10

Totally understood - Better they do it to themselves, so someone else doesn't feel the need to. jmg257 Apr 2020 #13

YES n/t Timewas Apr 2020 #14

Well, I'm not at all into eugenics, but to the extent any of them are young... NNadir Apr 2020 #15

I'm so very sorry for your loss. Sunriser13 Apr 2020 #26

That's up to you but I know these are the same crowds that have no sorrow or compassion lunasun Apr 2020 #16

They feel pretty much the same about you for your Hortensis Apr 2020 #17

Nuts to that. That's like telling the victim to empathize with the attacker during the attack. Orrex Apr 2020 #18

Lie back and think of England. plimsoll Apr 2020 #22

If Obama and Biden are tough enough to deal with reality, Hortensis Apr 2020 #23

I can deal with reality, plimsoll Apr 2020 #24

I'm not making any excuses for the right. At their best, Hortensis Apr 2020 #27

I've probably spent too long in online meetings. plimsoll Apr 2020 #28

So much truth, and me too. But still, insisting on regarding all conservatives, Hortensis Apr 2020 #29

It's not hyperbole to say that the alt right and neo-fascists are opposed to a democratic society plimsoll Apr 2020 #30

+1000. The answers are all in the numbers. Hortensis Apr 2020 #31

They need to park those refrigerators trucks with dead bodies in front of these protesters. kimbutgar Apr 2020 #19

+1. The condition of their permit should be to bring a shovel meadowlander Apr 2020 #32

i Just drove home. Passed a fancy ass pickemup truck NoMoreRepugs Apr 2020 #20

It's being reported that these "protests" are being hyped and organized by conservative groups. Kablooie Apr 2020 #21

I only feel bad for the innocents they infect Marrah_Goodman Apr 2020 #25

Please have some heart for: qwlauren35 Apr 2020 #33

I wouldn't fault someone for not knowing what is not known Orrex Apr 2020 #34