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The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting. [View all] kpete Sep 2020 OP

Yeah, relax. Trump is too stupid to cause damage dalton99a Sep 2020 #1

Remember the "you can't take him literally. When he actually says [x], what he REALLY means is..." In It to Win It Sep 2020 #46

Trump is a "New York Democrat" RhodeIslandOne Sep 2020 #56

I'm a New York Democrat. SergeStorms Sep 2020 #64

It was a Conservative trying to talk down people with common sense. RhodeIslandOne Sep 2020 #65

Mattis will rein him in. No, Kelly. No, _______ (nt) klook Sep 2020 #67

yeh chill dweller Sep 2020 #2

No shit. Solly Mack Sep 2020 #3

My oldest brother ignored an old German physicist... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #13

I'll never understand why anyone thought America was immune to someone like Trump, Barr, McConnell Solly Mack Sep 2020 #19

I believe why people thought America was immune to the likes of Barr and McConnell standingtall Sep 2020 #38

I think that not everyone got that conditioning. Especially those who had to fight Solly Mack Sep 2020 #40

That German physicist predicted the future & knew what he was talking about. Perhaps that was Illumination Sep 2020 #55

It can happen anywhere; of course it can happen here. Magoo48 Sep 2020 #36

Vote. Protest. Worried about women's health choices? Volunteer to get around punitive measures Solly Mack Sep 2020 #37

Do whatever it takes to stop them Tiger8 Sep 2020 #51

What's overreacting for the goose is righteous anger for the gander. nolabear Sep 2020 #4

+1 superpatriotman Sep 2020 #5

Too many people say the same thing "It Can't Happen Here, not in the USA" Escurumbele Sep 2020 #6

"No one saw it coming!" PatSeg Sep 2020 #9

Predictable since SOB Raygun. kairos12 Sep 2020 #17

The real warning Mr.Bill Sep 2020 #29

As did W. not_the_one Sep 2020 #68

+1 Always other places, Third World like we are now appalachiablue Sep 2020 #31

I doubt that they do wee it happening in other countries. soldierant Sep 2020 #34

That's just it PatSeg Sep 2020 #42

K&R MustLoveBeagles Sep 2020 #7

K&R BlueJac Sep 2020 #8

I've been told to settle down ever since Reagan. mjvpi Sep 2020 #10

I've been told to since NIXON! Something like 32 years of my life WASTED by republican rule. BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #12

I've been told to since NIXON! Something like 32 years of my life WASTED by republican rule. BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #14

Why did you listen to them? Kaleva Sep 2020 #22

I don't see the OP that way. wnylib Sep 2020 #48

And history shows that trying to warn others is not an effective tactic. Kaleva Sep 2020 #54

Oh, this is the USA. We have checks and balances, we don't have to do a damn thing! RKP5637 Sep 2020 #11

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Sep 2020 #26

You know who was overreacting? The Tea Partiers. The MAGATs. Mr. Ected Sep 2020 #15

"BUT TEH CONSTITUTION!!!!" durablend Sep 2020 #16

When lazy, ignorant, greedy people without LuvNewcastle Sep 2020 #18

Fascism gives society's dullards a chance to become the elite and subjugate the "others" Yavin4 Sep 2020 #24

What do we do though? DSandra Sep 2020 #20

Ask them what they are so afraid of that wnylib Sep 2020 #49

Smedley Butler K/R appalachiablue Sep 2020 #21

Oh, yes. They surely picked the wrong general to invite, didn't they? soldierant Sep 2020 #35

Long, intact line from then to the present. Kid Berwyn Sep 2020 #59

This very much Meowmee Sep 2020 #23

History shows that the only way to prevent despots from gaining power is to kill or imprison them Kaleva Sep 2020 #25

Truth👆 I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2020 #43

Pollyanna's too bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #27

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The evening of November 8th 2016. MontanaMama Sep 2020 #32

I keep looking for all the dropped shoes. C Moon Sep 2020 #33

Well said. Period. Ignore at your own (and our) peril. ie. Wake TF up!! Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #39

40% of our population, I assume about 50% of white people, would love some fascism. johnthewoodworker Sep 2020 #41

That was true in the 1930's, although wnylib Sep 2020 #50

I highly recommend "Rhinoceros" by Eugene Ionesco DBoon Sep 2020 #44

Tx for posting, I hadn't thought of Ionesco in many years. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #63

Links Meowmee Sep 2020 #66

Yep. kentuck Sep 2020 #45

Rt.. nobody I know says we're "over reacting".. Cha Sep 2020 #47

Criminalizing protest Loge23 Sep 2020 #52

remember 2016 when people HERE said it was CRAZY to suggest Russia interfered Baltimike Sep 2020 #53

+1 dalton99a Sep 2020 #57

K&R bluewater Sep 2020 #58

thank you. This truth is llashram Sep 2020 #60

I am at the point where I don't think that overreacting is even a thing anymore Bettie Sep 2020 #61

Damn True. zentrum Sep 2020 #62