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Moostache

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10. It goes back a lot further...FLA 2000 recount and the installation of Shrub...

Thu May 28, 2020, 11:55 PM

May 2020

I have also never been able to shake the feeling that the soul of the nation was executed at Sandy Hook. Children slaughtered with automatic rifle fire and NOTHING changed? That showed the nasty underbelly of the nation was a lot grimier than anyone suspected...

Our experiment in secular self-rule is on the line now. What happens next is the great unknown, but how we handle the process of removing Trump after he loses and refuses to go will determine if there is still an America in 2021 or not.

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Honestly is this the end of America? [View all] vercetti2021 May 2020 OP

The riots of the late '60s were far worse. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #1

Mix everything together vercetti2021 May 2020 #3

Yeah, it's coming from all directions and the asshole president seems to enjoy it IMO. n/t RKP5637 May 2020 #9

Don't forget climate change. Bluepinky May 2020 #21

Plus russia is in the middle of each discussion on each social media board, including DU. BComplex May 2020 #26

I had the chance to travel all accross American in 1967 or 68. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #5

There was a whole lot of other stuff going on then. Too leftyladyfrommo May 2020 #39

I've wondered winetourdriver01 May 2020 #2

Nope. But it's darn sure time to change leaders. Hoyt May 2020 #4

or at least time to change leader's diapers. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #30

Yes it is. Because you don't understand yourselves anymore. Shaddox May 2020 #6

Care to expand on that? smirkymonkey May 2020 #34

Is seems like it has been ever since Putin won in Nov 2016. BigmanPigman May 2020 #7

It goes back a lot further...FLA 2000 recount and the installation of Shrub... Moostache May 2020 #10

That is where the whole thing started. 20 gldstwmn May 2020 #28

It actually goes back further than that.... Upthevibe May 2020 #35

Absolutely!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2020 #11

Righteous anger is like wildfire. Good things do grow from it. We can't give up now. ancianita May 2020 #12

Let's see, we have daily massacres, unchecked gun access, ecstatic May 2020 #8

And the pandumbic is raging due to the propogandized media. nt live love laugh May 2020 #13

Perfectly cilla4progress May 2020 #14

No but this has the looks of a Long Hot Summer like in the 1960s Stallion May 2020 #15

1968 writ large relayerbob May 2020 #16

America is stronger than Donald Fucking Trump Skittles May 2020 #17

It's been over since Bush v. Gore berni_mccoy May 2020 #18

no. but Trump has brought us low Demovictory9 May 2020 #19

Itll be after the election - when all hell breaks loose. No way is that going smooth. jmg257 May 2020 #20

If that vile turd is re-elected. ABSOLUTELY YES. We're DONE. A failed state. CousinIT May 2020 #22

+100000000 Celerity May 2020 #37

Yes, and ultimately it may not be a bad thing. Maven May 2020 #23

If there is a second Civil War.. mvd May 2020 #27

It could be, time will tell nt Meowmee May 2020 #24

"...is this the end of America?" myohmy2 May 2020 #25

No. This is what America is, and always has been. Withywindle May 2020 #29

It might be the gaseous, overplump middle. nt greyl May 2020 #31

I think America has already ended, being reborn as a fascist state, not sure how bad it will yaesu May 2020 #32

This country has a cancer at its core PNW-Dem May 2020 #33

This is a question that has been asked again and again. This is very long, but bear with me, please DFW May 2020 #36

There is a lesson: we must protect it and defend our democracy FreddyWhite May 2020 #38

Imagine 1968 in the current media environment... JCMach1 May 2020 #40